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Class of Warrant or Right, Warrants Subject to Adjustments

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Warrants issued, shares

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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Proceeds from issuance of capital stock which provides for a specific dividend that is paid to the shareholders before any dividends to common stockholders and which takes precedence over common stockholders in the event of liquidation.

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Value of outstanding derivative securities that permit the holder the right to purchase securities (usually equity) from the issuer at a specified price.

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STARBOARD INVESTMENT - Series A and B Warrants (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 18, 2019	Feb. 25, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Jun. 04, 2020
Series B warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants and rights outstanding			$ 96.4	$ 52.3
Starboard \| Series A warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Conversion price	$ 3.65
Warrants and rights outstanding	$ 4.8		$ 11.3	$ 6.6
Warrants exercised			0
Number of shares purchased by warrant	5,000,000
Starboard \| Series B warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Conversion price					$ 3.65
Warrants exercised			0
Number of shares purchased by warrant		100,000,000
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock and preference stock		$ 4.6
Class of Warrant or Right, Warrants Subject to Adjustments			31,506,849
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding			68,493,151
Starboard \| Maximum \| Series A warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants issued, shares	5,000,000
Starboard \| Maximum \| Series B warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Conversion price		$ 5.25
Starboard \| Minimum \| Series B warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Conversion price		$ 3.65