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Contractual Commitments, Contingencies, and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) term	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Contractual Commitments Contingencies And Off- Balance Sheet Arrangements [Line Items]
Commitments under agreement		$ 20.4
Capital commitment		3.5	$ 5.3
Remaining capital commitment		1.5
Future capital commitment		$ 4.3
IT Services Agreement
Contractual Commitments Contingencies And Off- Balance Sheet Arrangements [Line Items]
Agreement extension term, period	2 years
Number of renewal terms option one | term		1
Renewal term option one (in months)		12 months
Commitments under agreement		$ 290.8
EU IT Services Agreement
Contractual Commitments Contingencies And Off- Balance Sheet Arrangements [Line Items]
Number of renewal terms option one | term		1
Renewal term option one (in months)		12 months
Number of renewal terms option two | term		1
Renewal term option two (in months)		24 months

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of or advances to an equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
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