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Total Shareholder Return And Relative Total Shareholder Return, Percent Of Payout Of Target Units

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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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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Intrinsic value of vested award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes share and unit options.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Share-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	8 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 28, 2020
Restricted stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Intrinsic value of restricted stock, vested	$ 0.1
Unrecognized compensation expense	$ 25.0	$ 25.0
Share-based compensation expense, weighted average period for recognition	2 years 5 months 8 days
Restricted stock \| Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation, award vesting period	3 years
Restricted stock \| Non-employee Directors
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation, award vesting period	1 year
Performance share units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense	$ 6.0	$ 6.0
Share-based compensation expense, weighted average period for recognition	2 years 8 months 1 day
Performance share units \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share price hurdle, percent of payout of target units	0.00%
Total shareholder return and relative total shareholder return, percent of payout of target units	0.00%
Performance share units \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share price hurdle, percent of payout of target units	100.00%
Total shareholder return and relative total shareholder return, percent of payout of target units	200.00%
Performance share units \| Management
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation, award vesting period	3 years
Stock option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation, award vesting period		3 years
Stock option \| Management \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expiration period		7 years
Stock option \| Management \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expiration period		10 years
2021 Long Term Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock, reserved for future issuance (in shares)			6,800,000