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Leases (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Leases [Abstract]

Lessee, Operating Leases, Statement of Position location and balances [Table Text Block]

	2019				Balance Sheet Location
Right-of-use assets, net	$	88,201			Other non-current assets
Current lease liability	$	26,861			Accrued and other liabilities
Non-current lease liability	62,043				Other non-current liabilities
Total operating lease liability	$	88,904

Lease, Cost [Table Text Block]

		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
Operating lease expense		$	8,004			$	24,634
Variable lease expense		1,118				2,746
Short-term lease expense		196				1,016
Total lease expense		$	9,318			$	28,396
Weighted average remaining lease term						6.5 years
Weighted average discount rate						3.0		%

Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Maturity [Table Text Block]

The following is a maturity analysis of the annual undiscounted cash flows for the annual periods ended September 30:

2020		$	29,151
2021		21,637
2022		13,102
2023		8,548
2024		4,949
Thereafter		21,748
Total lease payments		99,135
Less imputed interest		(10,231		)
Total operating lease liability		$	88,904

The future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases as of December 31, 2018:

2019		$	32,113
2020		23,771
2021		16,986
2022		9,855
2023		7,435
Thereafter		5,081
Total lease payments		$	95,241

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Tabular disclosure of lessee's lease cost. Includes, but is not limited to, interest expense for finance lease, amortization of right-of-use asset for finance lease, operating lease cost, short-term lease cost, variable lease cost and sublease income.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Tabular disclosure of undiscounted cash flows of lessee's operating lease liability. Includes, but is not limited to, reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating lease liability recognized in statement of financial position.

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