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Equity-Based Compensation (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Equity-Based Compensation [Abstract] |
Schedule of Stock Options Roll Forward [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth a summary of the Company's stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2014:
Options |  | Number of Options |  | Weighted-Average Exercise Price |  | Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Outstanding at January 1, 2014 |  | 1,280,255 |  |  | $ | 17.00 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  | 1,244,386 |  |  | $ | 24.39 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited/Expired |  | (9,264 | ) |  | $ | 24.29 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (63,432 | ) |  | $ | 17.00 |  |  |  |  | $ | 0.8 |
Outstanding at September 30, 2014 |  | 2,451,945 |  |  | $ | 20.72 |  |  | 8.6 |  | $ | 25.3 |
Vested at September 30, 2014 |  | 524,824 |  |  | $ | 17.00 |  |  | 7.5 |  | $ | 7.4 |
Exercisable at September 30, 2014 |  | 524,824 |  |  | $ | 17.00 |  |  | 7.5 |  | $ | 7.4 |
Expected to vest at September 30, 2014 |  | 1,874,216 |  |  | $ | 21.75 |  |  | 8.8 |  | $ | 17.4 |
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block] | The assumptions used to value the stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 are presented below.
Assumptions | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014
Weighted-average grant date fair value | $ | 7.23 |
Weighted-average volatility (1) | 30.00 | %
Weighted-average risk-free rate (2) | 1.77 | %
Dividend yield | 0.70 | %
Expected term (in years) (3) | 6.0 |
(1) | Based upon an assessment of the two-year, five-year and implied volatility for the Company’s selected peer group, adjusted for the Company’s leverage.
(2) | Based on a composite U.S. Treasury rate.
(3) | The expected term is calculated using the simplified method. The simplified method defines the expected term as the average of the option’s contractual term and the option’s weighted-average vesting period. The Company utilizes this method as it has limited historical stock option data that is sufficient to derive a reasonable estimate of the expected stock option term.
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth a summary of the Company's restricted stock unit activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2014:
| Number of Units |  | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2014 | 1,351,572 |  |  | $ | 17.04 |
Granted | 25,844 |  |  | 24.29 |
Vested/Settled | (1,528 | ) |  | 17.00 |
Forfeited | (101,069 | ) |  | 17.00 |
Nonvested at September 30, 2014 | 1,274,819 |  |  | $ | 17.18 |

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- Definition Disclosure of the number and weighted-average grant date fair value for restricted stock and restricted stock units that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, and the number of restricted stock and restricted stock units that were granted, vested, or forfeited during the year. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the significant assumptions used during the year to estimate the fair value of stock options, including, but not limited to: (a) expected term of share options and similar instruments, (b) expected volatility of the entity's shares, (c) expected dividends, (d) risk-free rate(s), and (e) discount for post-vesting restrictions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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