Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Plan Modification, Exchanged

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Plan Modification, Units Issued

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Plan Modification, Unamortized Compensation Cost

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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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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An excess of the fair value of the modified award over the fair value of the award immediately before the modification.

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Stockholders' Equity - Award Modifications (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2018
2016 Plan Modification
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Plan modification, stock-based compensation	$ 18,800,000		$ 8,900,000
Allocated share-based compensation expense			$ 37,700,000
Plan modification, remaining unamortized expense				$ 0
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Plan modification, stock-based compensation		$ 10,000,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| 2016 Plan Modification
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
RSUs received on exchange (in shares)			2.2
Employee Stock Option \| 2016 Plan Modification
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options exchanged (in shares)			4.3