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Line of credit facility allowable requests for additional borrowing.

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Amount of the final principal payment made at the maturity of the credit facility.

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- Definition

Line Of Credit Facility Increase Additional Borrowing

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Percentage of voting capital stock of certain foreign subsidiaries collateralized.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Description of minimum financial levels (for example, tangible net worth and working capital) and achievement of certain financial ratios (for example, working capital ratio and debt service coverage ratio), and adherence to certain clauses which generally require or restrict certain actions (for example, entering into a debt arrangement with equal or greater seniority, and selling or discontinuing a certain business segment or material subsidiary) to be in compliance with the covenant clauses of the debt agreement. May also include a discussion of the adverse consequences that would result if the entity violates or fails to satisfy the covenants.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 470

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The reference rate for the variable rate of the debt instrument, such as LIBOR or the US Treasury rate and the maturity of the reference rate used, such as three months or six months LIBOR.

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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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Amount of debt issuance costs (for example, but not limited to, legal, accounting, broker, and regulatory fees).

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Date the first payment under the line of credit must be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Date the credit facility terminates, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Description of the frequency of periodic payments, which may be presented in a variety of ways (for example, monthly, quarterly, annually).

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of the required periodic payment applied to principal.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015	Oct. 20, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount borrowed under revolving credit facility	$ 244,400,000
Debt issuance cost	$ 5,000,000
Debt amortization period	60 months
Percentage of voting capital stock	65.00%
Description of Base Rate	The revolving credit facility and term loans bear interest at our election of a Base Rate plus an applicable margin or LIBOR plus an applicable margin. Swingline loans bear interest at a Base Rate plus an applicable margin. The Base Rate is a floating rate that is the greater of the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate plus 50 basis points, or LIBOR plus 100 basis points. The applicable margin is based on a sliding scale which ranges from zero to 100 basis points for Base Rate loans and 100 basis points to 200 basis points for LIBOR loans.
Description of periodic payments	The term loan facility requires repayment over five years with nineteen quarterly principal payments which began in the three months ending March 31, 2015.
Quarterly payment beginning period	Mar. 31, 2015
Final principal payment	$ 90,000,000
Operating covenant description	Under the Credit Agreement, there are restrictive operating covenants, including three financial covenants which limit the consolidated total leverage ratio, or leverage ratio, the consolidated interest coverage ratio, or interest coverage ratio, and places a restriction on the amount of capital expenditures that may be made in any fiscal year. The leverage ratio is the ratio of debt as of the measurement date to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, for the four consecutive quarters ending with the quarter of measurement. The leverage ratio must not exceed 2.50 to 1.0 during the first two years of the agreement, and 2.0 to 1.0 during the last three years of the agreement. The interest coverage ratio is EBITDA to interest expense for the four consecutive quarters ending with the quarter of measurement. The interest coverage ratio must not be less than 3.50 to 1.0 during the term of the Credit Agreement.
First Four Quarters [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Quarterly principal payment	$ 1,900,000
Next Fourteen Quarters [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Quarterly principal payment	$ 3,800,000
Federal Funds Effective Swap Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.50%
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.00%
Base Rate [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.00%
Base Rate [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity period	Sep. 30, 2019
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee percentage of unused portion	0.25%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee percentage of unused portion	0.45%
Letter of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility amount	$ 20,000,000
Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility amount	150,000,000
Amount borrowed under revolving credit facility			$ 100,000,000
Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit and Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Increase in Line of credit facility	100,000,000
Credit Agreement \| Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility amount	150,000,000
Amount borrowed under revolving credit facility			$ 150,000,000
Bridge Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility amount	$ 20,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional borrowing capacity		$ 100,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility amount		250,000,000
Increase in Line of credit facility		100,000,000
Additional borrowing capacity		$ 100,000,000