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Debt - Debt Issuance Costs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |  | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 28, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Deferred debt issuance costs |  | $ 8.7 | $ 2.2
Expected Future Amortization Expense [Abstract] |  |  |
2016 |  | 1.7 |
2017 |  | 1.7 |
2018 |  | 1.7 |
2019 |  | 1.7 |
2020 |  | 1.4 |
Thereafter |  | 0.5 |
Total |  | 8.7 | 2.2
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt issuance cost | $ 7.4 |  |
Interest Expense [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Amortization expense |  | 0.9 | 0.6
New Accounting Pronouncement, Early Adoption, Effect [Member] | Other Assets [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Deferred debt issuance costs |  | (8.7) | (2.2)
Expected Future Amortization Expense [Abstract] |  |  |
Total |  | (8.7) | (2.2)
New Accounting Pronouncement, Early Adoption, Effect [Member] | Long-term Debt [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Deferred debt issuance costs |  | 8.7 | 2.2
Expected Future Amortization Expense [Abstract] |  |  |
Total |  | $ 8.7 | $ 2.2

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