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Repurchase of 2023 Notes		(125,638,000)
Termination of the 2023 Capped Call contracts related to debt repurchased		7,549,000
Issuance costs		$ 6,785,000
2026 Unsecured Convertible Senior Notes
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Principal amount	$ 225,000,000.0
Proceeds from 2026 debt issuance used to repurchase 2023 Notes	$ 125,600,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.25%
Unamortized debt issuance costs			$ 4,100,000
Effective interest rate to determine fair value of liability component (as a percent)			5.90%
Conversion rate	0.0540906
Value used in calculation of conversion rate	$ 1,000
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2026 Notes principal amount issued	$ 225,000,000.0
Issuance costs	$ 6,800,000
Capped Call Transactions, Threshold Trading Day Period	50 days
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Fair value of equity component	$ 23,200,000
2026 Unsecured Convertible Senior Notes \| Debt Conversion, After September 30, 2020
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Trading days, number \| D	20
Consecutive trading days, period \| D	30
Consecutive business days, period	5 days
Consecutive trading-day period	5 days
Maximum product of the closing sale price of shares of the Company's common stock and the applicable conversion rate for such trading day (as a percent)	98.00%
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Trading days, number \| D	20
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2026 Unsecured Convertible Senior Notes \| Minimum
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2026 Unsecured Convertible Senior Notes \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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