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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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Debt Facilities - Additional Information 1 (Detail)		1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Debt Facilities - Additional Information 1 (Detail)	Apr. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2015 GBP (£)	Apr. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2015 CHF (SFr)	Apr. 30, 2015 EUR (€)	Apr. 30, 2015 JPY (¥)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Prepayment of principal balance of outstanding term loan			$ 518,629,000	$ 27,094,000
Senior credit facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity						$ 1,500,000,000
Senior credit facility [Member] \| Term loan facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity						500,000,000
U.S. term loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity					£ 92,586,000	490,000,000	SFr 47,780,000	€ 184,945,000	¥ 11,924,000,000
Prepayment of principal balance of outstanding term loan	$ 490,000,000
Credit facility, frequency of payment			Quarterly
Debt instrument, repayment terms			The Company will repay the Term Loan Facility in equal quarterly installments on the last business day of each March, June, September and December, commencing on June 30, 2015, equal to the amount of 2.00% of the result of the respective Term Loan Facility on April 30, 2015 divided by 0.98.
Revolving credit facility [Member] \| Senior credit facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity						$ 1,000,000,000
4.75% Convertible subordinated notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Subordinated notes converted into common stock \| shares			1,964,879
Convertible debt interest rate			4.75%	4.75%
Convertible debt maturity date			Jun. 15, 2016
Capped call premium, total			$ 49,664,000
Convertible subordinated notes, converted number of common stock \| shares			4,432,638
Capped call redemption \| shares		1,232,808
4.75% Convertible subordinated notes [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion price per share \| $ / shares			$ 84.32
4.75% Convertible subordinated notes [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Capped Call [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion price per share \| $ / shares		$ 80.36
4.75% Convertible subordinated notes [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion price per share \| $ / shares			$ 114.82
4.75% Convertible subordinated notes [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Capped Call [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion price per share \| $ / shares		$ 109.34