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Disclosure of the aggregate tax benefit realized from the exercise of stock options and the conversion of similar instruments during the annual period.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Share-Based Arrangements (Stock Incentive Plan) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 03, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 17, 2013 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Number of shares authorized under the plan for each award issued, fair value awards		3
Employee Stock Options and ESPP Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Windfall tax benefit realized \| $		$ 0.0	$ 0.3	$ 0.8
Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Award vesting rate		0.20
Share-based payment award, vesting period		5 years
Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Award vesting rate		0.20
Share-based payment award, vesting period		5 years
2013 Management Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Number of shares authorized					2,250,000
Number of shares available for grant		867,569
2013 Management Incentive Plan \| LTIP Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Vesting percentage		100.00%
2013 Management Incentive Plan \| Performance- and Market-based Stock Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Vesting percentage	100.00%
Granted		8,979
Minimum \| 2013 Management Incentive Plan \| LTIP Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Vesting percentage		0.00%
Maximum \| 2013 Management Incentive Plan \| LTIP Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Vesting percentage		200.00%