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Debt Instrument Interest Rate Spread On Overdue Principal In Event Of Default

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Line of Credit Facility Increase Option - An increase option in the credit agreement which provides, subject to certain requirements, the Company to arrange with existing lenders and/or new lenders to provide up to an aggregate of $250 million in additional commitments, whether for revolving loans or term loans.

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Period For Leverage Ratio To Determine Interest Rate Spread

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

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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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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense.

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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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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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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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Weighted average interest rate of short-term debt outstanding.

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Credit facility (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Credit facility (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Feb. 04, 2015	Jun. 27, 2013
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest expense	$ 25,644,000	$ 14,019,000	$ 49,696,000	$ 27,697,000
Credit Agreement Maturity June 27, 2018 [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit agreement maximum borrowing amount							$ 2,000,000,000.0
February 2015 Amended Credit Facility with Maturity Dates of June 2018 and February 2020 [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit agreement maximum borrowing amount						$ 2,555,000,000.000
Increase option amount						$ 300,000,000
Interest expense	$ 4,900,000	$ 5,100,000	$ 8,500,000	$ 10,100,000
Short-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	1.44%		1.44%
February 2015 Amended Credit Facility with Maturity Dates of June 2018 and February 2020 [Member] \| Revolving credit facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Amount of credit agreement borrowings outstanding	$ 1,296,500,000		$ 1,296,500,000		$ 462,000,000
Period for leverage ratio to determine interest rate spread			preceding four fiscal quarters
Interest rate spread on overdue principal in event of default (percentage)						2.00%
Interest rate spread on overdue amounts in event of default (percentage)						2.00%
February 2015 Amended Credit Facility with Maturity Dates of June 2018 and February 2020 [Member] \| Revolving credit facility [Member] \| Debt Instrument Interest Rate Option1 [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Description of variable rate basis			the highest of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.'s prime rate, the federal funds rate plus a margin equal to 0.50% and the adjusted LIBOR rate for a 1-month interest period plus a margin equal to 1.00%
February 2015 Amended Credit Facility with Maturity Dates of June 2018 and February 2020 [Member] \| Revolving credit facility [Member] \| Debt Instrument Interest Rate Option1 [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate (percentage)			0.25%
February 2015 Amended Credit Facility with Maturity Dates of June 2018 and February 2020 [Member] \| Revolving credit facility [Member] \| Debt Instrument Interest Rate Option1 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate (percentage)			1.25%
February 2015 Amended Credit Facility with Maturity Dates of June 2018 and February 2020 [Member] \| Revolving credit facility [Member] \| Debt Instrument Interest Rate Option 2 [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Description of variable rate basis			adjusted LIBOR rate (based on one, two, three, or six-month interest periods)
February 2015 Amended Credit Facility with Maturity Dates of June 2018 and February 2020 [Member] \| Revolving credit facility [Member] \| Debt Instrument Interest Rate Option 2 [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate (percentage)			1.25%
February 2015 Amended Credit Facility with Maturity Dates of June 2018 and February 2020 [Member] \| Revolving credit facility [Member] \| Debt Instrument Interest Rate Option 2 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate (percentage)			2.25%
February 2015 Amended Credit Facility with Maturity Dates of June 2018 and February 2020 [Member] \| Foreign Line of Credit [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit agreement maximum borrowing amount						$ 125,000,000
February 2015 Amended Credit Facility with Maturity Dates of June 2018 and February 2020 [Member] \| Standby Letters of Credit [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit agreement maximum borrowing amount						25,000,000
February 2015 Amended Credit Facility with Maturity Dates of June 2018 and February 2020 [Member] \| Line of Credit Facility Swingline Loan Sublimit [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit agreement maximum borrowing amount						$ 25,000,000