Aggregate Principal Value of Debt Tendered for Conversion

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The percentage of principal that will automatically become due and payable upon the default arising out of certain bankruptcy events.

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In the event of default, the minimum percentage of aggregate principal of notes held by a class of bondholders qualifying eligibility to declare principal of and accrued and unpaid interest due and payable.

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Represents the amount of debt issued as a result of the exercise of an over-allotment option by the underwriters.

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Represents the amount of debt issued as a percentage of its par value.

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Represents the amount of debt instrument for purchase of which overallotments option is granted to underwriters.

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The principal amount of notes used as denominator for purposes of computing the conversion ratio of convertible debt.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, the amount as of the balance sheet date of capitalized costs associated with the issuance of debt instruments (for example, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs) that will be charged against earnings over the life of the debt instruments to which such costs pertain which is allocated to liability component.

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Represents the borrowing rate at which loans are granted, used as an input to measure fair value.

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This element represents one of the conditions for conversion of convertible notes at the option of the holder if the trading price falls below a defined percentage of the product of the last reported sale price of the entity's common stock and the applicable conversion rate on each day within the measurement period.

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Fair value portion of borrowing which can be exchanged for a specified number of another security at the option of the issuer or the holder, for example, but not limited to, the entity's common stock.

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The carrying amount of the equity component of convertible debt which may be settled in cash upon conversion.

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

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Ratio applied to the conversion of debt instrument into equity with equity shares divided by debt principal amount.

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The amount by which the convertible debt's if-converted value exceeds its principle amount at the balance sheet date, regardless of whether the instrument is currently convertible. This element applies to public companies only.

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The number of equity instruments that the holder of the debt instrument would receive if the debt was converted to equity.

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Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days within which common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments must exceed threshold percentage for a specified number of trading days to trigger conversion feature, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Minimum percentage of common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments to determine eligibility of conversion.

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Threshold number of specified trading days that common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments must exceed threshold percentage within a specified consecutive trading period to trigger conversion feature.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Percentage of principal amount of debt redeemed.

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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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The cash inflow from the issuance of a long-term debt instrument which can be exchanged for a specified amount of another security, typically the entity's common stock, at the option of the issuer or the holder.

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DEBT - 1.00 CONVERTIBLE NOTES (Details) - 1.00% Convertible Notes due 2018 $ / shares in Units, label in Thousands			12 Months Ended
	Jul. 17, 2013 USD ($) label	Jun. 18, 2013 USD ($) day $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 12, 2013 USD ($)
Convertible Notes
Interest rate			1.00%
Estimated fair value of convertible notes			$ 738,053,000
Convertible Debt
Convertible Notes
Principal amount at issuance		$ 250,000,000	$ 268,149,000	$ 287,500,000
Interest rate		1.00%	1.00%
Percentage of par value at which debt was issued		98.50%
Proceeds from issuance of debt	$ 283,188,000	$ 246,250,000
Period of overallotment option to purchase additional amount of debt granted to underwriters		30 days
Amount pertaining to exercise of over-allotment of debt by underwriters	$ 37,500,000
Initial conversion rate of common stock per $1000 of principal amount of Convertible Notes (in shares)		46.4727
Principal amount used for debt instrument conversion ratio		$ 1,000
Initial conversion price of convertible notes into common stock (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 21.52
Number of shares to be converted into common stock \| label	13,361
Extinguishment of debt			$ 19,351,000
Aggregate principal value tendered for conversion with April 2017 settlement dates			93,000
Estimated fair value of convertible notes					$ 225,567,000
Non-convertible borrowing rate	6.15%
Carrying amount of the equity component of convertible notes					57,621,000
Banking, legal and accounting fees related to issuance of convertible notes					$ 2,815,000
Banking, legal and accounting fees related to issuance of convertible notes allocated to the liability component	$ 2,209,000
Banking, legal and accounting fees related to issuance of convertible notes allocated to the equity component	$ 606,000
The value by which Convertible Notes exceed the principal value			$ 470,456,000	$ 215,809,000
Convertible Debt \| Maximum
Convertible Notes
Additional amount of debt for purchase of which overallotment option is granted to underwriters		$ 37,500,000
Convertible Debt \| Conversion Terms at Holder's Option
Convertible Notes
Target ratio of closing share price to conversion price as a condition for conversion or redemption of Convertible Notes (as a percent)		130.00%
Ratio of closing share price to conversion price as a condition for conversion of Convertible Notes (as a percent)		98.00%
Convertible Debt \| Conversion Terms at Holder's Option \| Minimum
Convertible Notes
Number of trading days triggering conversion of redemption feature		20 days
Number of trading days in the measurement period that the entity's common stock closing price to conversion price must exceed a specified percentage of conversion price to trigger conversion feature of notes \| day		5
Convertible Debt \| Conversion Terms at Holder's Option \| Maximum
Convertible Notes
Number of trading days triggering conversion of redemption feature		30 days
Number of trading days in the measurement period that the entity's common stock closing price to conversion price must exceed a specified percentage of conversion price to trigger conversion feature of notes \| day		10
Convertible Debt \| Conversion Terms upon Occurrence of Certain Fundamental Company Changes
Convertible Notes
Redemption price as percentage of principal amount of notes plus accrued and unpaid interest			130.00%
Convertible Debt \| Conversion Terms upon Occurrence of Certain Fundamental Company Changes \| Minimum
Convertible Notes
Number of trading days triggering conversion of redemption feature			20 days
Convertible Debt \| Conversion Terms upon Occurrence of Certain Fundamental Company Changes \| Maximum
Convertible Notes
Number of trading days triggering conversion of redemption feature			30 days
Convertible Debt \| Conversion Terms, Event of Default
Convertible Notes
Redemption price as percentage of principal amount of notes plus accrued and unpaid interest		100.00%
Minimum percentage of aggregate principal amount held by bondholders to declare notes due and payable		25.00%
In event of default arising out of certain bankruptcy events, the percentage of principal amount due and payable		100.00%