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	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021
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Realized tax benefit				$ 2,300	$ 2,400	$ 7,700
Stock-based compensation expense total unrecognized			$ 40,900		$ 40,900
Stock-based compensation weighted-average year					2 years 4 months 24 days
Granted (in shares)					2,766,000
Allocated share based compensation expenses			20,327	$ 38,074	$ 66,269	$ 86,996
Employee Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	4 years				4 years
Employee Stock Option \| Executive Officer
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense total unrecognized			$ 4,200		$ 4,200
Stock-based compensation weighted-average year			2 years 10 months 24 days
Granted (in shares)	970,970
Allocated share based compensation expenses			$ 1,200		$ 4,100
Employee Stock Option \| Executive Officer \| Time Based Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares that were modified for vesting conditions, outstanding (in shares)			1,706,888		1,706,888
Employee Stock Option \| Employees \| Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage that was modified	25.00%
Employee Stock Option \| Executive Officers And Employees \| Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares that were modified for vesting conditions (in shares)	4,477,218
Employee Stock Option \| Executive Officers And Employees \| Performance Shares \| Service Based Vesting
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
New fair value	$ 76,600
Employee Stock Option \| Executive Officers And Employees \| Modified Vesting Conditions \| Performance Shares \| Service Based Vesting
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated share based compensation expenses			$ 4,300		$ 17,000
Employee Stock Option \| One Executive Officer \| 2019 Performance Obligaitons
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares that were modified for vesting conditions (in shares)			3,627,936		3,627,936
New fair value					$ 11,400
Employee Stock Option \| One Executive Officer \| 2019 Performance Obligaitons \| Service Based Vesting
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated share based compensation expenses			$ 1,000		$ 4,300
RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation weighted-average year					3 years 2 months 12 days
Remaining stock-based compensation expense			103,600		$ 103,600
Granted (in shares)					6,982,000
Vesting period							4 years
RSUs \| Liquidity Event Restricted Stock Units \| Time Based Liquidity Event Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated share based compensation expenses			$ 3,600		$ 14,000
RSUs \| Executive Officer \| Service Based Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation weighted-average year			2 years 10 months 24 days
Allocated share based compensation expenses			$ 1,100		3,900
Remaining stock-based compensation expense			3,900		$ 3,900
Granted (in shares)	388,389
Units granted, fair value	$ 10,900
RSUs \| Executive Officer \| Liquidity Event Restricted Stock Units \| Time Based Liquidity Event Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Modified vesting conditions of shares outstanding (in shares)					1,725,942
New fair value of units due to remeasurement					$ 43,300
Accelerated compensation expense recognized			$ 2,900		$ 11,000
RSUs \| Employees \| Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)		30,434
Percentage of assets sold or transferred for equity instruments other than options to vest		50.00%
RSUs \| Employees \| Liquidity Event Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)							1,338,028
Retainage period							6 years 6 months
RSUs \| Employees \| Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares that were modified for vesting conditions, outstanding (in shares)			111,902		111,902
Vesting percentage that was modified, RSUs					25.00%
RSUs \| Employees \| Performance Shares \| Service Vesting Condition
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
New fair value					$ 2,900
RSUs \| Employees \| Modified Vesting Conditions \| Performance Shares \| Service Vesting Condition
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated share based compensation expenses			$ 100		$ 500
RSUs \| Maximum \| Employees \| Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage		100.00%
Par value (in dollars per share)		$ 29.46
RSUs \| Minimum \| Employees \| Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage		0.00%
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