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Stock-Based Compensation Plans
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Stock-Based Compensation Plans  
Stock-Based Compensation Plans

8.  Stock-Based Compensation Plans

 

Information with respect to stock options granted under the Company’s 1994 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “1994 Plan”) and its 2009 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2009 Plan”) are as follows (dollars in thousands, other than per share amounts):

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

average

 

 

 

average

 

 

 

2009 Plan

 

exercise price

 

1994 Plan

 

exercise price

 

 

 

shares

 

per share

 

shares

 

per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options Outstanding, December 31,2011

 

247,403

 

$

98.42

 

1,112,959

 

$

94.10

 

Exercised

 

(36,953

)

84.74

 

(281,222

)

67.88

 

Granted

 

113,804

 

132.95

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

(2,396

)

99.69

 

(4,066

)

116.89

 

Options Outstanding, June 30, 2012

 

321,858

 

$

112.19

 

827,671

 

$

102.90

 

Options Exerciseable June 30, 2012

 

80,930

 

$

96.66

 

827,671

 

$

102.90

 

 

The weighted average fair value of the options granted under the 2009 Plan during the six months ended June 30, 2012 is estimated at $ 29.05 per share on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions: dividend yield of 3.5% over the expected life of the option, volatility of 35.00%, risk-free interest rate of 0.9% and an expected life of approximately 5 years.

 

At June 30, 2012, the Company had 208,436 outstanding unvested shares granted under restricted stock awards. Restricted stock vesting during the six months ended June 30, 2012 totaled 317,050 shares and had fair values at the grant date ranging from $48.60 to $139.75 per share.  The total grant date fair value of shares vested was $36,162,000 and $34,882,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

 

Total employee stock-based compensation cost recognized in income was $6,106,000 and $5,575,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and total capitalized stock-based compensation cost was $2,603,000 and $2,907,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.  At June 30, 2012, there was a total of $3,355,000 and $9,807,000 in unrecognized compensation cost for unvested stock options and unvested restricted stock, respectively, which does not include estimated forfeitures. The unrecognized compensation cost for unvested stock options and restricted stock is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.14 years and 2.71 years, respectively.