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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION |
Schedule of share-based compensation, stock options, activity | A summary of activity for the Company’s stock options as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2013 is presented below:
|  |  |  |  |  | Weighted |  |  |
|  |  |  | Weighted |  | Average |  | Aggregate |
|  |  |  | Average |  | Remaining |  | Intrinsic |
|  |  |  | Exercise |  | Contractual |  | Value |
|  | Shares |  | Price |  | Term |  | (In thousands) |
Outstanding at beginning of period |  | 677,708 |  | $ | 28.41 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  | — |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (23,584 | ) | 18.73 |  |  |  |  |
Expired |  | (141,291 | ) | 36.90 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at end of period |  | 512,833 |  | $ | 26.52 |  | 1.56 years |  | $ | 1,786 |
Vested or expected to vest at end of period |  | 512,833 |  | $ | 26.52 |  | 1.56 years |  | $ | 1,786 |
Exercisable at end of period |  | 512,833 |  | $ | 26.52 |  | 1.56 years |  | $ | 1,786 |
Schedule of non-vested stock options activity |
|  |  |  | Weighted Average |
|  |  |  | Grant Date Fair Value |
|  | Shares |  | (per share) |
Unvested at January 1, 2013 |  | 14,502 |  | $ | 3.00 |
Granted |  | — |  | — |
Vested |  | (14,502 | ) | 3.00 |
Forfeited |  | — |  | — |
Unvested at March 31, 2013 |  | — |  | $ | — |
Schedule of share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, options, grants in period, grant date intrinsic value |
|  | Three Months Ended |
|  | March 31, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted during the period (1) |  | N/A |  | N/A |
Total intrinsic value of options exercised (in thousands) |  | $ | 127 |  | $ | 575 |
Total fair value of options vested (in thousands) |  | $ | 363 |  | $ | 3,001 |
(1) The Company did not issue any stock options during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.
Schedule of share-based compensation, time-based and performance-based restricted stock awards activity |
|  | March 31, 2013 |
|  | Restricted Stock Awards |
|  | Time-Based |  | Performance-Based |
|  |  |  | Weighted |  |  |  | Weighted |
|  |  |  | Average |  |  |  | Average |
|  | Shares |  | Price |  | Shares |  | Price |
Outstanding at beginning of period |  | 1,512,396 |  | $ | 16.30 |  | 694,838 |  | $ | 22.43 |
Granted |  | 11,432 |  | 22.31 |  | 477,165 |  | 25.25 |
Vested |  | (677,815 | ) | 15.66 |  | (170,427 | ) | 22.58 |
Forfeited |  | (20,262 | ) | 17.54 |  | (6,419 | ) | 22.65 |
Outstanding at end of period |  | 825,751 |  | $ | 16.87 |  | 995,157 |  | $ | 23.75 |

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