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Share-Based Compensation Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Share-Based Compensation Plans

Schedule of stock option activity

Stock Options		Option Shares			Weighted Average Exercise Price			Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (In years)			Aggregate Intrinsic Value (In millions)
Outstanding at December 31, 2008			3,418,772		$	41.57
Granted			977,300			33.86
Exercised			(427,697	)		24.53
Expired or forfeited			(159,146	)		48.35
Outstanding at December 31, 2009			3,809,229			41.22
Granted			1,039,400			42.89
Exercised			(827,452	)		25.68
Expired or forfeited			(141,125	)		47.10
Outstanding at December 31, 2010			3,880,052			44.76
Granted			1,037,250			55.73
Exercised			(266,392	)		41.60
Expired or forfeited			(135,350	)		47.57
Outstanding at December 31, 2011			4,515,560		$	47.39			4.4		$	21.2
Exercisable at December 31, 2011			2,146,035		$	46.59			3.5		$	11.1

Schedule of weighted average assumptions for estimation of fair value of each option

		Year Ended December 31,
		2011			2010			2009
Weighted average assumptions used:
Exercise price		$	55.73		$	42.89		$	33.86
Risk free interest rate			2.20	%		2.35	%		1.87	%
Expected life in years			4.8			4.8			4.8
Expected volatility			60	%		60	%		59	%
Expected dividend yield			0.86	%		0.93	%		1.18	%
Grant date fair value		$	26.98		$	20.62		$	15.58

Summary of the status of the Company's non-vested stock options and changes during the year

Non-vested Options		Shares			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Non-vested at January 1, 2011			2,405,950		$	18.66
Granted			1,037,250		$	26.98
Forfeited			(103,600	)	$	21.25
Vested			(970,075	)	$	18.43
Non-vested at December 31, 2011			2,369,525		$	22.28

Summary of certain information concerning outstanding and exercisable options

						Options Outstanding						Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Price			Outstanding at December 31, 2011			Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years			Weighted Average Exercise Price			Exercisable at December 31, 2011			Weighted Average Exercise Price of Options Exercisable
	$15 - $19			24,000			3.4		$	18.31			24,000		$	18.31
	$24 - $28			50,925			3.5		$	25.02			50,925		$	25.02
	$33 - $38			790,675			4.5		$	33.90			373,725		$	34.11
	$42 - $45			1,620,435			4.0		$	43.68			913,635		$	44.36
	$55 - $57			1,963,525			4.7		$	56.25			717,750		$	56.80
	$61 - $67			66,000			5.9		$	64.03			66,000		$	64.03
	$15 - $67			4,515,560			4.4		$	47.39			2,146,035		$	46.59

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