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Stock Compensation Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Weighted Average Fair Value of Options Granted | The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions used:
Grant Year |  | Dividend Yield |  |  | Expected Volatility |  |  | Risk Free Interest Rate |  |  | Expected Lives |
2012 |  |  | 0 | % |  |  | 52 | % |  |  | 2 | % |  |  | 5 |
2011 |  |  | 0 | % |  |  | 52 | % |  |  | 2 | % |  |  | 5 |
2010 |  |  | 0 | % |  |  | 54 | % |  |  | 2 | % |  |  | 5 |
Stock Option Transactions under Various Stock-Based Employee Compensation Plans | Information regarding the 1996 Plan for the year ended December 31, 2012 is as follows:
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  |  | Weighted Average Contractual Life |
Outstanding, beginning of year |  |  | 2,702,629 |  |  | $ | 21.27 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 68,000 |  |  |  | 33.04 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (586,563 | ) |  |  | 17.66 |  |  |  |  |
Canceled |  |  | (59,180 | ) |  |  | 31.57 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding, end of year |  |  | 2,124,886 |  |  | $ | 22.36 |  |  |  | 6.15 |
Exercisable at end of year |  |  | 1,506,925 |  |  | $ | 23.30 |  |  |  | 5.89 |
Summary of ESPP Share Activity | The following is a summary of 2009 ESPP share activity for the year ended December 31, 2012:
|  | Shares |
Available for future purchases, January 1, 2012 |  |  | 253,294 |
Additional shares reserved under 2009 ESPP |  |  | 250,000 |
Purchases |  |  | (144,344 | )
Available for future purchases, December 31, 2012 |  |  | 358,950

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