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Share-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Share-Based Compensation [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Weighted Average Option Fair Values And Assumptions |
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Weighted average fair value of grants |  | $12.30 |  | $ 9.56 |  | $ 5.32
Dividend yield |  | 1.46% |  | 1.51% |  | 2.35%
Volatility |  | 32.72% |  | 33.43% |  | 32.53%
Risk-free interest rate |  | 0.28% - 5.61% |  | 0.32% - 5.67% |  | 0.69% - 4.63%
Expected life (in years) |  | 6.14 |  | 5.98 |  | 5.85
Schedule Of Compensation Cost For Stock Options And Unvested Shares |
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011(1) |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Cost of goods sold |  | $ | 805 |  |  | $ | 804 |  |  | $ | 945 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses |  |  | 6,153 |  |  |  | 6,923 |  |  |  | 6,288 |
Total expense before income taxes |  |  | 6,958 |  |  |  | 7,727 |  |  |  | 7,233 |
Income tax benefit |  |  | (2,208 | ) |  |  | (2,450 | ) |  |  | (2,322 | )
Total expense after income taxes |  | $ | 4,750 |  |  | $ | 5,277 |  |  | $ | 4,911 |
(1) | Reflects the forfeiture of stock options related to the Company's transition to a new CEO in August 2011.
Total compensation cost for unvested shares is as follows:
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011(1) |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Cost of goods sold |  | $ | 684 |  |  | $ | 311 |  |  | $ | 248 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses |  |  | 4,434 |  |  |  | 8,382 |  |  |  | 8,229 |
Restructuring expenses |  |  | — |  |  |  | 938 |  |  |  | — |
Total expense before income taxes |  |  | 5,118 |  |  |  | 9,631 |  |  |  | 8,477 |
Income tax benefit |  |  | (1,827 | ) |  |  | (2,097 | ) |  |  | (1,444 | )
Total expense after income taxes |  | $ | 3,291 |  |  | $ | 7,534 |  |  | $ | 7,033 |
(1) | Reflects the forfeiture of unvested shares related to the Company's transition to a new CEO in August 2011.
Schedule Of Stock Option Activity |
Stock Options |  | Shares |  |  | Weighted Average Price |  |  | Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Outstanding at January 1, 2011 |  |  | 5,404,223 |  |  | $ | 26.85 |  |  |  | 6.29 |  |  | $ | 66,329,686 |
Granted |  |  | 770,350 |  |  |  | 40.98 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (1,333,185 | ) |  |  | 24.10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited/Expired |  |  | (527,344 | ) |  |  | 31.79 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at December 31, 2011 |  |  | 4,314,044 |  |  | $ | 29.61 |  |  |  | 7.01 |  |  | $ | 34,899,200 |
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2011 |  |  | 3,659,049 |  |  | $ | 28.51 |  |  |  | 6.55 |  |  | $ | 32,886,227 |
Exercisable at December 31, 2011 |  |  | 2,805,172 |  |  | $ | 27.76 |  |  |  | 5.84 |  |  | $ | 26,371,747 |
Schedule Of Unvested Share Activity |
Unvested Shares |  | Shares |  |  | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Nonvested at January 1, 2011 |  |  | 950,097 |  |  | $ | 29.83 |
Granted |  |  | 341,876 |  |  |  | 38.81 |
Vested |  |  | (386,338 | ) |  |  | 32.84 |
Forfeited |  |  | (292,260 | ) |  |  | 30.03 |
Nonvested at December 31, 2011 |  |  | 613,375 |  |  | $ | 32.44 |

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