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Share-Based Compensation (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Weighted Average Option Fair Values And Assumptions |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
Weighted average fair value of option grants |  | $11.47 |  | $12.34
Dividend yield |  | 1.57% |  | 1.46%
Volatility |  | 32.01% |  | 32.76%
Risk-free forward interest rate |  | 0.17% - 3.98% |  | 0.28% - 5.62%
Expected life (in years) |  | 5.98 |  | 6.18
Stock Options [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Compensation Cost For Stock Options And Unvested Shares |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Cost of goods sold |  | $ | 293 |  |  | $ | 235 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses |  |  | 1,966 |  |  |  | 2,053 |
Total expense before income taxes |  |  | 2,259 |  |  |  | 2,288 |
Income tax benefit |  |  | (708 | ) |  |  | (736 | )
Total expense after income taxes |  | $ | 1,551 |  |  | $ | 1,552 |
Unvested Shares [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Compensation Cost For Stock Options And Unvested Shares |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Cost of goods sold |  | $ | 406 |  |  | $ | 148 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses |  |  | 1,996 |  |  |  | 2,413 |
Total expense before income taxes |  |  | 2,402 |  |  |  | 2,561 |
Income tax benefit |  |  | (663 | ) |  |  | (504 | )
Total expense after income taxes |  | $ | 1,739 |  |  | $ | 2,057 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the significant assumptions used during the year to estimate the fair value of stock options, including, but not limited to: (a) expected term of share options and similar instruments, (b) expected volatility of the entity's shares, (c) expected dividends, (d) risk-free rate(s), and (e) discount for post-vesting restrictions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph (f)(2) -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 2 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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