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Stock Plans (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Stock Compensation Expense | Stock compensation expense is as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands) |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Stock compensation expense |  | $ | 4,981 |  |  | $ | 5,165 |
Income tax benefit |  | 1,912 |  |  | 1,890 |
Stock compensation expense, net of income tax benefit |  | 3,069 |  |  | 3,275 |
Schedule of Valuation Assumptions, Stock Options | Stock option expense is based on the fair value of stock option grants estimated on the grant dates using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following weighted average assumptions for options granted in 2015.
| 2015
Fair value per option | $ | 15.63 |
Risk-free interest rate | 1.77 | %
Expected dividend yield | 2.32 | %
Expected volatility | 38.94 | %
Expected life (years) | 6.71 |
Summary of Stock Option Activity | A summary of stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2015 follows:
|  | Shares |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at January 1, 2015 |  | 1,618,561 |  |  | $ | 35.74 |
Granted |  | 170,683 |  |  | 48.64 |
Exercised |  | (29,913 | ) |  | 38.28 |
Outstanding at March 31, 2015 |  | 1,759,331 |  |  | 36.95 |
Exercisable at March 31, 2015 |  | 1,287,076 |  |  | 32.38 |
Summary of Restricted Stock Activity | A summary of restricted stock activity for the three months ended March 31, 2015 follows:
|  | Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at January 1, 2015 |  | 268,743 |  |  | $ | 45.34 |
Granted |  | 60,317 |  |  | 48.64 |
Vested |  | (84,761 | ) |  | 37.00 |
Forfeited |  | (1,824 | ) |  | 47.73 |
Unvested at March 31, 2015 |  | 242,475 |  |  | 49.15 |
Schedule of Value Assumptions, Equity Instruments Other than Options | The following weighted average assumptions were used in the Monte Carlo model for units granted in 2015.
| 2015
Fair value per unit | $ | 40.06 |
Risk-free interest rate | 0.93 | %
Expected dividend yield | 2.32 | %
Expected volatility | 27.00 | %
MSA stock beta | 1.132 |
Summary of Performance Stock Unit Activity | A summary of performance stock unit activity for the three months ended March 31, 2015 follows:
|  | Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at January 1, 2015 |  | 143,961 |  |  | $ | 52.42 |
Granted |  | 54,856 |  |  | 40.06 |
Performance adjustments |  | 16,447 |  |  | 41.45 |
Vested |  | (63,164 | ) |  | 41.66 |
Unvested at March 31, 2015 |  | 152,100 |  |  | 51.24 |

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