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Stock Plans (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
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) |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Stock compensation expense |  | $ | 5,606 |  |  | $ | 6,325 |
Income tax benefit |  | 1,362 |  |  | 2,386 |
Stock compensation expense, net of income tax benefit |  | $ | 4,244 |  |  | $ | 3,939 |
Summary of Stock Option Activity | A summary of stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2018 follows:
|  | Shares |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at January 1, 2018 |  | 955,446 |  |  | $ | 42.75 |
Exercised |  | (24,058 | ) |  | 35.23 |
Outstanding at March 31, 2018 |  | 931,388 |  |  | 42.95 |
Exercisable at March 31, 2018 |  | 727,302 |  |  | $ | 42.51 |
Summary of Restricted Stock and Unit Activity | A summary of restricted stock and unit activity for the three months ended March 31, 2018 follows:
|  | Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at January 1, 2018 |  | 227,161 |  |  | $ | 57.50 |
Granted |  | 49,111 |  |  | 83.60 |
Vested |  | (50,075 | ) |  | 52.23 |
Forfeited |  | (2,804 | ) |  | 55.26 |
Unvested at March 31, 2018 |  | 223,393 |  |  | $ | 64.92 |
Schedule of Fair Value Assumptions for Units | The following weighted average assumptions were used in the Monte Carlo model for units granted in the first quarter of 2018 with a market condition modifier.
Fair value per unit | $83.58
Risk-free interest rate | 2.36%
Expected dividend yield | 1.82%
Expected volatility | 28.3%
MSA stock beta | 1.240
Summary of Performance Stock Unit Activity | A summary of performance stock unit activity for the three months ended March 31, 2018 follows:
|  | Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at January 1, 2018 |  | 242,186 |  |  | $ | 55.06 |
Granted |  | 54,299 |  |  | 83.58 |
Performance adjustments |  | (3,356 | ) |  | 44.61 |
Vested |  | (41,660 | ) |  | 40.23 |
Forfeited |  | (8,659 | ) |  | 35.34 |
Unvested at March 31, 2018 |  | 242,810 |  |  | $ | 64.50 |

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