Share-Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

12. Share-Based Compensation

Share-based Awards and Share-based Compensation Expense

Our officers, employees, non-employee directors and certain individual service providers are eligible to participate in the Company’s equity compensation plans, subject to the discretion of the administrator of the plans. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we granted an aggregate of 994,401 share-based awards, consisting primarily of restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and stock options.

Total share-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 is detailed in the following table:


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
Comprehensive Income Statement Classification	2013		2012		2013		2012
Direct cost of revenues	$	2,532	$	3,475	$	13,231	$	12,883
Selling, general and administrative expense		2,680		3,179		9,180		10,338
Special charges		209		—		209		814

Total share-based compensation expense	$	5,421	$	6,654	$	22,620	$	24,035

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of a stock option or other award plan under which equity-based compensation is awarded to employees, typically comprised of the amount of unearned compensation (deferred compensation cost), compensation expense, and changes in the quantity and fair value of the shares (or other type of equity) granted, exercised, forfeited, and issued and outstanding pertaining to that plan. Disclosure may also include nature and general terms of such arrangements that existed during the period and potential effects of those arrangements on shareholders, effect of compensation cost arising from equity-based payment arrangements on the income statement, method of estimating the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the equity instruments granted, during the period, cash flow effects resulting from equity-based payment arrangements and, for registrants that accelerate vesting of out of the money share options, reasons for the decision to accelerate.

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