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Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation [Abstract] |
Summary Of Restricted Stock Activity |
Restricted Stock |  | Number of Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share
Non-vested as of December 31, 2013 |  | 198,682 |  |  | $ | 106.11 |
Granted |  | 6,042 |  |  | 138.14 |
Vested |  | (13,744 | ) |  | 100.00 |
Forfeited |  | (580 | ) |  | 124.97 |
Non-vested as of December 31, 2014 |  | 190,400 |  |  | $ | 107.51 |
Summary Of Restricted Stock Units Activity | A summary of the restricted stock unit activity under the Incentive Plan for the year ended December 31, 2014, is presented below:
Restricted Stock Units |  | Number of Restricted Stock Units |  | Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (2) (in millions) |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)
Outstanding as of December 31, 2013 |  | 1,099,157 |  |  | $ | 48.23 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  | 71,900 |  |  | 130.16 |  |  |  |  |
Converted |  | (300,875 | ) |  | 26.53 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  | (7,500 | ) |  | 128.73 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2014 (1) |  | 862,682 |  |  | $ | 61.93 |  |  | $ | 117.7 |  |  | 4.8
Vested as of December 31, 2014 |  | 485,622 |  |  | $ | 27.04 |  |  | $ | 66.2 |  |  | 1.9
(1) | No RSUs outstanding at December 31, 2014 were convertible to shares of common stock.
(2) | The intrinsic value of RSUs is measured by applying the closing stock price as of December 31, 2014 to the applicable number of units.
Summary Of Stock Option Activity | Additional stock option information relating to the Director Plan is as follows:
(Dollars in millions, except per share data) |
| Number of Options |  | Weighted Average Exercise Per Share |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in Years)
Outstanding as of December 31, 2013 | 35,000 |  |  | $ | 17.25 |  |  |  |  |
Options exercised | 35,000 |  |  | $ | 17.25 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2014 | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 0.0
Exercisable as of December 31, 2014 | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 0.0
Schedule Of Stock Based Compensation Expense | Stock-based compensation expense consists of the following:
(In millions) | For the Years Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Restricted stock | $ | 3.3 |  |  | $ | 3.0 |  |  | $ | 3.4 |
Restricted stock units | 12.0 |  |  | 5.5 |  |  | 8.8 |
Total | $ | 15.3 |  |  | $ | 8.5 |  |  | $ | 12.2 |
Schedule Of Future Share-Based Compensation Cost | The following table details how the expenses associated with restricted stock and restricted stock units, which are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.8 years, will be recorded assuming performance targets are achieved in the periods currently estimated:
(In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
For the Years Ended December 31, |  | Restricted Stock Units |  | Restricted Stock |  | Total Projected Expense
2015 |  | $ | 7.6 |  |  | $ | 2.5 |  |  | $ | 10.1 |
2016 |  | 4.5 |  |  | 1.9 |  |  | 6.4 |
2017 |  | 2.6 |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | 4.2 |
2018 |  | 2.1 |  |  | 1.4 |  |  | 3.5 |
2019 |  | 1.4 |  |  | 1.2 |  |  | 2.6 |
Thereafter |  | 1.3 |  |  | 4.6 |  |  | 5.9 |
Total |  | $ | 19.5 |  |  | $ | 13.2 |  |  | $ | 32.7 |

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