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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract] |
Target grants performance share | Target grants of performance shares outstanding at December 31, 2019, were as follows:
Grant Date | Performance Period | Target Grant of Shares |
February 2018 | 2018-2020 | 246,309 |
February 2019 | 2019-2021 | 327,194 |
Schedule of share-based payment award, performance shares, valuation assumptions | Assumptions used for grants applicable to the market condition for certain performance shares issued in 2019, 2018 and 2017 were:
|  |  | 2019 |  |  |  | 2018 |  |  |  | 2017 |
Weighted average grant-date fair value |  |  |  | $35.07 |  |  |  |  | $34.55 |  |  |  |  | $24.31 |
Blended volatility range | 19.50 | % | – | 19.69 | % | 17.87 | % | – | 22.14 | % | 22.70 | % | – | 25.56 | %
Risk-free interest rate range | 2.46 | % | – | 2.55 | % | 1.86 | % | – | 2.46 | % | .69 | % | – | 1.61 | %
Weighted average discounted dividends per share |  |  |  | $2.85 |  |  |  |  | $2.46 |  |  |  |  | $1.70 |
Summary of the status of the performance share awards | A summary of the status of the performance share awards for the year ended December 31, 2019, was as follows:
| Number of Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value |
Nonvested at beginning of period | 668,791 |  | $ | 23.03 |
Granted | 327,194 |  | 30.66 |
Additional performance shares earned | 103,159 |  | 14.60 |
Less: |  |
Vested | 398,919 |  | 15.52 |
Forfeited | 126,722 |  | 24.31 |
Nonvested at end of period | 573,503 |  | $ | 30.81 |

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