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Share-Based Compensation (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Share-Based Compensation Expenses

Total share-based compensation expenses were as follows (in thousands):

 

     For the Year Ended
December 31,
 
     2012      2011      2010  

Option plan

   $ 16,497       $ 9,948       $ 6,132   

Other share-based awards

     56,770         63,872         52,807   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total share-based compensation before tax

     73,267         73,820         58,939   

Tax benefit

     27,401         27,929         23,039   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total share-based compensation expense included in Net income

   $ 45,866       $ 45,891       $ 35,900   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Stock Option Activity and Weighted Average Exercise Price

The following summarizes stock option activity and the weighted average exercise price for the following plans for the each of the three years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010:

 

     Omnibus Plan
(Active)
     Option Plan
(Frozen)
     Director Stock Option Plan
(Frozen)
 
     Outstanding
Shares
    Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
     Outstanding
Shares
    Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
     Outstanding
Shares
    Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 

Balance as of December 31, 2009

     2,837,800      $ 16.89         6,439,246      $ 19.15         176,000      $ 23.03   
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

Granted

     1,615,812        26.81         —           —            —           —      

Exercised

     (6,000     24.25         (3,951,986     16.50         (72,000   $ 24.65   

Forfeited

     (138,800     18.79         (13,500     21.49         —           —      
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

Balance as of December 31, 2010

     4,308,812      $ 20.54         2,473,760      $ 23.36         104,000      $ 21.91   
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

Granted

     1,276,500        50.52         —           —            —           —      

Exercised

     (865,875     16.30         (1,373,414     21.98         (16,000   $ 18.14   

Forfeited

     (36,700     26.38         (1,800     24.27         (8,000   $ 13.35   
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

Balance as of December 31, 2011

     4,682,737      $ 29.45         1,098,546      $ 25.08         80,000      $ 23.52   
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

Granted

     570,700        66.19         —           —            —           —      

Exercised

     (861,397     22.54         (744,974     25.84         (64,000   $ 22.62   

Forfeited

     (61,630     40.95         —           —            —           —      
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

Balance as of December 31, 2012

     4,330,410      $ 35.50         353,572      $ 23.47         16,000      $ 27.10   
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

Vested or expected to vest as of December 31, 2012

     4,330,410      $ 35.50         353,572      $ 23.47         16,000      $ 27.10   
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

Options exercisable as of December 31, 2012

     864,558      $ 21.69         353,572      $ 23.47         16,000      $ 27.10   
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   
Assumptions Used to Estimate Weighted Average Fair Value of Options

The following assumptions were used to estimate the weighted average fair value of options of $23.40, $18.44, and $9.30 granted during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively:

 

     For the Year
Ended December 31,
 
     2012     2011     2010  

Weighted-average volatility

     50     49     48

Expected dividend yield

     2.2     1.9     3.0

Expected term (in years)

     4.6        4.7        5.1   

Weighted average risk free interest rate

     0.7     1.4     2.5
Summary of Restricted Stock Activity

The following table summarizes restricted stock activity for the year ended December 31, 2012:

 

     Shares
Outstanding
    Weighted
Average
Grant Price
 

Balance as of December 31, 2011

     424,248      $ 30.09   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Granted

     333,800        70.12   

Vested

     (206,000     21.55   

Canceled/Forfeited

     (7,616     61.99   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2012

     544,432      $ 57.15   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expected to vest as of December 31, 2012

     544,432      $ 57.15