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Long-term Equity-based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions | The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes pricing model for Tandem Awards granted during the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, were as follows:
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
RANGE OF VALUATION ASSUMPTIONS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expected Volatility |  | 25.76 | % | - | 44.43 | % |  | 39.10 | % | - | 48.23 | % |  | 29.36 | % | - | 53.84 | %
Risk-free Interest Rate |  | 1.07 |  | - | 2.14 |  |  | 0.62 |  | - | 1.38 |  |  | 0.16 |  | - | 1.26 |
Expected Dividend Yield |  | 2.53 |  | - | 2.60 |  |  | 2.83 |  | - | 3.00 |  |  | 2.92 |  | - | 3.26 |
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE EXPECTED LIFE IN YEARS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee Grants |  | 4 |  | - | 7 |  | 4 |  | - | 7 |  | 1 |  | - | 7
Director Grants |  | 6 |  | 6 |  | 6
Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award | activity for the year ended December 31, 2014 is presented below:
|  | Shares Subject to Awards |  | Weighted- average Exercise Price Per Share ($) |  | Weighted- average Remaining Contractual Life (in Years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value ($ In Millions)
Outstanding at Beginning of the Year |  | 2,543,673 |  |  | $ | 41.37 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  | 289,000 |  |  | 36.59 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (46,125 | ) |  | 29.04 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited or Expired |  | (520,837 | ) |  | 46.94 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at December 31, 2014 |  | 2,265,711 |  |  | 39.74 |  |  | 3.8 |  | $ | 4.3 |
Vested and Expected to Vest at December 31, 2014 |  | 2,242,297 |  |  | $ | 39.80 |  |  | 3.8 |  | $ | 4.2 |
Exercisable at December 31, 2014 |  | 1,944,207 |  |  | $ | 40.59 |  |  | 3.0 |  | $ | 3.7 |
Schedule of Options Outstanding | Information pertaining to Tandem Awards outstanding at December 31, 2014 is presented below:
|  |  |  | Outstanding |  | Exercisable
Range of Exercise Prices ($) |  | Shares Subject to Awards |  | Weighted- average Exercise Price Per Share ($) |  | Weighted- average Remaining Contractual Life (in Years) |  | Shares Subject to Awards |  | Weighted- average Exercise Price Per Share ($)
$ | 10.00 |  | - | $ | 15.00 |  |  | 15,000 |  |  | $ | 13.55 |  |  | 2.26 |  | 15,000 |  |  | $ | 13.55 |
15.01 |  | - | 20.00 |  |  | 8,000 |  |  | 16.48 |  |  | 4.35 |  | 8,000 |  |  | 16.48 |
20.01 |  | - | 25.00 |  |  | 29,000 |  |  | 23.36 |  |  | 3.86 |  | 29,000 |  |  | 23.36 |
25.01 |  | - | 30.00 |  |  | 379,000 |  |  | 28.84 |  |  | 6.17 |  | 332,998 |  |  | 28.74 |
30.01 |  | - | 35.00 |  |  | 226,250 |  |  | 33.16 |  |  | 8.12 |  | 130,500 |  |  | 32.94 |
35.01 |  | - | 40.00 |  |  | 573,250 |  |  | 36.91 |  |  | 5.86 |  | 393,498 |  |  | 37.11 |
40.01 |  | - | 45.00 |  |  | 184,902 |  |  | 43.10 |  |  | 0.09 |  | 184,902 |  |  | 43.10 |
45.01 |  | - | 50.00 |  |  | 793,541 |  |  | 48.59 |  |  | 1.15 |  | 793,541 |  |  | 48.59 |
50.01 |  | - | 55.00 |  |  | 56,768 |  |  | 51.16 |  |  | 0.10 |  | 56,768 |  |  | 51.16 |
10.00 |  | - | 55.00 |  |  | 2,265,711 |  |  | 39.74 |  |  | 3.82 |  | 1,944,207 |  |  | 40.59 |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Nonemployee Director Deferred Stock Unit Award Plan, Activity [Table Text Block] | Activity related to DSU awards for the year ended December 31, 2014 was as follows:
|  | Number of DSUs |  | Weighted- average Grant-date Fair Value Per DSU
Vested Balance at Beginning of the Year |  | 4,000 |  |  | $ | 31.50 |
Granted and Vested |  | 4,000 |  |  | 37.53 |
Vested Balance at End of Period |  | 8,000 |  |  | $ | 34.52 |
Time Vested Restricted Stock [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity | Activity related to nonvested time-based restricted stock and nonvested time-based RSUs for the year ended December 31, 2014 was as follows:
| Time-based Restricted Stock Awards |  | Time-based RSU Awards
| Number of Shares |  | Weighted- average Grant-date Fair Value Per Share |  | Number of RSUs |  | Weighted- average Grant-date Fair Value Per RSU
Nonvested Balance at Beginning of the Year | 101,627 |  |  | $ | 31.48 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
Granted | 2,000 |  |  | 38.59 |  |  | 41,925 |  |  | 36.56 |
Vested | (25,568 | ) |  | 30.56 |  |  | (9,351 | ) |  | 36.47 |
Forfeited | (24,964 | ) |  | 30.96 |  |  | (2,550 | ) |  | 36.47 |
Nonvested Balance at End of Period | 53,095 |  |  | $ | 32.42 |  |  | 30,024 |  |  | $ | 36.60 |
Performance Based Restricted Stock [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity | Activity related to nonvested performance-based restricted stock and nonvested performance-based RSU awards for the year ended December 31, 2014 was as follows:
| Performance-based Restricted Stock Awards |  | Performance-based RSU Awards
| Number of Shares |  | Weighted- average Grant-date Fair Value Per Share |  | Number of RSUs |  | Weighted- average Grant-date Fair Value Per RSU
Nonvested Balance at Beginning of the Year | 176,800 |  |  | $ | 39.54 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
Granted | — |  |  | — |  |  | 66,575 |  |  | 40.50 |
Vested | (54,934 | ) |  | 39.83 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Forfeited | (11,241 | ) |  | 40.75 |  |  | (4,700 | ) |  | 40.50 |
Nonvested Balance at End of Period | 110,625 |  |  | $ | 39.28 |  |  | 61,875 |  |  | $ | 40.50 |

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