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Subsequent Events
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events

Note 22. Subsequent Events

Subsequent to December 31, 2017 up to the date of this filing, we repurchased approximately 25 thousand shares in the open market at a total cost of approximately $0.4 million under our current Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, which allows us to repurchase shares below a predetermined price per share.

On February 8, 2018, our Board of Directors authorized the continuation of the Share Repurchase Program, which has been renewed annually for the past fourteen years. It is effective beginning April 1, 2018, to which the amount of shares to be purchased will be reset to 5 million, and expires one year from the respective effective date. This authorization allows us to purchase shares of our common stock (i) in the open market, (ii) in privately negotiated transactions, or (iii) under Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. Privately negotiated transactions may include purchases from our employees, Officers and Directors, in accordance with SEC rules. Rule 10b5-1 trading plans allow for repurchases during periods when we would not normally be active in the trading market due to regulatory restrictions. The Share Repurchase Program does not obligate us to acquire any specific number of shares and may be suspended at any time. At December 31, 2017, the current program had approximately 3.8 million remaining shares of our common stock that may yet still be purchased through the March 31, 2018 expiration date.

Effective February 1, 2018, we acquired Laurus Transaction Advisors, L.L.C. (“Laurus”). Located in Denver, Colorado,Laurus provides buy-side and sell-side financial and accounting due diligence services for merger and acquisition transactions to private equity groups as well as public and private companies. Laurus recorded $5.6 million in revenue in 2017, and will be integrated into our current Transaction Advisory Services group.