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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Share-based Compensation [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Stock-Based Compensation Expense | Stock-based compensation expense consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Stock options |  | $ | 909 |  |  | $ | 873 |  |  | $ | 2,652 |  |  | $ | 2,583 |
Restricted stock units |  | 2,019 |  |  | 1,377 |  |  | 5,484 |  |  | 3,949 |
Total |  | $ | 2,928 |  |  | $ | 2,250 |  |  | $ | 8,136 |  |  | $ | 6,532 |
Schedule Of Weighted Average Assumptions | The following table presents the weighted average assumptions for stock options granted in the periods:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Expected option term | 4.41 years |  | 4.49 years |  | 4.70 years |  | 4.71 years
Expected stock price volatility | 27.24% |  | 26.87% |  | 27.65% |  | 30.63%
Risk-free interest rate | 1.32% |  | 1.01% |  | 1.22% |  | 0.70%
Expected annual dividend yield | 1.49% |  | 1.38% |  | 1.34% |  | 1.62%
Weighted average grant date fair value | $7.84 |  | $6.52 |  | $8.72 |  | $6.17
Schedule Of Weighted Average Assumptions For Restricted Stock Units | The following table presents the weighted average assumptions for restricted stock units granted in the periods:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Vesting period | 4.01 years |  | 4.01 years |  | 3.83 years |  | 3.93 years
Expected annual dividend yield | 1.49% |  | 1.38% |  | 1.33% |  | 1.59%
Estimated average grant date fair value per restricted stock unit | $35.47 |  | $30.14 |  | $39.02 |  | $25.99

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