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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Stock-Based Compensation Expense | Stock-based compensation expense consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Cost of sales |  | $ | 399 |  |  | $ | 347 |  |  | $ | 287 |
SG&A expense |  | 10,721 |  |  | 8,531 |  |  | 7,546 |
Pre-tax stock-based compensation expense |  | 11,120 |  |  | 8,878 |  |  | 7,833 |
Income tax benefits |  | (3,874 | ) |  | (3,102 | ) |  | (2,724 | )
Total stock-based compensation expense, net of tax |  | $ | 7,246 |  |  | $ | 5,776 |  |  | $ | 5,109 |
Schedule of Weighted Average Assumptions | The following table presents the weighted average assumptions for the years ended December 31:
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Expected term |  | 4.69 years |  | 4.70 years |  | 4.78 years
Expected stock price volatility |  | 27.62% |  | 30.53% |  | 32.20%
Risk-free interest rate |  | 1.22% |  | 0.71% |  | 0.88%
Expected dividend yield |  | 1.34% |  | 1.62% |  | 1.80%
Weighted average grant date fair value |  | $8.69 |  | $6.18 |  | $5.79
Summary of Stock Option Activity | The following table summarizes stock option activity under the Plan:
|  | Number of Shares |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Options outstanding at January 1, 2012 |  | 3,838,192 |  |  | $ | 23.02 |  |  | 6.25 |  | $ | 9,141 |
Granted |  | 716,338 |  |  | 24.41 |  |  |  |  |
Cancelled |  | (344,930 | ) |  | 26.45 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (761,622 | ) |  | 19.17 |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding at December 31, 2012 |  | 3,447,978 |  |  | 23.82 |  |  | 6.15 |  | 13,001 |
Granted |  | 708,220 |  |  | 27.33 |  |  |  |  |
Cancelled |  | (119,098 | ) |  | 26.67 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (888,836 | ) |  | 21.98 |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding at December 31, 2013 |  | 3,148,264 |  |  | 25.02 |  |  | 6.36 |  | 45,187 |
Granted |  | 512,761 |  |  | 39.69 |  |  |  |  |
Cancelled |  | (102,598 | ) |  | 28.39 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (917,642 | ) |  | 24.28 |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding at December 31, 2014 |  | 2,640,785 |  |  | $ | 28.00 |  |  | 6.50 |  | $ | 43,682 |
Options vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2014 |  | 2,548,918 |  |  | $ | 27.80 |  |  | 6.42 |  | $ | 42,677 |
Options exercisable at December 31, 2014 |  | 1,290,374 |  |  | $ | 24.15 |  |  | 4.78 |  | $ | 26,315 |
Schedule Of Weighted Average Assumptions for Restricted Stock Units | The following table presents the weighted average assumptions for the years ended December 31:
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Vesting period |  | 3.83 years |  | 3.84 years |  | 3.86 years
Expected dividend yield |  | 1.33% |  | 1.58% |  | 1.77%
Estimated average fair value per restricted stock unit granted |  | $38.98 |  | $26.67 |  | $23.29
Summary of Restricted Stock Unit Activity | The following table summarizes the restricted stock unit activity under the Plan:
|  | Number of Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
Restricted stock units outstanding at January 1, 2012 |  | 593,504 |  |  | $ | 23.60 |
Granted |  | 370,606 |  |  | 23.29 |
Vested |  | (182,766 | ) |  | 21.20 |
Forfeited |  | (140,228 | ) |  | 23.13 |
Restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 2012 |  | 641,116 |  |  | 24.16 |
Granted |  | 322,474 |  |  | 26.67 |
Vested |  | (232,714 | ) |  | 23.04 |
Forfeited |  | (56,382 | ) |  | 24.95 |
Restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 2013 |  | 674,494 |  |  | 25.67 |
Granted |  | 272,642 |  |  | 38.98 |
Vested |  | (220,348 | ) |  | 25.21 |
Forfeited |  | (68,028 | ) |  | 28.51 |
Restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 2014 |  | 658,760 |  |  | $ | 31.03 |

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