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Equity (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Equity |
Schedule of equity-based compensation expense |
|  | Three months ended |
|  | March 31, |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Equity-based compensation expense |  | $ | 3,130 |  | $ | 2,800 |
Summary of restricted stock awards and restricted stock unit activity |
|  | Shares (000’s) |  | Weighted- Average Grant-Date Fair Value |
Nonvested at December 31, 2011 |  | 618 |  | $ | 33.61 |
Granted |  | 9 |  | 25.87 |
Vested |  | (10 | ) | 30.88 |
Forfeited (including cancelled awards) |  | (25 | ) | 31.54 |
Nonvested at March 31, 2012 |  | 592 |  | $ | 33.63 |
Summary of stock option awards activity |
|  | Shares (000s) |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (000s) |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) |
Outstanding at December 31, 2011 |  | 2,106 |  | $ | 25.58 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  | 10 |  | 23.58 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (38 | ) | 14.11 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited (including cancelled options) |  | (40 | ) | 29.42 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at March 31, 2012 |  | 2,038 |  | $ | 25.71 |  | $ | 16,662 |  | 5.8 |
Options exercisable at March 31, 2012 |  | 967 |  | $ | 18.47 |  | $ | 10,841 |  | 4.3 |

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