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Convertible Senior Notes | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Convertible Senior Notes | Convertible Senior Notes On March 17, 2014, the Company issued $143,750 aggregate principal amount of 5.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2019 (the "2019 Notes"), for which the Company received net proceeds, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expense payable by the Company of approximately $134,405. The following table summarizes the terms of the 2019 Notes.
| Principal Amount | Coupon Rate | Effective Rate (1) | Conversion Rate (2) | Maturity Date | Remaining Period of Amortization
2019 Notes | $ | 143,750 |  | 5.50 | % | 6.25 | % | 55.3649 |  | 3/15/2019 | 4.76 years
(1) | Effective rate includes the effect of the adjustment for the conversion option, the value of which reduced the initial liability and was recorded in additional paid-in-capital.
(2) | The Company has the option to settle any conversions in cash, shares of common stock or a combination thereof. The conversion rate represents the number of shares of common stock issuable per $1,000 principal amount of 2019 Notes converted. The if-converted value of the 2019 Notes does not exceed their principal amount at March 31, 2014 since the closing market price of the Company’s common stock of $16.63 per share does not exceed the implicit conversion prices of $18.06 for the 2019 Notes .
GAAP requires the liability and equity components of convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement) to be separately accounted for in a manner that reflects the issuer’s nonconvertible debt borrowing rate. ASC 470-20 requires that the initial proceeds from the sale of the 2019 Notes be allocated between a liability component and an equity component in a manner that reflects interest expense at the interest rate of similar nonconvertible debt that could have been issued by the Company at such time. The Company measured the fair value of the debt components of the 2019 Notes as of their issuance date based on effective interest rates of 6.25%. As a result, the Company attributed approximately $4,617 of the proceeds to the equity component of the 2019 Notes, which represents the excess proceeds received over the fair value of the liability component of the 2019 Notes at the date of issuance. The equity component of the 2019 Notes have been reflected within additional paid-in capital in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2014. The resulting debt discount is being amortized over the period during which the 2019 Notes are expected to be outstanding (the maturity date) as additional non-cash interest expense. The additional non-cash interest expense attributable to each of the 2019 Notes will increase in subsequent reporting periods through the maturity date as the 2019 Notes accrete to their par value over the same period. The aggregate contractual interest expense was approximately $307 for the three months ended March 31, 2014. With respect to the amortization of the discount on the liability component of the 2019 Notes as well as the amortization of deferred financing costs, the Company reported additional non-cash interest expense of approximately $61 for the three months ended March 31, 2014. As of March 31, 2014 potential shares of common stock contingently issuable upon the conversion of the 2019 Notes were excluded from the calculation of diluted income per share because we expect to settle the obligation in cash.

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