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Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Share-based Awards |
Date of Grant |  |  | Shares |  |  |  | Grant Date Fair Value Per Share |  |  |  | Vesting Period
January 2, 2014 (1) |  |  | 73,609 |  |  | $ | 23.18 |  |  |  | 33% per year over three years
January 2, 2014 (2) |  |  | 73,609 |  |  | $ | 26.79 |  |  |  | 100% on January 1, 2017
January 2, 2014 (3) |  |  | 2,724 |  |  | $ | 23.18 |  |  |  | 100% on January 1, 2016
April 1, 2014 (3) |  |  | 4,051 |  |  | $ | 22.98 |  |  |  | 100% on January 1, 2016
July 1, 2014 (3) |  |  | 3,397 |  |  | $ | 26.31 |  |  |  | 100% on January 1, 2016
October 1, 2014 (3) |  |  | 3,882 |  |  | $ | 22.06 |  |  |  | 100% on January 1, 2016
December 4, 2014 (4) |  |  | 51,792 |  |  | $ | 23.17 |  |  |  | 33% per year over three years
(1) Reflects the grant of restricted stock to our executive officers. (2) Reflects the grant of PSUs to our executive officers. (3) Reflects the grant of restricted stock to certain members of our Board of Directors who have made an election to take their quarterly fees in stock in lieu of cash. (4) Reflects annual equity grants to each independent member of our Board of Directors.
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
|  |  |  | Grant Date |  |  |  | Grant Date |  |  |  | Grant Date |
|  | Shares |  | Fair Value (1) |  | Shares |  | Fair Value (1) |  | Shares |  | Fair Value (1) |
Awards outstanding at beginning of year |  | 771,942 | $ | 13.62 |  | 1,191,402 | $ | 14.14 |  | 1,263,218 | $ | 14.80 |
Granted |  | 139,455 |  | 23.22 |  | 168,468 |  | 21.63 |  | 349,430 |  | 16.30 |
Vested (2) (3) |  | (356,437) |  | 11.27 |  | (502,022) |  | 17.50 |  | (400,180) |  | 18.07 |
Forfeited |  | - |  | - |  | (85,906) |  | 13.79 |  | (21,066) |  | 15.00 |
Awards outstanding at end of year (3) |  | 554,960 | $ | 17.54 |  | 771,942 | $ | 13.62 |  | 1,191,402 | $ | 14.14 |
(1) Represents the weighted average grant date fair value, which is based on the quoted market price of our common stock on the business day prior to the date of grant. (2) Total fair value of restricted stock and RSUs that vested during the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 was $8.2 million, $11.0 million and $6.7 million, respectively. (3) The vested and year-end amounts in 2014 each inclu de 33,760 shares of RSUs with the grant date fair value of $15.80 per share. In December 2013, management elected to pay out the January 2014 vesting of these RSUs in cash. As a result, we recorded a $1.3 million liability associated with these RSUs at December 31, 2013 and an additional liability of $0.2 million during 2014. We paid $0.8 million of this liability in January 2014 and $0.7 million in January 2015.

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