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Equity Compensation, Employment Agreements and Other Benefit Plans (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Compensation Related Costs [Abstract] |
Schedule of expenses related to equity-based compensation | The following table presents the Company’s expenses related to its equity-based compensation instruments for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
(In Thousands) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
RSUs |  | $ | 1,288 |  |  | $ | 1,082 |  |  | $ | 4,724 |  |  | $ | 3,891 |
Total |  | $ | 1,288 |  |  | $ | 1,082 |  |  | $ | 4,724 |  |  | $ | 3,891 |
Schedule of expenses related to deferred compensation plans | The following table presents the Company’s expenses related to its Deferred Plans for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
(In Thousands) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Non-employee directors |  | $ | 134 |  |  | $ | (22 | ) |  | $ | 459 |  |  | $ | — |
Total |  | $ | 134 |  |  | $ | (22 | ) |  | $ | 459 |  |  | $ | — |
Schedule of aggregate income deferred by participants and associated liability under deferred compensation plans | The following table presents the aggregate amount of income deferred by participants of the Deferred Plans through September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 that had not been distributed and the Company’s associated liability for such deferrals at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018:
|  | September 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
(In Thousands) | Undistributed Income Deferred (1) |  | Liability Under Deferred Plans | Undistributed Income Deferred (1) |  | Liability Under Deferred Plans
Non-employee directors |  | $ | 2,216 |  |  | $ | 2,734 |  |  | $ | 2,263 |  |  | $ | 2,417 |
Total |  | $ | 2,216 |  |  | $ | 2,734 |  |  | $ | 2,263 |  |  | $ | 2,417 |
(1) Represents the cumulative amounts that were deferred by participants through September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, which had not been distributed through such respective date.

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