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Share-Based Compensation (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Summary of RSUs Outstanding Under LTIP | A summary of the RSUs outstanding under the LTIP for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 is as follows:
|  | Restricted Share Units |
|  | Performance and Service Required (1) |  |  | Service Required |  |  | Total Restricted Share Units |  |  | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value |
Nonvested as of January 1, 2017 |  |  | 130,168 |  |  |  | 15,974 |  |  |  | 146,142 |  |  | $ | 38.46 |
Granted |  |  | 80,247 |  |  |  | 10,560 |  |  |  | 90,807 |  |  |  | 54.60 |
Vested |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0.00 |
Forfeited |  |  | (9,843 | ) |  |  | (2,461 | ) |  |  | (12,304 | ) |  |  | 46.86 |
Nonvested as of September 30, 2017 |  |  | 200,572 |  |  |  | 24,073 |  |  |  | 224,645 |  |  | $ | 44.53 |
(1) | Nonvested performance-based RSUs are reflected at the maximum performance achievement level.
Long Term Incentive Plan [Member] |
Stock Option Activity in Company's Plan | Stock option activity under the Company’s LTIP for nine months ended September 30, 2017 was as follows:
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share |  |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (000's) |
Outstanding at January 1, 2017 |  |  | 52,750 |  |  | $ | 54.54 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 5,000 |  |  | $ | 48.00 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | 0 |  |  | $ | 0.00 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  | 0 |  |  | $ | 0.00 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding (vested and expected to vest) at September 30, 2017 |  |  | 57,750 |  |  | $ | 53.98 |  |  |  | 6.8 |  |  | $ | 821 |
Exercisable at September 30, 2017 |  |  | 44,625 |  |  | $ | 56.34 |  |  |  | 6.2 |  |  | $ | 541 |
Stock Options [Member] |
Stock Option Activity in Company's Plan | Activity in the Company’s 1999 Stock Option Plan for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as follows:
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share |  |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (000's) |
Outstanding at January 1, 2017 |  |  | 5,550 |  |  | $ | 48.35 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 0 |  |  | $ | 0.00 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | 0 |  |  | $ | 0.00 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | 0 |  |  | $ | 0.00 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding (exercisable and vested) at September 30, 2017 |  |  | 5,550 |  |  | $ | 48.35 |  |  |  | 1.1 |  |  | $ | 41 |

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