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Share-Based Payments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Employee Stock Option [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Activity [Table Text Block] | The weighted-average fair value of options granted and assumptions used to calculate their fair value during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:
| Three months ended
| September 30, 2015 |  | September 30, 2014
Expected dividend yield | 1.2 | % |  | — | %
Expected stock price volatility | 29.8 | % |  | — | %
Weighted average risk-free interest rate | 1.4 | % |  | — | %
Expected life of options (years) | 4.5 |  |  | 0.0 |
Weighted average grant date fair value | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | — |
| Nine months ended
| September 30, 2015 |  | September 30, 2014
Expected dividend yield | 1.0 | % |  | 1.2 | %
Expected stock price volatility | 33.7 | % |  | 38.8 | %
Weighted average risk-free interest rate | 1.6 | % |  | 1.6 | %
Expected life of options (years) | 6.0 |  |  | 5.3 |
Weighted average grant date fair value | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 14 |
The following tables summarize the Company’s employee stock option activity and related information:
| Three months ended September 30, 2015
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Weighted-
|  |  | Weighted- |  | Aggregate |  | Average
|  |  | Average |  | Intrinsic |  | Remaining
| Options |  | Exercise |  | Value |  | Contractual
| (000) |  | Price |  | (000) |  | Term
Outstanding at June 30, 2015 | 902 |  |  | $ | 31 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 5 |  |  | 52 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited | (1 | ) |  | 23 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at September 30, 2015 | 906 |  |  | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | 14,819 |  |  | 2.7
Exercisable at September 30, 2015 | 713 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 14,507 |  |  | 1.9
| Three months ended
| September 30, 2015 |  | September 30, 2014
Share-based compensation for options | $ | 352 |  |  | $ | 343 |
Tax benefit for option compensation | $ | 137 |  |  | $ | 131 |
Unrecognized compensation cost for options, net of estimated forfeitures | $ | 1,977 |  |  | $ | 1,971 |
| Nine months ended September 30, 2015
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Weighted-
|  |  | Weighted- |  | Aggregate |  | Average
|  |  | Average |  | Intrinsic |  | Remaining
| Options |  | Exercise |  | Value |  | Contractual
| (000) |  | Price |  | (000) |  | Term
Outstanding at December 31, 2014 | 1,363 |  |  | $ | 28 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 87 |  |  | 51 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (530 | ) |  | 27 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited | (14 | ) |  | 29 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at September 30, 2015 | 906 |  |  | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | 14,819 |  |  | 2.7
Exercisable at September 30, 2015 | 713 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 14,507 |  |  | 1.9
| Nine months ended
| September 30, 2015 |  | September 30, 2014
Share-based compensation for options | $ | 1,029 |  |  | $ | 989 |
Tax benefit for option compensation | $ | 403 |  |  | $ | 377 |
Unrecognized compensation cost for options, net of estimated forfeitures | $ | 1,977 |  |  | $ | 1,971 |
Employee Non-vested Shares [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block] | The following tables summarize the Company’s employee non-vested share activity and related information:
| Three months ended September 30, 2015
|  |  | Weighted- |  | Aggregate
| Non-vested |  | Average |  | Grant Date
| Shares |  | Grant Date |  | Fair Value
| (000) |  | Fair Value |  | (000)
Outstanding and non-vested at June 30, 2015 | 194 |  |  | $ | 46 |  |  |
Granted | — |  |  | — |  |  |
Vested | — |  |  | — |  |  |
Forfeited | (1 | ) |  | 48 |  |  |
Outstanding and non-vested at September 30, 2015 | 193 |  |  | $ | 46 |  |  | $ | 8,808 |
| Three months ended
| September 30, 2015 |  | September 30, 2014
Share-based compensation for non-vested shares | $ | 1,031 |  |  | $ | 906 |
Tax benefit for non-vested share compensation | $ | 403 |  |  | $ | 345 |
Unrecognized compensation cost for non-vested shares, net of estimated forfeitures | $ | 6,148 |  |  | $ | 5,241 |
| Nine months ended September 30, 2015
|  |  | Weighted- |  | Aggregate
| Non-vested |  | Average |  | Grant Date
| Shares |  | Grant Date |  | Fair Value
| (000) |  | Fair Value |  | (000)
Outstanding and non-vested at December 31, 2014 | 190 |  |  | $ | 40 |  |  |
Granted | 100 |  |  | 51 |  |  |
Vested | (92 | ) |  | 39 |  |  |
Forfeited | (5 | ) |  | 45 |  |  |
Outstanding and non-vested at September 30, 2015 | 193 |  |  | $ | 46 |  |  | $ | 8,808 |
| Nine months ended
| September 30, 2015 |  | September 30, 2014
Share-based compensation for non-vested shares | $ | 3,042 |  |  | $ | 2,726 |
Tax benefit for non-vested share compensation | $ | 1,190 |  |  | $ | 1,039 |
Unrecognized compensation cost for non-vested shares, net of estimated forfeitures | $ | 6,148 |  |  | $ | 5,241 |
Key Employee Performance Share Based Plan [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Performance-Based Units, Vested and Expected to Vest [Table Text Block] | The fair value of the performance shares was estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation. The weighted average assumptions used in the Monte Carlo calculation were as follows:
| Nine months ended
| September 30, 2015 |  | September 30, 2014
Expected stock price volatility | 23.5 | % |  | 32.5 | %
Weighted average risk-free interest rate | 1.0 | % |  | 0.7 | %
The following tables summarize the Company’s employee performance share activity, assuming median share awards, and related information:
| Three months ended September 30, 2015
|  |  | Weighted- |  | Aggregate
| Performance |  | Average |  | Grant Date
| Shares |  | Grant Date |  | Fair Value
| (000) |  | Fair Value |  | (000)
Outstanding and non-vested at June 30, 2015 | 77 |  |  | $ | 52 |  |  |
Granted | — |  |  | — |  |  |
Additional shares awarded based on performance | — |  |  | — |  |  |
Vested | — |  |  | — |  |  |
Outstanding and non-vested at September 30, 2015 | 77 |  |  | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 4,016 |
| Three months ended
| September 30, 2015 |  | September 30, 2014
Share-based compensation for performance shares | $ | 337 |  |  | $ | 275 |
Tax benefit for performance share compensation | $ | 132 |  |  | $ | 105 |
Unrecognized compensation cost for performance shares, net of estimated forfeitures | $ | 2,062 |  |  | $ | 1,500 |
| Nine months ended September 30, 2015
|  |  | Weighted- |  | Aggregate
| Performance |  | Average |  | Grant Date
| Shares |  | Grant Date |  | Fair Value
| (000) |  | Fair Value |  | (000)
Outstanding and non-vested at December 31, 2014 | 74 |  |  | $ | 44 |  |  |
Granted | 27 |  |  | 67 |  |  |
Additional shares awarded based on performance | — |  |  | — |  |  |
Vested | (24 | ) |  | 45 |  |  |
Outstanding and non-vested at September 30, 2015 | 77 |  |  | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 4,016 |
| Nine months ended
| September 30, 2015 |  | September 30, 2014
Share-based compensation for performance shares | $ | 972 |  |  | $ | 822 |
Tax benefit for performance share compensation | $ | 380 |  |  | $ | 313 |
Unrecognized compensation cost for performance shares, net of estimated forfeitures | $ | 2,062 |  |  | $ | 1,500 |
Nonemployee Director Nonvested Shares Granted Member |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block] | The following tables summarize the Company’s non-employee non-vested share activity and related information:
| Three months ended September 30, 2015
|  |  | Weighted- |  | Aggregate
| Non-vested |  | Average |  | Grant Date
| Shares |  | Grant Date |  | Fair Value
| (000) |  | Fair Value |  | (000)
Outstanding and non-vested at June 30, 2015 | 12 |  |  | $ | 52 |  |  |
Granted | 1 |  |  | 45 |  |  |
Vested | — |  |  | — |  |  |
Outstanding and non-vested at September 30, 2015 | 13 |  |  | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 699 |
| Three months ended
| September 30, 2015 |  | September 30, 2014
Share-based compensation for non-vested shares | $ | 166 |  |  | $ | 152 |
Tax benefit for non-vested share compensation | $ | 65 |  |  | $ | 58 |
Unrecognized compensation cost for non-vested shares, net of estimated forfeitures | $ | 424 |  |  | $ | 363 |
| Nine months ended September 30, 2015
|  |  | Weighted- |  | Aggregate
| Non-vested |  | Average |  | Grant Date
| Shares |  | Grant Date |  | Fair Value
| (000) |  | Fair Value |  | (000)
Outstanding and non-vested at December 31, 2014 | 15 |  |  | $ | 44 |  |  |
Granted | 12 |  |  | 52 |  |  |
Vested | (14 | ) |  | 43 |  |  |
Outstanding and non-vested at September 30, 2015 | 13 |  |  | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 699 |
| Nine months ended
| September 30, 2015 |  | September 30, 2014
Share-based compensation for non-vested shares | $ | 482 |  |  | $ | 433 |
Tax benefit for non-vested share compensation | $ | 189 |  |  | $ | 165 |
Unrecognized compensation cost for non-vested shares, net of estimated forfeitures | $ | 424 |  |  | $ | 363 |

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