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SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Stockholders Equity Note Abstract |
Schedule of dividends payable on unvested restricted stock units |
|  |  |  | Dividend Equivalent Liabilities
|  | Balance Sheet |  | December 31,
|  | Location |  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  |  |  | (amounts in thousands)
Long-term |  | Other long-term liabilities |  | $ | 210 |  | $ | 216
Schedule Of Vested Employee Restricted Stock Units And Value |
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Shares of stock deemed repurchased |  |  | 132 |  |  | 142 |  |  | 186
Amount recorded as financing activity |  | $ | 1,562 |  | $ | 1,514 |  | $ | 1,640
Schedule of dividend activity |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Aggregate
|  | Record |  | Payment |  | Dividends |  |  | Payment
Equity Type |  | Date |  | Date |  | Per Share |  |  | Amount
Perpetual convertible cumulative |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
preferred stock |  | October 15, 2015 |  | October 16, 2015 |  | $ | 37,500.00 |  | $ | 412,500

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