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FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Fair Value Disclosures Abstract

Schedule of recurring fair value measurements

		Value Measurements At Reporting Date
		March 31,			December 31,
Description		2016			2015
		(amounts in thousands)
Liabilities
Deferred compensation - Level 1 (1)		$	9,851		$	10,137

Schedule Of Carrying Value Of Financial Instruments

		March 31,						December 31,
		2016						2015
		Carrying			Fair			Carrying			Fair
		Value			Value			Value			Value
		(amounts in thousands)
Term B Loan (1)		$	236,918		$	237,214		$	242,750		$	242,447
Revolver (2)		$	13,500		$	13,500		$	26,000		$	26,000
Senior Notes (3)		$	218,360		$	227,094		$	218,269		$	227,000
Other debt (4)		$	97					$	-
Letters of credit (5)		$	670					$	670

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Tabular presentation of the carrying value of financial instruments and the fair value of the periods indicated.

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Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19190-110258

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