Long-Term Incentive Plan

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Long-Term Incentive Plan

Long-Term Incentive Plan

12. Long-Term Incentive Plan

Stock Grants

Restricted shares and restricted share units granted pursuant to the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan generally vest over periods from one to five years from the date of grant. The value of shares granted has been calculated based on the share price on the date of grant and is being amortized as compensation expense in accordance with the Company’s policy on a straight-line basis over the vesting periods for the entire award. The Company’s compensation expense and forfeitures related to these restricted shares and restricted share units for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2011		Three Months Ended June 30, 2010		Six Months Ended June 30, 2011		Six Months Ended June 30, 2010
	(unaudited)		(unaudited)		(unaudited)		(unaudited)
Compensation expense	$	1,413	$	1,022	$	2,219	$	2,326
Forfeiture expense adjustments	$	5	$	5	$	134	$	79

Stock Options

In April 2008, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s board of directors approved a grant of 200,000 non-qualified stock options (the “Options”) to Robert A. Alter, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and current Executive Chairman. The Options fully vested in April 2009, and will expire in April 2018. The exercise price of the Options is $17.71 per share.

The initial fair value of the Options was $0.7 million, and was estimated using a binomial option pricing model with the following assumptions:

Expected dividend yield	7.90	%
Risk-free interest rate	3.29	%
Expected volatility	26.90	%
Expected life (in years)	5.5

The expected life was calculated using the simplified method as outlined in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107.