Share-based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Share-Based Compensation

The following table presents the amounts incurred by ARI for share-based compensation, or stock appreciation rights (SARs) and the corresponding line items on the condensed consolidated statements of operations that they are classified within:



	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
	(in thousands)
Share-based compensation expense
Cost of revenues: Manufacturing	$	239	$	195	$	1,002	$	689
Cost of revenues: Railcar Services	13		70		251		102
Selling, general and administrative	288		900		3,259		3,449
Total share-based compensation expense	$	540	$	1,165	$	4,512	$	4,240

As of September 30, 2014, unrecognized compensation costs related to the unvested portion of SARs were estimated to be $1.9 million and were expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 26 months.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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