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EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Compensation Costs Recognized in Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

The following table presents the compensation costs recognized in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2013	2012

Liability awards	$ 182	$ 822
Equity awards	4,303	3,458
Total	$ 4,485	$ 4,280

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of a stock option or other award plan under which equity-based compensation is awarded to employees, typically comprised of the amount of unearned compensation (deferred compensation cost), compensation expense, and changes in the quantity and fair value of the shares (or other type of equity) granted, exercised, forfeited, and issued and outstanding pertaining to that plan. Disclosure may also include nature and general terms of such arrangements that existed during the period and potential effects of those arrangements on shareholders, effect of compensation cost arising from equity-based payment arrangements on the income statement, method of estimating the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the equity instruments granted, during the period, cash flow effects resulting from equity-based payment arrangements and, for registrants that accelerate vesting of out of the money share options, reasons for the decision to accelerate.

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