EQUITY TRANSACTIONS (Notes)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]

Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

EQUITY TRANSACTIONS

Stock Repurchase Plans—The Company’s board of directors approved a stock repurchase program that permitted the Company to repurchase its common stock through December 2016. Management had discretion in determining the conditions under which shares could have been purchased from time to time. The stock repurchase program expired as of December 31, 2016. The following table summarizes the most recent Stock Repurchase Plan approved by the Board of Directors:

Approval Date	December 2015
Authorized Repurchase Amount of Common Stock	$50 million
Effective Dates	December 2015 to December 2016

There were no stock repurchases during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and there is no stock repurchase program currently in effect.