Stock and Incentive Compensation Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Stock and Incentive Compensation Plans [Abstract]

Compensation expense for stock and incentive plans

The following tables summarize the stock and incentive plan activity for the period presented:

	Three Months ended March 31, 2012
	Stock			Performance			Time-Vested
	Options			Awards			Awards
Outstanding/Nonvested shares or units, beginning of period		1,205,100			179,421			334,356
Granted		-			55,295			77,006
Granted - excess shares		-			-			63,610
Exercised or released from restriction		(1,375	)		(71,500	)		(89,815	)
Expired		(16,575	)		-			-
Forfeited		-			(1,463	)		(2,842	)
Outstanding/Nonvested shares or units, end of period		1,187,150			161,753			382,315

Stock Based Incentive Plan

The following table presents information regarding compensation expense for stock and incentive plans for the periods presented ($ in thousands):

	Three months ended March 31,
	2012		2011
Compensation expense - Stock and Incentive plans:
Stock option-based awards	$	-	$	67
Performance awards		219		223
Time-vested awards		908		747
RSU award		-		137
Total	$	1,127	$	1,174

- 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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