SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

The transactions for restricted stock for the year ended September 30, 2011 were as follows:

		Weighted-
		average
		grant-date
	Shares	fair value
Non-vested at September 30, 2010	437,442	$36.06
Granted	199,960	30.79
Vested	(92,526)	39.02
Expired or forfeited	(3,263)	34.02
Non-vested at September 30, 2011	541,613	33.62

Stock Option Activity

The transactions for shares under options for the year ended September 30, 2011 were as follows:

						Weighted-
				Weighted-		average		Aggregate
				average		remaining		intrinsic
	Shares			exercise price		contractual term		value
Outstanding, September 30, 2010		953,326		$	36.32
Granted		-			-
Exercised		(62,865	)		26.27
Expired or forfeited		(17,947	)		37.44
Outstanding, September 30, 2011		872,514			37.02		4.0	$	-
Exercisable, September 30, 2011		504,928			35.75		3.7	$	-

Non-Vested Options Activity

The transactions for non-vested option shares for the year ended September 30, 2011 were as follows:

				Weighted-
				average
				grant-date
	Shares			fair value
Non-vested at September 30, 2010		377,548		$	11.38
Granted		-			-
Vested		-			-
Expired or forfeited		(9,962	)		11.25
Non-vested at September 30, 2011		367,586			11.38

Assumptions Used in Estimating Fair Value

The following table indicates the assumptions used in estimating fair value of restricted stock for the years ended September 30, 2011, 2010 and 2009.

	2011			2010			2009
Expected volatility		30.0	%		30.0	%		27.0	%
Dividend yield		1.0	%		.8	%		.6	%
Average risk-free interest rate		1.2	%		2.3	%		2.4	%
Average expected term (years)		2.0			2.2			2.3