SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS [Abstract]

Restricted Stock Activity

The transactions for restricted stock for the year ended September 30, 2015 were as follows:

				Weighted-
				average
				Grant-date
	Shares			Fair Value
Non-vested at September 30, 2014		575,150			$33.83
Granted		215,370			40.07
Vested		(183,089	)		36.51
Expired or forfeited		(36,864	)		28.70
Non-vested at September 30, 2015		570,567			35.66

Stock Option Activity

The transactions for shares under options for the year ended September 30, 2015 were as follows:

						Weighted-
				Weighted-		average		Aggregate
				average		Remaining		Intrinsic
	Shares			Exercise Price		Contractual Term		Value
Outstanding, September 30, 2014		512,322			$38.62
Exercised		(105,211	)		38.17
Expired or forfeited		(69,173	)		36.53
Outstanding, September 30, 2015		337,938			39.19		0.7		$3,304
Exercisable, September 30, 2015		171,532			39.55		0.8		$1,616

Non-vested Options Activity

The transactions for non-vested option shares for the year ended September 30, 2015 were as follows:

				Weighted-
				average
				Grant-date
	Shares			Fair Value
Non-vested at September 30, 2014		312,442			$11.21
Vested		77,199			12.23
Expired or forfeited		(68,837	)		11.70
Non-vested at September 30, 2015		320,804			11.35

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, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

	2015			2014			2013
Expected volatility		22.2	%		26.6	%		29.5	%
Dividend yield		1.0	%		1.1	%		1.2	%
Average risk-free interest rate		1.7	%		1.4	%		0.6	%
Average expected term (years)		1.8			2.0			2.0