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Equity (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

The Company’s share repurchase activity is included in the following table:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,

	2012		2011		2012		2011

Number of shares repurchased (1)		184,831		932,624		2,164,260		2,343,452
Cost of repurchased shares (in thousands)	$	7,517	$	35,964	$	84,674	$	87,860



(1)	The average purchase price for the shares was $40.67 and $38.56 for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $39.12 and $37.49 for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of an entity's treasury stock, including the average cost per share, carrying basis for each class of treasury stock, description of share repurchase program authorized by an entity's board of directors, the number of shares repurchased, the cost of the shares repurchased, the remaining maximum dollar value of shares available for repurchase under the program, the treatment of the purchase price in excess of the current market value, number of shares held for each class of treasury stock, and other information necessary to a fair presentation.

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