STOCK COMPENSATION Stock Compensation (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity

he following table reflects the non-qualified stock option transactions from December 31, 2013 through June 30, 2014:

	Outstanding						Exercisable
(in thousands, except per share data)	Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Aggregate Intrinsic Value		Shares	Weighted Average Exercise Price		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Balance at December 31, 2013	8,295		$	35.04	$	111,450	6,225	$	33.67	$	92,200
Granted	920		45.23
Exercised	(390	)	32.63
Cancelled	(5	)	45.15
Forfeited	(24	)	41.01
Balance at June 30, 2014	8,796		$	36.20	$	98,117	6,906	$	34.48	$	88,889

Schedule of Stock Based Compensation

The following table represents total stock based compensation expense for non-qualified stock options, restricted stock units (“RSU”) and the tax related benefit for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013:

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
(in thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
Stock option expense	$	2,829	$	2,876	$	4,503	$	5,005
RSU expense	4,366		3,337		8,085		6,269
Total stock based compensation expense	$	7,195	$	6,213	$	12,588	$	11,274
Total related tax benefit	$	1,979	$	1,788	$	3,543	$	2,865

Schedule of Nonvested Share Activity

The following table summarizes the unvested RSU transactions from December 31, 2013 through June 30, 2014:

(in thousands, except per share data)	Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance at December 31, 2013	1,131		$	38.81
Granted	443		45.16
Vested	(272	)	36.69
Forfeited	(97	)	40.88
Balance at June 30, 2014	1,205		$	41.45