STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

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

Summary of the total number, weighted average grant-date fair value, and types of awards granted

The following table summarizes the total number and type of awards granted during the three-month period ended March 31, 2012, as well as the related weighted-average grant-date fair values:



	Shares	Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Restricted stock awards	47,507	$	67.33
Performance stock awards	68,719	$	67.33
Total awards	116,226

- 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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