REPURCHASES OF COMMON STOCK

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

REPURCHASES OF COMMON STOCK

12. REPURCHASES OF COMMON STOCK

The following table summarizes our repurchases of common stock during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 (we did not repurchase any shares during the year ended December 31, 2009):

	Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands, except per share data)	2011		2010
Shares repurchased		8,869		1,734
Aggregate repurchase price	$	215,071	$	58,225
Average price paid per share	$	24.25	$	33.58

As of December 31, 2011, we had authorization to repurchase an additional 1.5 million shares of our common stock under the share repurchase program approved by our Board of Directors.