REPURCHASES OF COMMON STOCK

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

REPURCHASES OF COMMON STOCK

REPURCHASES OF COMMON STOCK

The following table summarizes our repurchases of common stock during the indicated periods:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
in thousands, except per share data	2012		2011		2012		2011
Shares repurchased	838		2,094		4,133		5,861
Aggregate repurchase price	$	21,229	$	49,961	$	87,130	$	155,817
Average price paid per share	$	25.34	$	23.86	$	21.08	$	26.59

As of September 30, 2012, we had authorization to repurchase an additional 3.4 million shares of our common stock under the share repurchase program approved by our Board of Directors.