STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

The Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with the provisions of ASC 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation.” The Company’s results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 reflected the following stock-based compensation cost, and such compensation cost had the following effects on net earnings:

	Increase/(Decrease) for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2014 2013
Cost of sales	$	163		$	152
Operating expenses		1,196			753
Net earnings		(847	)		(573	)

	Increase/(Decrease) for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 2013
Cost of sales	$	311		$	304
Operating expenses		2,036			1,677
Net earnings		(1,499	)		(1,243	)

Summary of stock option activity

Option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 is summarized below:

For the six months ended June 30, 2014	Shares (000s)			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Aggregate Intrinsic Value ($000s)		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term
Outstanding as of December 31, 2013		1,893		$	20.94	$	71,465
Granted		268			53.80
Exercised		(249	)		11.56
Forfeited		(126	)		56.03
Outstanding as of June 30, 2014		1,786		$	24.71	$	51,517		5.3
Exercisable as of June 30, 2014		1,425		$	20.40	$	47,250		4.4

For the six months ended June 30, 2013	Shares (000s)			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Aggregate Intrinsic Value ($000s)		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term
Outstanding as of December 31, 2012		2,543		$	16.87	$	49,845
Granted		172			38.35
Exercised		(402	)		12.65
Forfeited		(31	)		33.88
Outstanding as of June 30, 2013		2,282		$	19.01	$	58,749		5.2
Exercisable as of June 30, 2013		1,802		$	15.11	$	53,425		4.2

Other information pertaining to stock option activity

Other information pertaining to option activity during the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Weighted-average fair value of options granted		$	19.68		$	15.58		$	17.53		$	12.94
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised ($000s)		$	5,526		$	6,887		$	10,944		$	11,984

Non-vested restricted stock activity

Non-vested restricted stock activity for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 is summarized below:

Six months ended June 30, 2014	Shares (000s)			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Non-vested balance as of December 31, 2013		172		$	33.69
Granted		25			51.03
Vested		(24	)		37.61
Forfeited		(6	)		45.32
Non-vested balance as of June 30, 2014		167		$	35.27

Six months ended June 30, 2013	Shares (000s)			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Non-vested balance as of December 31, 2012		258		$	26.88
Granted		21			38.10
Vested		(3	)		35.79
Forfeited		(24	)		31.97
Non-vested balance as of June 30, 2013		252		$	27.18

- 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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