STOCK AWARD PLANS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs

A summary of our total compensation expense recognized in our condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income for stock-based compensation is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2013
Stock options	$	453	$	301
Stock awards	3,513		3,902
Company expense on ESPP discount	827		912
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	4,793	$	5,115

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Activity

The following is a summary of the employee stock purchase plan activity (dollar amounts in thousands):

Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
Shares purchased by employees	Aggregate cost to employees		Expense recognized by the company
105,242	$	4,687	$	827