STOCK AWARD PLANS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [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 September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013			2014		2013
Stock options	$	3,466	$	(144	)	$	6,227	$	476
Stock awards	13,249		657			25,602		8,499
Company expense on ESPP discount	423		458			1,732		1,881
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	17,138	$	971		$	33,561	$	10,856

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 September 30, 2014
Shares purchased by employees	Aggregate cost to employees		Expense recognized by the company
42,503	$	2,396	$	423