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Debt Obligations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Debt Obligations [Abstract]  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
Debt Obligations:
On July 25, 2011, the Company issued $60,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”) at par. The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of July 25, 2011 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, which includes a form of Note. The Notes will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning January 15, 2012, at an annual rate of 3.75% and will mature on July 15, 2016, unless earlier converted or repurchased. The Notes may be converted, under certain circumstances, based on an initial conversion rate of 77.2410 shares of Company common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $12.95 per share. The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Notes, including the convertible note hedge and warrant discussed below, were $50,249.
The following table reflects the net carrying value of the Notes as of December 31, 2011:


December 31, 2011
Convertible senior notes

$
60,000

Less: Unamortized interest discount

(13,476
)
     Net carrying value of convertible senior notes

$
46,524

The Notes may be converted at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding April 15, 2016, at the option of the holder, upon satisfaction of one or more of the following conditions: 1) during any calendar quarter commencing after September 30, 2011, if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter exceeds 130% of the applicable conversion price on each applicable trading day; 2) during the five business day period after any five consecutive trading-day period (the “measurement period”) in which the “trading price” (as defined in the Indenture) per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes for each trading day of such measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock and the applicable conversion rate on such trading day; or 3) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events. On and after April 15, 2016 until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date of July 15, 2016, holders may convert their notes, in multiples of $1,000 principal amount, regardless of whether any of the foregoing conditions have been met.
Upon conversion, the Company will deliver to holders in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted a “settlement amount” equal to the sum of the daily settlement amounts for each of the 40 consecutive trading days during the applicable cash settlement averaging period. The conversion value of each Note will be paid in: 1) cash equal to the principal amount of the Notes to be converted, and 2) to the extent the conversion value exceeds the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being converted, the Company’s common stock in respect of the remainder (plus cash in lieu of any fractional shares of common stock). The conversion rate will be subject to adjustment in certain circumstances but will not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid interest. Upon a “fundamental change” at any time, as defined in the Indenture, the Company will, under certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate for a holder who elects to convert its Notes in connection with a “make whole fundamental change,” as defined in the Indenture. In addition, the holders may, subject to certain conditions, require the Company to repurchase for cash all or a portion of their Notes upon a “fundamental change” at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
The Company separately accounts for the liability and equity components of the Notes. The initial debt component of the Notes were valued at $45,493 based on the present value of the future cash flows using a discount rate of 10%, the Company’s assumed borrowing rate at the date of issuance for similar debt instruments without the conversion feature. The equity component was valued at $14,507. Total issuance costs were $2,251, of which $544 was allocated to additional paid-in capital and $1,707 was allocated to debt issuance costs and will be amortized to interest expense over the term of the Notes.
The following table presents the amount of interest cost recognized relating to the Notes during the twelve months ended December 31, 2011.

December 31, 2011
Contractual interest coupon
$
999

Amortization of interest discount
1,031

Amortization of debt issuance costs
98

     Total interest cost recognized
$
2,128

The remaining bond discount of the Notes of $13,476, as of December 31, 2011 will be amortized over the remaining life of the Notes.
Concurrently with the issuance of the Notes, the Company purchased a convertible note hedge and sold a warrant. Each of the convertible note hedge and warrant transactions were entered into with an affiliate of the initial purchaser of the Notes (the “Option Counterparty”). The convertible note hedge is intended to reduce the potential future dilution to the Company’s common stock associated with the conversion of the Notes. However, the warrant transaction will have a dilutive effect on the Company’s earnings per share to the extent that the price of the Company’s common stock exceeds the strike price of the warrant. The strike price of the warrant will initially be $17.00 per share. Each of these components is discussed separately below:
Convertible Note Hedge. The Option Counterparty agreed to sell to the Company up to approximately 4,634 shares of the Company’s common stock, which is the maximum number of shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes, at a price of $12.95 per share. The convertible note hedge transaction will be settled in shares of the Company’s common stock (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) and will expire on the earlier of the “second scheduled trading day” (as defined in the Indenture) prior to the maturity date of the Notes or the last day any of the Notes remain outstanding. Subject to certain terms and conditions, settlement of the convertible note hedge would result in the Company receiving shares of the Company’s common stock equivalent to the number of shares that the Company is obligated to deliver to holders of the Notes upon conversion of the Notes.
The Company will not be required to make any cash payments to the Option Counterparty or its affiliates upon the exercise of the options that are a part of the convertible note hedge transaction, but will be entitled to receive from the Option Counterparty a number of shares of Company common stock generally based on the amount by which the market price per share of Company common stock, as measured under the terms of the convertible note hedge transaction, is greater than the strike price of the convertible note hedge transaction during the relevant valuation period under the convertible note hedge transaction.
The convertible note hedge transaction cost of $14,507 has been accounted for as an equity transaction.
Warrant. The Company received $7,007 from the Option Counterparty from the sale of the warrant to purchase up to approximately 4,634 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $17.00 per share. As of December 31, 2011, the warrant had an expected life of 5.0 years and expires between October 13, 2016 and January 9, 2017. As of December 31, 2011, the warrant had not been exercised and remained outstanding. Additionally, if the market price per share of Company common stock, as measured under the terms of the warrant transaction, exceeds the strike price of the warrant during the valuation period at the maturity of the warrant, the Company will owe the Option Counterparty a number of shares of Company common stock in an amount based on the excess of such market price per share of Company common stock over the strike price of the warrant.
The fair value of the warrant was initially recorded in equity and continues to be classified as equity.
The convertible note hedge transaction and the warrant transaction are separate transactions entered into by the Company. Holders of the Notes will not have any rights with respect to the convertible note hedge transaction and the warrant transaction.