Capital Stock Repurchase Plan Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Capital Stock Repurchase Plan Transactions [Abstract]

Capital Stock Repurchase Plan Transactions

14.  Capital Stock Repurchase Plan Transactions

We repurchased the following capital stock for the three and nine-months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013:  

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Shares repurchased		400,000		1,032,754		1,082,934		1,313,455
Weighted average price per share	$	101.53	$	68.91	$	91.51	$	68.23

In February 2014, the Board of Directors authorized an additional $100 million for stock repurchase under Chemed’s existing share repurchase program. We currently have $22.7  million of authorization remaining under this share repurchase plan.