Capital Stock Repurchases Plan Transactions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Capital Stock Repurchases Plan Transactions [Abstract]

Capital Stock Repurchases Plan Transactions

14.   Capital Stock Repurchase Plan Transactions

We repurchased the following capital stock for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:

	Three months ended June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Shares repurchased		250,000		300,000		250,000		682,934
Weighted average price per share	$	119.05	$	85.04	$	119.05	$	85.65

In March 2015, the Board of Directors authorized an additional $100 million for stock repurchase under Chemed’s existing share repurchase program. We currently have $82.0  million of authorization remaining under this share repurchase plan.