Share Based Payments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Share Based Payments [Abstract]

Restricted Stock Activity

Changes to restricted stock for the nine months ended June 30, 2011 were as follows:

				Weighted-
				average
				grant-date
	Shares			fair value
Non-vested at September 30, 2010		437,442		$	36.06
Granted		199,960			30.79
Vested		(58,030	)		38.42
Expired or forfeited		(1,173	)		34.72
Non-vested at June 30, 2011		578,199			34.00

Stock Option Activity

The transactions for shares under options for the nine months ended June 30, 2011 were as follows:

						Weighted-
				Weighted-		average		Aggregate
				average		remaining		intrinsic
	Shares			exercise price		contractual term		value
Outstanding, September 30, 2010		953,326		$	36.32
Granted		-			-
Exercised		(60,299	)		26.03
Expired or forfeited		(13,914	)		36.77
Outstanding, June 30, 2011		879,113			37.02		4.3	$	2,770
Exercisable, June 30, 2011		518,927			35.74		3.9	$	2,298

Non-vested Options Activity

The transactions for non-vested options for the nine months ended June 30, 2011 were as follows:

				Weighted-average
				grant-date
Non-vested shares:	Shares			fair value
Non-vested at September 30, 2010		366,179		$	13.54
Granted		-			-
Vested		-			-
Expired or forfeited		(5,993	)		11.20
Non-vested at June 30, 2011		360,186			13.58

Assumptions Used in Estimating Fair Value

The following table indicates the assumptions used in estimating fair value of restricted stock for the nine months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010.

	Nine Months Ended June 30,
	2011			2010
Expected volatility		30.0	%		30.0	%
Dividend yield		1.0	%		.8	%
Average risk free interest rate		1.2	%		2.3	%
Average expected term (years)		2.0			2.2