Stock Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

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The Company grants stock options and other stock-based awards to employees, non-employee directors, and consultants under two equity incentive plans, the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2004 Plan”), and the 2006 Director Plan, as amended (the "2006 Plan, and collectively the "Equity Plans"). Stock-based compensation expense by type of award, all of which was recognized as a component of "Selling, general, and administrative expenses" in the consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, was as follows:



	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
	(in thousands)
Stock options	$	25	$	26	$	76	$	68
Restricted stock	277		395		1,903		789
Total stock-based compensation	$	302	$	421	$	1,979	$	857

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company granted 15,000 restricted stock units and 17,320 shares of restricted stock to its employees, non-employee directors, and consultants. The Company did not grant any stock options during the first nine months of 2013.

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The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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