Stock Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

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The Company grants equity-based awards to employees under its 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2004 Plan”), and grants equity-based awards to non-employee directors under its 2006 Director Plan, as amended (the "2006 Plan", and together with the “2004 Plan”, 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 months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, was as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2013
	(in thousands)
Stock options	$	22	$	25
Restricted stock	595		595
Total stock-based compensation	$	617	$	620

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company granted 9,105 shares of restricted stock to its employees. The Company did not grant any stock options during the first three months of 2014.

- Definition

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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