Stock Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

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 and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, was as follows:



	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
	(in thousands)
Stock options	$	—	$	25	$	36	$	76
Restricted stock	622		277		2,269		1,903
Total stock-based compensation	$	622	$	302	$	2,305	$	1,979

Restricted stock activity in the Equity Plans during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, was as follows:



	Amount
	(in thousands)
Non-vested stock, January 1, 2014	142
Awarded	24
Vested	(21	)
Forfeited	(12	)
Non-vested stock, September 30, 2014	133

The Company did not grant any stock options during the nine months ended September 30, 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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