Stock Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

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, 2015 and 2014, was as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
	(in thousands)
Stock options	$	—	$	22
Restricted stock	539		595
Total stock-based compensation	$	539	$	617

Restricted stock activity in the Equity Plans during the three months ended March 31, 2015, was as follows:



	Amount
	(in thousands)
Non-vested stock, January 1, 2015	57
Awarded	161
Vested	(3	)
Non-vested stock, March 31, 2015	215

The Company did not grant any stock options during the three months ended March 31, 2015.

- 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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