Shareholders' Equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Shareholders' Equity [Abstract]

Shareholders' Equity

(3) Shareholders' Equity

The following table details activity in our common stock:

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2011		2010
	Shares	Amount	Shares	Amount
Purchases of common stock	(2,951)	$ (70,480)	(3,350)	$ (61,549)
Stock option exercises	325	1,570	367	1,863
Employee stock plan purchases	73	1,472	91	1,371

On September 9, 2011 our board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to an additional 2.0 million shares of Tyler common stock.  As of September 30, 2011, we had authorization from our board of directors to repurchase up to 1.8 million additional shares of Tyler common stock.