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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
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Sep. 30, 2012
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| Share-Based Compensation [Abstract] | |||
| SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION |
On June 1, 2011, our compensation committee approved the issuance of 660,000 shares of restricted stock, then valued at the closing price of our stock ($3.88), with no discount. The majority of the shares (600,000) will vest on June 1, 2013. The remaining shares have a three year vesting schedule as follows: 20,001 vested on June 1, 2012, 20,001 will vest on June 1, 2013 and 19,998 on June 1, 2014. Vesting is contingent upon certain conditions, including continuous service of the individual recipients. The unvested grants are viewed as a series of individual awards and the related share-based compensation expense will be amortized into compensation expense on a straight-line basis as services are provided over the vesting period.
We recognized stock compensation expense of $0.3 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011, respectively, and $0.9 million and $0.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011, respectively. Share based compensation expense related to the amortization of the restricted stock issued is included in selling, general and administrative expense. At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had deferred share-based compensation of $0.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively.
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