Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

SHARE BASED COMPENSATION

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SHARE BASED COMPENSATION
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
SHARE BASED COMPENSATION
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
Restricted Stock Awards. The number of shares and weighted average grant price of restricted stock awards during the three months ended March 31, 2015 were as follows:
 
Number of Shares
 
Weighted Average Grant Price
Non-vested as of December 31, 2014
195,920

 
$
25.48

Restricted stock awards granted:
 
 
 
Non-employee directors
16,938

 
$
21.26

Employees
162,050

 
$
21.26

Vested
(64,677
)
 
$
25.43

Forfeited
(450
)
 
$
23.40

Non-vested as of March 31, 2015
309,781

 
$
23.05


The total fair value of shares vested during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 was $1.6 million and $2.3 million, respectively.
Stock Options. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company awarded 60,000 stock options. The Company uses a Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of stock options. The following table shows the assumptions used to compute the share-based compensation expense for stock options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2015:
Risk free interest rate
 
1.47
%
Expected life (years)
 
5

Volatility
 
35.11
%
Dividend yield
 
—
%
Weighted average exercise price of options granted (per option)
 
$
21.26

Weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted (per option)
 
$
7.04


Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”). During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company issued 32,631 shares under the ESPP. As of March 31, 2015, 214,283 shares remain available for issuance under the ESPP.
Total share-based compensation expense, which includes stock options, restricted stock and the ESPP, was $0.6 million and $1.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.