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STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation

The Company’s Board of Directors unanimously approved an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Amendment) on February 14, 2018, subject to stockholder approval. At the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company held on May 2, 2018, the Company’s stockholders approved the Amendment, effective as of May 2, 2018. The Amendment increased the number of shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, that the Company is authorized to issue from 80,000,000 shares to 120,000,000 shares. The Amendment was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on May 2, 2018.

Stock Split

On May 2, 2018, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a two-for-one stock split of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01. The stock split was in the form of a stock dividend distributed on June 18, 2018, to stockholders of record at the close of business on May 23, 2018. The stock split entitled each stockholder to receive one additional share of common stock, par value $0.01, for each share they held as of the record date. All common stock share and per share data for all periods presented in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the stock split.

Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except share and per share data):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Numerator:
Net income available to common shareholders	$	29,471	$	20,098	$	109,401	$	76,829

Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding		58,741,973		58,808,098		58,785,546		58,771,444
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock appreciation rights and options		177,412		194,630		181,680		197,810
Restricted stock		164,732		153,704		144,077		157,740

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding		59,084,117		59,156,432		59,111,303		59,126,994

Basic earnings per share	$	0.50	$	0.34	$	1.86	$	1.31

Diluted earnings per share	$	0.50	$	0.34	$	1.85	$	1.30

Diluted earnings per share is computed using the weighted average number of shares determined for the basic earnings per share computation plus the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents using the treasury stock method. The computation of diluted earnings per share excludes the following potentially dilutive securities because the effect would be anti-dilutive:


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Stock appreciation rights		—		35,914		10,709		28,311
Performance-based restricted stock units		—		660		285		220

Stock Repurchase Programs

On February 16, 2017, the Board of Directors authorized a common stock repurchase program of up to 5.92 million shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock (February 2017 Stock Repurchase Program). The Company made no repurchases under the February 2017 Stock Repurchase Program. On February 16, 2018, the Board of Directors terminated the February 2017 Stock Repurchase Program and adopted a new stock repurchase program of up to 5.8 million shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock (February 2018 Stock Repurchase Program). As of the date of this report, the Company has repurchased 250,044 shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock under the February 2018 Stock Repurchase Program.