Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

Earnings Per Share

The components of basic and diluted earnings per share are as follows (in thousands, except share and per share data):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Numerator for basic and diluted net income per common share:
Net income attributable to j2 Global, Inc. common shareholders	$	22,922		$	28,539
Net income available to participating securities (a)	(412		)	(436		)
Net income available to j2 Global, Inc. common shareholders	22,510			28,103
Denominator:
Weighted-average outstanding shares of common stock	45,160,140			46,400,441
Dilutive effect of:
Dilutive effect of equity incentive plans	508,027			394,162
Common stock and common stock equivalents	45,668,167			46,794,603
Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.50		$	0.61
Diluted	$	0.49		$	0.60

(a) Represents unvested share-based payment awards that contain certain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid).

For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, there were 15,000 and 430,319 options outstanding, respectively, which were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common shares.