Earnings Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 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 September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Numerator for basic and diluted net income per common share:
Net income attributable to j2 Global, Inc. common shareholders	$	27,806		$	31,650		$	86,768		$	91,377
Net income available to participating securities (a)	(416		)	(513		)	(1,455		)	(1,512		)
Net income available to j2 Global, Inc. common shareholders	$	27,390		$	31,137		$	85,313		$	89,865
Denominator:
Weighted-average outstanding shares of common stock	45,729,171			45,002,565			45,441,265			45,590,160
Dilutive effect of:
Dilutive effect of equity incentive plans	562,460			337,546			625,339			307,229
Common stock and common stock equivalents	46,291,631			45,340,111			46,066,604			45,897,389
Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.60		$	0.69		$	1.88		$	1.97
Diluted	$	0.59		$	0.69		$	1.85		$	1.96

(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 and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, there were zero and 420,319 options outstanding, respectively, and zero and 536,559 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.