Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

The following table illustrates basic and diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

	Three months ended March 31,
	2015					2014
(in thousands, except per share data)	Common Stock			Participating Securities		Common Stock			Participating Securities
Basic EPS:
Net income attributable to TSYS common shareholders	$	77,755					49,303
Less income allocated to nonvested awards		(712	)		712		(516	)		516
Net income allocated to common stock for EPS calculation (a)	$	77,043			712		48,787			516
Average common shares outstanding (b)		182,772			1,709		185,763			1,989
Basic EPS (a)/(b)	$	0.42			0.42		0.26			0.26
Diluted EPS:
Net income attributable to TSYS common shareholders	$	77,755					49,303
Less income allocated to nonvested awards		(709	)		709		(512	)		512
Net income allocated to common stock for EPS calculation (c)	$	77,046			709		48,791			512
Average common shares outstanding		182,772			1,709		185,763			1,989
Increase due to assumed issuance of shares related to common equivalent shares outstanding		1,082					2,632
Average common and common equivalent shares outstanding (d)		183,854			1,709		188,395			1,989
Diluted EPS (c)/(d)	$	0.42			0.42		0.26			0.26