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EARNINGS PER SHARE
3 Months Ended
May 31, 2012
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

NOTE 7 - EARNINGS PER SHARE

     Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution, using the treasury stock method, that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the earnings of the Company. In computing diluted earnings per share, the treasury stock method assumes that outstanding options are exercised and the proceeds are used to purchase common stock at the average market price during the period. Options will have a dilutive effect under the treasury stock method only when the Company reports net income and the average market price of the common stock during the period exceeds the exercise price of the options. 

     The following is a summary of the calculation of weighted average shares used in the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands):
Three Months Ended
May 31,
2012 2011
Basic weighted average number of common
       shares outstanding 27,925 27,357
              Effect of stock options, restricted stock,
                       restricted stock units and warrants
                     computed on treasury stock method 1,338 869
  Diluted weighted average number of common  
             shares outstanding       29,263       28,226
 

     Shares underlying stock options of 800,000 at May 31, 2012 and shares underlying stock options and warrants of 2,024,000 at May 31, 2011, were excluded from the calculations of diluted earnings per share for these quarters because based on the exercise prices of these derivative securities their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method.