Earnings Per Share

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

5.	Earnings Per Share

The Company reports earnings per share in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 260, Earnings Per Share, which establishes standards for computing and presenting earnings per share. Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares and dilutive common share equivalents then outstanding. Potential common share equivalents consist of restricted stock awards and the incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options. Under the treasury stock method, unexercised “in-the-money” stock options and warrants are assumed to be exercised at the beginning of the period or at issuance, if later. The assumed proceeds are then used to purchase common shares at the average market price during the period. Share-based payment awards that entitle their holders to receive non-forfeitable dividends before vesting are considered participating securities and are considered in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share.

Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding were as follows:


	Three months ended June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Weighted average common shares		32,870,473		32,233,694		32,827,536		32,098,269
Dilutive common stock options		800,223		842,690		754,146		865,285

Weighted average common shares, assuming dilution		33,670,696		33,076,384		33,581,682		32,963,554

At June 30, 2015, there were outstanding options to purchase 1,265,486 shares of the Company’s common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $9.68 per share. For the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2015, 126,541 and 150,041 shares of the Company’s common stock, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise prices of the stock options were greater than or equal to the average price of the common shares, and were therefore anti-dilutive.

At June 30, 2014, there were outstanding options to purchase 1,312,741 shares of the Company’s common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $7.19 per share. For the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2014, 264,317 and 300,908 shares of the Company’s common stock, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise prices of the stock options were greater than or equal to the average price of the common shares, and were therefore anti-dilutive.