Earnings per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Earnings per Share

A reconciliation between basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):



	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Net income for basic and diluted earnings per share	$	20,232	$	18,015	$	57,604	$	47,011
Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	34,304		38,050		35,014		38,264
Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted stock awards	211		203		227		235
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	34,515		38,253		35,241		38,499
Basic earnings per common share	$	0.59	$	0.47	$	1.65	$	1.23
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.59	$	0.47	$	1.63	$	1.22