General (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Significant Accounting Policies

Significant Accounting Policies

A complete and detailed description of the Company’s significant accounting policies is included in Note 1, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8, “Financial and Supplementary Data,” of the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K and Note 1, “General,” of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) in Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements,” of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2013. Additional discussion of the Company’s application of critical accounting estimates is included within “Application of Critical Accounting Estimates” in Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” herein.

Reclassifications and Corrections

Reclassifications and Corrections

The Company has made certain reclassifications of prior years’ amounts necessary to conform to the current year’s presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the Company’s financial position, stockholders’ equity, or results of operations.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2013-02, “Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income,” which amends Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 220, “Comprehensive Income.” The amended guidance requires entities to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component. Additionally, entities are required to present, either on the face of the financial statements or in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by the respective line items of net income. The amended guidance does not change the current requirements for reporting net income or other comprehensive income. The amendments are effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The Company adopted this update in the first quarter of 2013. The adoption of the guidance had no significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements other than supplemental disclosure. See Note 11, “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income,” for additional information.

In October 2012, the FASB issued ASU 2012-06, “Business Combinations (Topic 805) – Subsequent Accounting for an Indemnification Asset Recognized at the Acquisition Date as a Result of a Government-Assisted Acquisition of a Financial Institution (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force),” to address the diversity in practice about how to subsequently measure an indemnification asset recognized as a result of a government-assisted acquisition of a financial institution. The amendments in ASU 2012-06 require a reporting entity to subsequently account for a change in the measurement of the indemnification asset on the same basis as the change in the assets subject to indemnification. ASU 2012-06 further requires that any amortization of changes in value be limited to the lesser of the term of the indemnification agreement and the remaining life of the indemnified assets. The amendments in ASU 2012-06 are effective prospectively for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2012, and early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted this update in the first quarter of 2013. The adoption of the guidance resulted in the recognition of amortization in noninterest income in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. See Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements,” and Note 5, “FDIC Indemnification Asset,” for additional information.

Earnings per Common Share

Earnings per Common Share

Basic earnings per common share is determined by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per common share is determined by dividing net income by the weighted average common shares outstanding, including diluted shares for stock options, warrants, contingently issuable shares, and convertible preferred shares. The calculation for basic and diluted earnings per common share follows:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2013		2012
(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
Net income	$	7,141	$	6,001
Dividends on preferred stock		258		283
Net income available to common shareholders	$	6,883	$	5,718
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic		20,032,694		17,849,376
Diluted shares for stock options		159,323		34,998
Weighted average convertible preferred shares		1,202,049		1,305,549
Weighted average common shares outstanding, diluted		21,394,066		19,189,923
Basic earnings per common share	$	0.34	$	0.32
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.33	$	0.31

The Company’s Series A Noncumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) carries a 6% dividend rate. Each share is convertible into 69 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (“Common Stock”) at any time and mandatorily converts after five years. The Company may redeem the shares at face value after May 20, 2014. There were 17,421 shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding at March 31, 2013, 17,421 shares outstanding at December 31, 2012, and 18,921 shares outstanding at March 31, 2012.

The following outstanding options to purchase Common Stock were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise price was greater than the market value of the Common Stock, which would result in an antidilutive effect on diluted earnings per share:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2013		2012
Options		337,693		451,915