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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND EARNINGS PER SHARE |
Earnings per share calculations |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 |
($ in thousands, except per share data) |  | Net Income |  | Number of Shares |  | Per Share Amounts |
Net income |  | $ | 100,027 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings allocated to participating securities |  | (3 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic EPS — income allocated to common stockholders |  | $ | 100,024 |  |  | 143,655 |  |  | $ | 0.70 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options |  | — |  |  | 6 |  |  |  |
Restricted stock units |  | 106 |  |  | 533 |  |  |  |
Warrants |  | — |  |  | 155 |  |  |  |
Diluted EPS — income allocated to common stockholders |  | $ | 100,130 |  |  | 144,349 |  |  | $ | 0.69 |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 |
($ in thousands, except per share data) |  | Net Income |  | Number of Shares |  | Per Share Amounts |
Net income (1) |  | $ | 74,171 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings allocated to participating securities |  | (160 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic EPS — income allocated to common stockholders (1) |  | $ | 74,011 |  |  | 141,962 |  |  | $ | 0.52 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options |  | — |  |  | 79 |  |  |  |
Restricted stock units |  | 80 |  |  | 447 |  |  |  |
Warrants |  | — |  |  | 144 |  |  |  |
Diluted EPS — income allocated to common stockholders(1) |  | $ | 74,091 |  |  | 142,632 |  |  | $ | 0.52 |
| (1) |  | Prior periods were restated to reflect the retrospective application of adopting the new accounting guidance related to the Company’s investments in qualified affordable housing projects ASU 2014-01. See note 10 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Shares excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Stock options |  | — |  | 81 |
Restricted stock units |  | 170 |  | 168 |
Schedule of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) balances |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
($ in thousands) |  | Available-for-Sale Investment Securities |  | Other Investments |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income |  | Available-for-Sale Investment Securities |  | Other Investments |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income |
Balance, beginning of the period |  | $ | 4,176 |  |  | $ | 61 |  |  | $ | 4,237 |  |  | $ | (30,538 | ) |  | $ | 79 |  |  | $ | (30,459 | )
Net unrealized gains (losses) arising during period |  | 11,879 |  |  | (7 | ) |  | 11,872 |  |  | 15,422 |  |  | (17 | ) |  | 15,405 |
Less: reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income |  | (2,554 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2,554 | ) |  | (1,983 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1,983 | )
Net unrealized gains (losses) |  | 9,325 |  |  | (7 | ) |  | 9,318 |  |  | 13,439 |  |  | (17 | ) |  | 13,422 |
Balance, end of the period |  | $ | 13,501 |  |  | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | 13,555 |  |  | $ | (17,099 | ) |  | $ | 62 |  |  | $ | (17,037 | )
Schedule of components of other comprehensive income (loss), reclassifications to net income by income statement line item and the related tax effects |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
($ in thousands) |  | Before-Tax Amount |  | Tax Expense or Benefit |  | Net-of-Tax Amount |  | Before-Tax Amount |  | Tax Expense or Benefit |  | Net-of-Tax Amount |
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale investment securities : |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net unrealized gains arising during period |  | $ | 20,482 |  |  | $ | (8,603 | ) |  | $ | 11,879 |  |  | $ | 26,590 |  |  | $ | (11,168 | ) |  | $ | 15,422 |
Less: reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income (1) |  | (4,404 | ) |  | 1,850 |  |  | (2,554 | ) |  | (3,418 | ) |  | 1,435 |  |  | (1,983 | )
Net unrealized gains |  | 16,078 |  |  | (6,753 | ) |  | 9,325 |  |  | 23,172 |  |  | (9,733 | ) |  | 13,439 |
Unrealized losses on other investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net unrealized losses arising during period |  | (12 | ) |  | 5 |  |  | (7 | ) |  | (29 | ) |  | 12 |  |  | (17 | )
Less: reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in income |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net unrealized losses |  | (12 | ) |  | 5 |  |  | (7 | ) |  | (29 | ) |  | 12 |  |  | (17 | )
Other comprehensive income |  | $ | 16,066 |  |  | $ | (6,748 | ) |  | $ | 9,318 |  |  | $ | 23,143 |  |  | $ | (9,721 | ) |  | $ | 13,422 |
| (1) |  | The pretax amount is reported in net gains on sales of available-for-sale investment securities in the consolidated statements of income.

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