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Stockholders' Equity and Earnings Per Share | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Stockholders' Equity and Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Stockholders' Equity and Earnings Per Share | Stockholders’ Equity and Earnings Per Share The following table presents the basic and diluted EPS calculations for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. For more information on the calculation of EPS, see Note 1 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — Significant Accounting Policies — Earnings Per Share to the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company’s 2019 Form 10-K.
($ and shares in thousands, except per share data) |  | Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019
Basic: |  |  |  |
Net income |  | $ | 144,824 |  |  | $ | 164,024 |
Basic weighted-average number of shares outstanding |  | 144,814 |  |  | 145,256 |
Basic EPS |  | $ | 1.00 |  |  | $ | 1.13 |
Diluted: |  |  |  |
Net income |  | $ | 144,824 |  |  | $ | 164,024 |
Basic weighted-average number of shares outstanding (1) |  | 144,814 |  |  | 145,256 |
Diluted potential common shares (2) |  | 471 |  |  | 665 |
Diluted weighted-average number of shares outstanding (1)(2) |  | 145,285 |  |  | 145,921 |
Diluted EPS |  | $ | 1.00 |  |  | $ | 1.12 |
(1) | The Company acquired MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. (“MetroCorp”) on January 17, 2014. Prior to the acquisition, MetroCorp had outstanding warrants to purchase 771,429 shares of its common stock. Upon the acquisition, the rights of the warrant holders were converted into the rights to acquire 230,282 shares of East West’s common stock until January 16, 2019. All warrants were exercised on January 7, 2019.
(2) | Includes dilutive shares from RSUs for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.
For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, 328 thousand and 263 thousand weighted-average shares of anti-dilutive RSUs, respectively, were excluded from the diluted EPS computation. Stock Repurchase Program — On March 3, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program to buy back up to $500.0 million of the Company’s common stock. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company repurchased 4,471,682 shares at an average price of $32.64 per share and a total cost of $146.0 million. The Company did not repurchase any shares during the three months ended March 31, 2019.

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