The following table presents selected quarterly data for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.



	2018
Quarter Ended	December 31		September 30		June 30			March 31
(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Interest income	$	103,303	$	110,045	$	107,639		$	96,964
Interest expense	41,779		46,044		40,317			31,933
Net interest income	61,524		64,001		67,322			65,031
Provision for loan losses	1,385		2,924		(784		)	2,117
Non-interest income ⁽¹⁾	19,877		2,084		16,127			20,910
Non-interest expenses	57,045		57,104		53,750			52,280
Income before income taxes	22,971		6,057		30,483			31,544
Provision for income taxes	5,109		28		6,820			7,402
Net income	17,862		6,029		23,663			24,142
Preferred stock dividends	3,615		3,615		3,615			3,615
Net income available to common shareholders	$	14,247	$	2,414	$	20,048		$	20,527
Earnings per common share:
Basic earnings per common share	$	0.45	$	0.08	$	0.64		$	0.65
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.44	$	0.07	$	0.62		$	0.64


(1)	The quarter ended September 30, 2018 included an $18.7 million loss on sale of investment securities.



	2017
Quarter Ended	December 31		September 30		June 30		March 31
(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Interest income	$	97,619	$	98,285	$	93,852	$	83,094
Interest expense	29,319		30,266		25,246		20,676
Net interest income	68,300		68,019		68,606		62,418
Provision for loan losses	831		2,352		535		3,050
Non-interest income	19,740		18,026		18,391		22,754
Non-interest expenses	54,788		61,040		50,413		49,366
Income before income taxes	32,421		22,653		36,049		32,756
Provision for income taxes	10,806		14,899		12,327		7,009
Net income	21,615		7,754		23,722		25,747
Preferred stock dividends	3,615		3,615		3,615		3,615
Net income available to common shareholders	$	18,000	$	4,139	$	20,107	$	22,132
Earnings per common share:
Basic earnings per common share	$	0.58	$	0.13	$	0.66	$	0.73
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.55	$	0.13	$	0.62	$	0.67