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Earnings per share and shareholders' equity (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Earnings per share and shareholders' equity |
Schedule of earnings per share |
|  | Three months ended June 30 |  | Six months ended June 30 |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
|  | Basic and diluted |  | Basic and diluted |  | Basic and diluted |  | Basic and diluted |
Distributed earnings |  | $ | 0.31 |  | $ | 0.31 |  | $ | 0.62 |  | $ | 0.62 |
Undistributed earnings (loss) |  | 0.10 |  | 0.09 |  | 0.13 |  | 0.18 |
|  | $ | 0.41 |  | $ | 0.40 |  | $ | 0.75 |  | $ | 0.80 |
Schedule of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) |
|  | Amount reclassified from AOCI |  |
|  | Three months ended June 30 |  | Six months ended June 30 |  |
(in thousands) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | Affected line item in the Statement of Income
Net realized gains on securities |  | $ | (738 | ) | $ | (81 | ) | $ | (738 | ) | $ | (81 | ) | Revenues-bank (net gains on sales of securities)
Derivatives qualified as cash flow hedges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate contracts (settled in 2011) |  | 59 |  | 59 |  | 118 |  | 118 |  | Interest expense
Retirement benefit plan items |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of transition obligation, prior service credit and net losses recognized during the period in net periodic benefit cost |  | 5,680 |  | 3,768 |  | 11,701 |  | 7,641 |  | See Note 5 for additional details
Less: reclassification adjustment for impact of D&Os of the PUC included in regulatory assets |  | (4,999 | ) | (3,289 | ) | (10,312 | ) | (6,684 | ) | See Note 5 for additional details
Total reclassifications |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | 457 |  | $ | 769 |  | $ | 994 |  |

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