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Earnings Per Common Share
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Earnings Per Common Share 
Earnings Per Common Share

Note 3 - Earnings Per Common Share

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, basic earnings per share was determined by dividing net income allocable to common stockholders for the applicable period by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during such period, including the effect of the 2,700,000 shares sold in February 2011 as described in Note 11. Net income during the applicable period is also allocated to the unvested restricted stock as the restricted stock is entitled to receive dividends and is therefore considered a participating security.  Unvested restricted stock is not allocated net losses and/or any excess of dividends declared over net income; such amounts are allocated entirely to the common stockholders other than the holders of unvested restricted stock.  The weighted average number of unvested shares of restricted stock outstanding was 348,000 and 354,000 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, and 321,000 and 335,000 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively.  The dividends declared payable to unvested restricted stockholders was $115,000 and $345,000 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, and $96,000 and $300,000 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively.  The restricted stock units awarded under the Pay-for-Performance program described in Note 14 are excluded from the basic earnings per share calculation, as these units are not participating securities.

 

Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other rights exercisable for, or convertible into, common stock were exercised, converted or otherwise resulted in the issuance of common stock that shared in the earnings of the Company.  The weighted average number of common shares outstanding used for the diluted earnings per share calculation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 includes the full impact of common stock issued in connection with the dividend paid in January 2010, based on the December 11, 2009 dividend declaration date, as the shares were contingently issuable as of December 11, 2009.  This stock dividend was included in basic earnings per share as of the January 25, 2010 issuance date. The diluted weighted average number of common shares does not include 200,000 shares of common stock underlying the restricted stock units awarded on September 14, 2010 under the Pay-for-Performance Program, as they did not meet the defined performance metric or total stockholder return as of September 30, 2011.

 

There were no options outstanding to purchase shares of common stock or other rights exercisable for, or convertible into, common stock during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.