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EQUITY (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
EQUITY |
Schedule of stockholders' equity | Stockholders’ equity was as follows (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2015 |
|  | Atlantic Tele- Network, Inc. |  | Non-Controlling Interests |  | Total Equity |  | Atlantic Tele- Network, Inc. |  | Non-Controlling Interests |  | Total Equity |
Equity, beginning of period |  | $ | 643,330 |  | $ | 56,525 |  | $ | 699,855 |  | $ | 677,222 |  | $ | 60,960 |  | $ | 738,182 |
Stock-based compensation |  | 1,058 |  | — |  | 1,058 |  | 1,224 |  | — |  | 1,224 |
Comprehensive income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income |  | 7,841 |  | 2,560 |  | 10,401 |  | (3,269 | ) | 2,777 |  | (492 | )
Total comprehensive income |  | 7,841 |  | 2,560 |  | 10,401 |  | (3,269 | ) | 2,777 |  | (492 | )
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options |  | 930 |  | — |  | 930 |  | 651 |  | — |  | 651 |
Dividends declared on common stock |  | (4,305 | ) | — |  | (4,305 | ) | (4,646 | ) | (3,066 | ) | (7,712 | )
Distributions to non-controlling interests |  | — |  | (1,482 | ) | (1,482 | ) | — |  | — |  | — |
Purchase of treasury stock |  | (1,756 | ) | — |  | (1,756 | ) | (1,884 | ) | — |  | (1,884 | )
Disposition of non-controlling interests |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 20,013 |  | 20,013 |
Equity, end of period |  | $ | 647,098 |  | $ | 57,603 |  | $ | 704,701 |  | $ | 669,298 |  | $ | 80,684 |  | $ | 749,982 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of changes in the separate accounts comprising stockholders' equity (in addition to retained earnings) and of the changes in the number of shares of equity securities during at least the most recent annual fiscal period and any subsequent interim period presented is required to make the financial statements sufficiently informative if both financial position and results of operations are presented. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644 + Details
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