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Note 15 - Earnings Per Common Share
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
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15. Earnings per common share:


The following table reconciles the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted earnings per common share computation:


   

Year ended

December 31,

2015

   

Year ended

December 31,

2014

   

Year ended

December 31,

2013

 

Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per common share:

                       

Net income for the year

  $ 11,373,730     $ 6,374,096     $ 4,180,464  

Denominator for basic and diluted earnings per common share:

                       

Basic weighted average number of common shares outstanding

    10,968,500       11,220,874       10,468,250  

Effect of stock options

    391,584       509,524       813,159  

Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding

    11,360,084       11,730,398       11,281,409  

Basic earnings per common share

  $ 1.04     $ 0.57     $ 0.40  

Diluted earnings per common share

  $ 1.00     $ 0.54     $ 0.37  

Options to purchase 75,050 common shares were outstanding during 2015 (2014: 95,762; 2013: 136,812) but were not included in the computation of diluted income per common share because the options’ exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares. The options which expire in years 2016 to 2021 were still outstanding at the end of 2015.