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NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted, Other Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

			Year Ended December 31,
			2015			2014			2013
			(amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
Basic Income (Loss) Per Share
	Numerator
		Net income (loss) available to the Company	$	29,184		$	26,823		$	26,024
		Preferred stock dividends		752			-			-
		Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$	28,432		$	26,823		$	26,024
	Denominator
		Basic weighted average shares outstanding		38,083,647			37,763,353			37,417,807
		Basic net income (loss) per share available
		to common shareholders	$	0.75		$	0.71		$	0.70
Diluted Income (Loss) Per Share
	Numerator
		Net income (loss) available to the Company	$	29,184		$	26,823		$	26,024
		Preferred stock dividends		752			-			-
		Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$	28,432		$	26,823		$	26,024
	Denominator
		Basic weighted average shares outstanding		38,083,647			37,763,353			37,417,807
		Effect of RSUs and options under the treasury stock method		953,976			900,713			883,688
		Diluted weighted average shares outstanding		39,037,623			38,664,066			38,301,495
		Diluted net income (loss) per share available
		to common shareholders	$	0.73		$	0.69		$	0.68

Equity Award Impact Schedule

			Impact Of Equity Awards
			Years Ended December 31,
			2015			2014			2013
			(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Dilutive or anti-dilutive for all potentially
dilutive equivalent shares			dilutive			dilutive			dilutive
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive under the treasury
stock method:
	Options excluded			14			30			37
	Price range of options excluded: from		$	11.24		$	10.11		$	10.52
	Price range of options excluded: to		$	11.78		$	33.90		$	48.21
	RSUs with service conditions			8			1			4
Excluded RSUs with service and market conditions
	as market conditions not met			165			193			-
Excluded RSUs with service and performance
	conditions until performance criteria is probable			29			11			-
Excluded preferred stock as anti-dilutive under the as if method				882			-			-

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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