Earnings per Common Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Earnings per Common Share and Dividends Declared per Common Share

Schedule Of Weighted Average Shares Outstanding Used In Calculation Of Basic And Diluted Earnings Per Share

	Year ended December 31,
(in thousands, except share amounts)	2016		2015		2014
Net income from continuing operations	$	34,899	$	26,140	$	28,798
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations		-		(71)		209
Net income		34,899		26,069		29,007
Preferred stock dividends		-		(320)		(574)
Net income available to common shareholders		34,899		25,749		28,433
Dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities		(397)		(331)		(434)
Earnings allocated to common shares (1)	$	34,502	$	25,418	$	27,999
Weighted average common shares - issued		41,379,894		40,991,762		40,616,022
Average unvested restricted share awards		(470,414)		(522,238)		(609,276)
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic		40,909,480		40,469,524		40,006,746
Effect of dilutive stock options, awards and warrants outstanding		215,433		255,524		205,847
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted		41,124,913		40,725,048		40,212,593
Weighted average antidilutive securities outstanding (2)		125,022		154,714		676,248
Earnings per common share:
Basic - continuing	$	0.84	$	0.63	$	0.69
Diluted - continuing	$	0.84	$	0.62	$	0.69
Basic - discontinued	$	-	$	0.00	$	0.01
Diluted - discontinued	$	-	$	0.00	$	0.01
Basic	$	0.84	$	0.63	$	0.70
Diluted	$	0.84	$	0.62	$	0.70

(1)	Earnings allocated to common shareholders for basic EPS under the two-class method may differ from earnings allocated for diluted EPS when use of the treasury method results in greater dilution than the two-class method.
(2)	Antidilutive shares excluded from the diluted earnings per share computation.