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Stockholders' Equity
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Stockholders' Equity 
Stockholders' Equity

 

 

9.   Stockholders’ Equity

 

Earnings per Share

 

The components of basic and diluted earnings per share were as follows:

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

39,834

 

40,533

 

135,437

 

110,594

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding - basic

 

85,776

 

85,438

 

85,951

 

85,683

 

Dilutive potential shares from stock options

 

6

 

10

 

13

 

32

 

Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted

 

85,782

 

85,448

 

85,964

 

85,715

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

0.46

 

0.47

 

1.58

 

1.29

 

Diluted

 

$

0.46

 

0.47

 

1.58

 

1.29

 

 

Anti-dilutive Securities

 

Options to purchase 27 thousand shares of our common stock were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation for the three months ended September 30, 2011 because they were anti-dilutive.  There were no anti-dilutive options for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.  Options to purchase 401 thousand shares and 327 thousand shares of our common stock were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, because they were anti-dilutive.

 

Dividends

 

On July 20, 2011, the Board of Directors approved a dividend on our common stock in the amount of $0.20 per share to stockholders of record as of October 3, 2011 to be paid on November 1, 2011.  The total dividend to be paid is approximately $17.1 million.

 

Common Stock Repurchases

 

The Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of our common stock in the open market and/or private purchases. The acquired shares may be used for corporate purposes, including shares issued to employees in our stock-based compensation programs.  There were 651,878 shares and 37,087 shares repurchased in the open market or privately during the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, which included 1,355 shares and 27,087 shares repurchased from employees who elected to tender shares to cover their minimum income tax withholdings with respect to vesting of stock awards during the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  There were 1,609,551 shares and 1,916,297 shares repurchased in the open market or privately during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, which included 341,527 shares and 299,417 shares repurchased from employees who elected to tender shares to cover their minimum income tax withholdings with respect to vesting of stock awards during each of these two periods.