Earning per Common Share

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Earnings per Common Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Common Share

Note 14 — Earnings per Common Share

For discrete periods from January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2011, the Company utilized the two-class method for computing basic earnings per common share, which reflects the amount of undistributed earnings allocated to the common stockholders using the participation percentage of each class of stock. Undistributed earnings was determined as the Company’s net income less dividends declared, accumulated, deemed or paid on preferred stock. The undistributed earnings allocated to the common stockholders are divided by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period to compute basic earnings per common share.

For all periods in which it is outstanding, the D Stock is included in the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding utilized to calculate basic earnings per common share because the D Stock is deemed a common stock equivalent. Diluted earnings per common share reflects the potential dilution that could result if securities or incremental shares arising out of the Company’s stock-based compensation plans and the outstanding shares of the Company’s Series B Participating Convertible Preferred Stock and the Company’s Series B-1 Participating Convertible Preferred Stock (collectively, the “Series B Stock”) were exercised or converted into common stock. Diluted earnings per common share assumes the exercise of stock options using the treasury stock method and the conversion of the Series B Stock using the if-converted method.

Effective for discrete periods beginning after June 30, 2011, the Company no longer applies the two-class method of calculating basic earnings per share because the Series B Stock is no longer outstanding and the D Stock is deemed a common stock equivalent.

Potential common shares are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per common share when the effect would be anti-dilutive. All potential common shares are anti-dilutive in periods of net loss available to common stockholders. Stock options are anti-dilutive when the exercise price of these instruments is greater than the average market price of the Company’s common stock for the period. The Series B Stock is anti-dilutive when the incremental earnings per share of Series B Stock on an if-converted basis is greater than the basic earnings per common share. Following are the weighted-average potential common shares excluded from diluted earnings per common share as their effect would be anti-dilutive:

	Three Months Ended June  30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
(Amounts in thousands)	2012		2011		2012		2011
Shares related to stock options		5,045		5,101		5,200		5,117
Shares related to restricted stock and restricted stock units		500		28		422		28
Shares related to preferred stock		—		29,283		—		42,327
Shares excluded from the computation		5,545		34,412		5,622		47,472