WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Earnings per share have been computed based on the following weighted average number of common shares outstanding:



	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
(share data in thousands)	2017	2016	2017	2016
Average common shares outstanding	37,225	34,870	36,690	34,156
Common share equivalents:
Stock options	70	108	70	100
Nonvested restricted share grants	258	217	257	214
Average common shares outstanding, assuming dilution	37,553	35,195	37,017	34,470

For the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, there were no potential common shares with strike prices that would cause them to be anti-dilutive.