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2htco_EarningsAndDividendsPerShareTextBlockhtco_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboseLabel| 1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Note 2. Earnings and Dividends per Share</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Basic earnings per share ("EPS") is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the applicable period. Shares used in the diluted earnings per share calculation are based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period increased by potentially dilutive common equivalent shares. Potentially dilutive common shares include stock options, stock subscribed under the HickoryTech Corporation Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP"), retention stock awards and stock awarded under the Long-Term Executive Incentive Program ("LTEIP"). Dilution is determined using the treasury stock method. The Company does not use the two-class method to report its earnings per share. The two-class method includes an earnings allocation formula that determines earnings per share for common stock and restricted stock issued under the LTEIP, which participate in dividends. However, the application of this method would result in an immaterial change in earnings per share and is therefore not presented.</div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><tr><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"><div> </div></td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="6" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Three Months Ended June 30</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="6" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Six Months Ended June 30</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; font-style: italic; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">(Dollars in thousands, except share and earnings per share amounts)</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">2013</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">2012</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">2013</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">2012</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><div> </div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Net income</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">2,321</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">1,738</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">3,947</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">4,032</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div> </div></td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Weighted average shares outstanding</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">13,531,007</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">13,404,628</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">13,543,690</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">13,377,209</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Stock options (dilutive only)</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">5,896</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">12,493</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">5,320</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">14,664</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Stock subscribed (ESPP)</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">-</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">-</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">-</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">-</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Retention awards</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">16,775</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">16,414</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">13,980</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">20,029</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Stock subscribed (LTEIP)</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">23,289</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">21,172</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">21,759</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">21,375</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Total dilutive shares outstanding</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">13,576,967</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">13,454,707</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">13,584,749</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">13,433,277</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div> </div></td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Earnings per share:</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Basic and diluted</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">0.17</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">0.13</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">0.29</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">0.30</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div> </div></td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Dividends per share</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">0.145</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">0.14</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">0.29</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">0.28</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr></table><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Options to purchase 77,150 and 83,900 shares for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and 82,150 and 78,900 shares for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted EPS, because their effect on earnings per share would have been anti-dilutive.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Cash dividends are based on the number of common shares outstanding at their respective record dates. The number of shares outstanding as of the record date for the first and second quarters of 2013 and 2012, respectively, are as follows:</div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><tr><td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 73.39%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Shares outstanding on record date</div></td><td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 14.07%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">2013</div></td><td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 12.54%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">2012</div></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 73.39%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">First quarter (February 15)</div></td><td style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 14.07%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">13,586,903</div></td><td style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 12.54%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">13,409,941</div></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 73.39%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Second quarter (May 15)</div></td><td style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 14.07%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">13,559,043</div></td><td style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 12.54%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">13,479,677</div></td></tr></table><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Dividends per share are based on the quarterly dividend per share as declared by the HickoryTech Board of Directors. HickoryTech paid dividends of $0.145 and $0.14 per share in the second quarter of 2013 and 2012, respectively. During the first six months of 2013 and 2012, shareholders have elected to reinvest $154,000 and $147,000, respectively, of dividends into HickoryTech common stock pursuant to the HickoryTech Corporation Dividend Reinvestment Plan.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">In the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, we acquired and retired 71,638 and 124,285 shares, respectively, of HickoryTech common stock.</div><div><br /></div></div>falsefalsefalse | nonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for entity's earnings per share and cash dividends per share.No definition available.false0
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