Net Income Per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders of Merge (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Net Income Per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders of Merge [Abstract]

Basic and Diluted Net Income Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Numerator
Net income attributable to Merge	$	17,771		$	323
Convertible preferred stock dividends and dividend equivalents related to accretion		(5,328	)		-
Allocation of earnings to participating securities		(1,357	)		-
Net income attributable to common shareholders of Merge - basic and diluted	$	11,086		$	323
Denominator
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic		96,616,916			94,656,786
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options		-			1,051,999
Unvested restricted stock awards		-			287,780
Dilutive potential common shares		-			1,339,780
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - diluted		96,616,916			95,996,566
Net income (loss) per share attributable to common shareholders of Merge
Basic	$	0.11		$	0.00
Diluted	$	0.11		$	0.00

Anti-dilutive Shares Excluded from Calculation of Diluted Net Income Per Share

The following table sets forth the number of anti-dilutive shares excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share attributable to common shareholders for the periods indicated.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Stock options		5,863,493		5,337,925
Unvested restricted stock awards		1,834,525		-
Convertible preferred stock		12,077,500		-
Total number of shares excluded from net income per share attributable to common shareholders		19,775,518		5,337,925