Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Earnings Per Share ("EPS")

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Earnings Per Share ("EPS")
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Earnings Per Share ("EPS")
Earnings Per Share (“EPS”)
 
We present both basic and diluted EPS.  We compute basic EPS by dividing net income available to common shareholders allocable to unrestricted common shares under the two-class method by the weighted average number of unrestricted common shares outstanding during the period.  Our computation of diluted EPS is similar except that:
 
the denominator is increased to include: (1) the weighted average number of potential additional common shares that would have been outstanding if securities that are convertible into our common shares were converted; and (2) the effect of dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period attributable to share-based compensation using the treasury stock or if-converted methods; and
the numerator is adjusted to add back any changes in income or loss that would result from the assumed conversion into common shares that we added to the denominator.


Summaries of the numerator and denominator for purposes of basic and diluted EPS calculations are set forth below (in thousands, except per share data):
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2013
 
2012
Numerator:
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations
$
9,137

 
$
12,685

Gain on sales of real estate, net
2,354

 

Preferred share dividends
(6,106
)
 
(4,025
)
Income from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests
(54
)
 
(97
)
Income from continuing operations attributable to restricted shares
(118
)
 
(141
)
Numerator for basic and diluted EPS from continuing operations attributable to COPT common shareholders
$
5,213

 
$
8,422

Discontinued operations
3,786

 
(2,450
)
Discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests
(203
)
 
157

Numerator for basic and diluted EPS on net income attributable to COPT common shareholders
$
8,796

 
$
6,129

Denominator (all weighted averages):
 
 
 
Denominator for basic EPS (common shares)
81,397

 
71,458

Dilutive effect of share-based compensation awards
52

 
44

Denominator for basic and diluted EPS
81,449

 
71,502

Basic EPS:
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations attributable to COPT common shareholders
$
0.06

 
$
0.12

Discontinued operations attributable to COPT common shareholders
0.05

 
(0.03
)
Net income attributable to COPT common shareholders
$
0.11

 
$
0.09

Diluted EPS:
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations attributable to COPT common shareholders
$
0.06

 
$
0.12

Discontinued operations attributable to COPT common shareholders
0.05

 
(0.03
)
Net income attributable to COPT common shareholders
$
0.11

 
$
0.09


 
Our diluted EPS computations do not include the effects of the following securities since the conversions of such securities would increase diluted EPS for the respective periods (in thousands):
 
Weighted Average Shares Excluded from Denominator
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2013
 
2012
Conversion of common units
3,893

 
4,281

Conversion of convertible preferred units
176

 
176

Conversion of convertible preferred shares
434

 
434


 
The following share-based compensation securities were excluded from the computation of diluted EPS because their effect was antidilutive:
 
weighted average restricted shares for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 of 409,000 and 572,000, respectively; and
weighted average options for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 of 621,000 and 819,000, respectively.
 
As discussed in Note 7, we have outstanding senior notes that have an exchange settlement feature but did not affect our diluted EPS reported above since the weighted average closing price of our common shares during each of the periods was less than the exchange prices per common share applicable for such periods.