IberiaBank Corp. reported consolidated earnings results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011. For the quarter, the company reported interest income of $111,799,000 against $97,716,000 a year ago. Net interest income was $92,573,000 against $72,349,000 a year ago. Income before income tax was $24,024,000 against $18,075,000 a year ago. Earnings available to common shareholders were $17,357,000 or $0.59 per diluted share against $13,042,000 or $0.48 per diluted share a year ago. Book value per share was $50.48 against $48.50 as of December 31, 2010. Return on average assets was 0.59% against 0.50% a year ago. Return on average common equity was 4.65% against 3.94% a year ago. The company incurred acquisition and conversion related costs associated with the conversions of OMNI and Cameron, which were successfully converted during the second and third quarters. Those costs totaled about $4 million on a pre-tax basis of $0.10 per share on after tax basis. Excluding those costs, the company earned $0.69 per share similar to the third quarter results The company reported net charge-offs of $5 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, compared to $2 million on a linked quarter basis. On December 12, 2011, the company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.34 per share. This dividend level equated to an annualized dividend rate of $1.36 per share and an indicated dividend yield of 2.50%.