EARNINGS PER SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO MONSTER WORLDWIDE, INC. (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Reconciliation of Shares Used in Calculating Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

A reconciliation of shares used in calculating basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows (shares in thousands):



	Three months ended September 30,		Nine months ended September 30,
	2015	2014	2015	2014
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding	90,340	86,576	89,853	88,236
Impact of stock options and non-vested stock under employee compensation plans⁽¹⁾	627	—	1,006	—
Impact of 3.50% convertible senior notes due 2019	5,872	—	3,714	—
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding	96,839	86,576	94,573	88,236
Weighted-average anti-dilutive common stock equivalents - stock options and non-vested stock under employee compensation plans	259	7,602	777	7,460

(1)

For periods in which losses attributable to the Company are presented, dilutive earnings per share calculations do not differ from basic earnings per share because the effects of any potential common stock equivalents are anti-dilutive and therefore not included in the calculation of dilutive earnings per share. For the quarter ended September 30, 2014, those potential shares totaled 2,741 related to non-vested stock under employee compensation plans, in addition to 4,861 of out of the money anti-dilutive common stock equivalents, both of which are included in the weighted average anti-dilutive common stock equivalents for the quarter ended September 30, 2014. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, those potential shares totaled 2,999 related to non-vested stock under employee compensation plans, and 4,461 of out of the money anti-dilutive common stock equivalents, both of which are included in the weighted average anti-dilutive common stock equivalents for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.