Stockholders' Equity of the Company (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

In August 2016, our board of directors approved a stock repurchase plan under which we can buy up to $1.0 billion of shares of our common stock. At March 31, 2017 repurchases made under the stock repurchase plans were as follows:



Period	Total number of shares purchased	Average price paid per share	Total number of shares purchased as part of the repurchase plan or programs	Maximum approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plan (in millions)
First quarter 2017	982	$103.89	982	$999.9

Schedule of Earnings Per Share

SL Green's earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 are computed as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended March 31,
Numerator	2017		2016
Basic Earnings:
Income attributable to SL Green common stockholders	$	11,351	$	23,221
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Redemption of units to common shares	476		922
Diluted Earnings:
Income attributable to SL Green common stockholders	$	11,827	$	24,143



	Three Months Ended March 31,
Denominator	2017	2016
Basic Shares:
Weighted average common stock outstanding	100,643	100,051
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Operating Partnership units redeemable for common shares	4,607	3,974
Stock-based compensation plans	304	234
Diluted weighted average common stock outstanding	105,554	104,259