Stockholders' Equity of the Company (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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 June 30, 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
Second quarter 2017 ⁽¹⁾	2,447,153	$103.41	2,448,135	$746.8


(1)	Includes 393,496 shares of common stock repurchased by the Company in June 2017 that were settled in July 2017.

Schedule of Earnings Per Share

SL Green's earnings per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 are computed as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
Numerator	2017		2016		2017		2016
Basic Earnings:
Income attributable to SL Green common stockholders	$	8,222	$	133,457	$	19,573	$	156,678
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Redemption of units to common shares	419		5,586		895		6,508
Diluted Earnings:
Income attributable to SL Green common stockholders	$	8,641	$	139,043	$	20,468	$	163,186



	Three Months Ended June 30,		Six Months Ended June 30,
Denominator	2017	2016	2017	2016
Basic Shares:
Weighted average common stock outstanding	99,900	100,134	100,268	100,093
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Operating Partnership units redeemable for common shares	4,562	4,342	4,584	4,158
Stock-based compensation plans	270	316	288	282
Diluted weighted average common stock outstanding	104,732	104,792	105,140	104,533