Stockholders' Equity of the Company (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 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 September 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	2,447,153	$103.41	2,448,135	$746.8
Third quarter 2017	951,866	$101.67	3,400,001	$650.0

Schedule of Earnings Per Share

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



	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
Numerator	2017		2016		2017		2016
Basic Earnings:
Income attributable to SL Green common stockholders	$	38,869	$	34,252	$	58,442	$	190,930
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Redemption of units to common shares	1,812		1,663		2,707		8,171
Diluted Earnings:
Income attributable to SL Green common stockholders	$	40,681	$	35,915	$	61,149	$	199,101



	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
Denominator	2017	2016	2017	2016
Basic Shares:
Weighted average common stock outstanding	97,783	100,233	99,431	100,140
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Operating Partnership units redeemable for common shares	4,543	4,497	4,570	4,272
Stock-based compensation plans	244	413	279	349
Diluted weighted average common stock outstanding	102,570	105,143	104,280	104,761