Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

14. Earnings Per Share

The following is a reconciliation of weighted average shares for the basic and diluted shares computations (in millions):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2018		2017
Weighted average shares outstanding for basic net earnings per share		203.0		201.1
Effect of dilutive stock options and other equity awards		1.6		2.0
Weighted average shares outstanding for diluted net earnings per share		204.6		203.1

During the three month periods ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, an average of 1.2 million options and 0.5 million options, respectively, to purchase shares of common stock were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise prices of these options were greater than the average market price of our common stock.