NET INCOME PER UNIT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

We treat restricted units granted under our long-term incentive plan as participating securities in computing net income per unit pursuant to the two-class method. There were no outstanding options to purchase NuStar GP Holdings units for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. Unit amounts used in the computation of basic and diluted net income per unit were as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2016	2015	2014
Basic units outstanding:
Weighted-average number of basic units outstanding	42,932,320	42,914,297	42,719,217
Diluted units outstanding:
Weighted-average number of basic units outstanding	42,932,320	42,914,297	42,719,217
Effect of dilutive securities	—	—	22,985
Weighted-average number of diluted units outstanding	42,932,320	42,914,297	42,742,202