Note 4. Earnings per Share

We present basic earnings per share (“EPS”) and diluted EPS for our Class A and Class B common stock. The EchoStar Tracking Stock is a participating security that shares in our consolidated earnings and therefore, effective March 1, 2014, the issuance date of the EchoStar Tracking Stock, we apply the two-class method to calculate EPS. Under the two-class method, we allocate net income or loss attributable to EchoStar between common stock and EchoStar Tracking Stock considering both dividends declared on each class of stock and the participation rights of each class of stock in undistributed earnings. Based on the terms of the EchoStar Tracking Stock that generally provide for an economic interest (currently 51.89%) in the Hughes Retail Group, we allocate undistributed earnings to the EchoStar Tracking Stock based on 51.89% of the attributed net income or loss of the Hughes Retail Group. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, we allocated a net loss of $0.6 million to the EchoStar Tracking Stock, reflecting DISH Network’s 51.89% economic interest (represented by the EchoStar Tracking Stock) in the net loss of the Hughes Retail Group for the period from the issuance of the EchoStar Tracking Stock on March 1, 2014 to March 31, 2014. Moreover, because the reported amount of “Net income attributable to EchoStar” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations excludes DISH Network’s 28.11% economic interest (represented by the HSS Tracking Stock) in the net loss of the Hughes Retail Group (reported as a noncontrolling interest), the amount of consolidated net income or loss allocated to holders of Class A and Class B common stock effectively excludes an aggregate 80.0% interest in the attributed net loss of the Hughes Retail Group.

Basic EPS for our Class A and Class B common stock excludes potential dilution and is computed by dividing “Net income attributable to EchoStar” by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if our common stock awards were exercised. The potential dilution from common stock awards was computed using the treasury stock method based on the average market value of our Class A common stock during the period. The calculation of our diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding excluded (i) underlying options to purchase shares of our Class A common stock, as their effect is anti-dilutive, of 0.7 million and 2.1 million shares for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and (ii) shares of our Class A common stock that are contingently issuable based upon meeting a company-specific performance measure by March 31, 2015 pursuant to our performance based stock incentive plan, which was not probable of being achieved as of March 31, 2014 of 0.7 million and 0.7 million shares for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

The following table presents basic and diluted EPS amounts for all periods and the corresponding weighted-average shares outstanding used in the calculations.

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Net income attributable to EchoStar common stock	$	12,653		$	3,458
Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar Tracking Stock	(598		)	—
Net income attributable to EchoStar	$	12,055		$	3,458

Weighted-average common shares outstanding :
Class A and B common stock:
Basic	90,689			88,178
Dilutive impact of stock awards outstanding	1,647			1,422
Diluted	92,336			89,600

Earnings per share:
Class A and B common stock:
Basic	$	0.14		$	0.04
Diluted	$	0.14		$	0.04