Earnings Per Share of Common Stock

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Set forth below is a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator for basic and diluted earnings per share calculations for the periods indicated:



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Numerator:
Income from continuing operations after income taxes attributable to DuPont	$	131		$	330		$	2,117		$	2,558
Preferred dividends	(2		)	(2		)	(7		)	(7		)
Income from continuing operations after income taxes available to DuPont common stockholders	$	129		$	328		$	2,110		$	2,551

Income from discontinued operations after income taxes available to DuPont common stockholders	$	104		$	103		$	89		$	384

Net income available to common stockholders	$	233		$	431		$	2,199		$	2,935

Denominator:
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding - Basic	887,275,000			910,764,000			899,883,000			917,589,000
Dilutive effect of the company’s employee compensation plans	4,011,000			6,997,000			5,639,000			7,057,000
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding - Diluted	891,286,000			917,761,000			905,522,000			924,646,000

The following average number of stock options were antidilutive, and therefore not included in the dilutive earnings per share calculations:



	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	September 30,		September 30,
	2015	2014	2015	2014
Average number of stock options	8,510,000	7,000	4,622,000	4,000

The change in the average number of stock options that were antidilutive in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the same period last year was due to changes in the company's average stock price.