EARNINGS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK

Upon completion of the Merger, each share of DuPont Common Stock was converted into the right to receive 1.2820 fully paid and non-assessable shares of DowDuPont Common Stock, in addition to cash in lieu of any fractional shares of DowDuPont Common Stock issued and therefore earnings per share of common stock information is not presented for the Successor periods.

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



(In millions, except share amounts)	For the Period July 1 - August 31, 2017			For the Period January 1 - August 31, 2017
Numerator:
(Loss) income from continuing operations after income taxes attributable to DuPont	$	(263	)	$	1,624
Preferred dividends	(2		)	(7		)
(Loss) income from continuing operations after income taxes available to DuPont common stockholders	(265		)	1,617

Income from discontinued operations after income taxes available to DuPont common stockholders	29			117

Net (loss) income available to common stockholders	$	(236	)	$	1,734

Denominator:
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding - Basic	868,992,000			867,888,000
Dilutive effect of the company’s employee compensation plans¹	—			4,532,000
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding - Diluted¹	868,992,000			872,420,000


^1.	Diluted earnings per share considers the impact of potentially dilutive securities except in periods in which there is a loss because the inclusion of the potential common shares would have an anti-dilutive effect.

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



	For the Period July 1 - August 31, 2017	For the Period January 1 - August 31, 2017
Average number of stock options	4,832,000	1,906