(7) (LOSS) INCOME PER COMMON SHARE

Basic income or loss per share attributable to common shareholders is computed as (1) income or loss attributable to common shareholders (2) less income allocable to participating securities (3) divided by weighted average basic shares outstanding. Diluted income or loss per share attributable to common shareholders is computed as (1) basic income or loss attributable to common shareholders (2) plus diluted adjustments to income allocable to participating securities (3) divided by weighted average diluted shares outstanding. The following tables set forth a reconciliation of income or loss attributable to common shareholders to basic income or loss attributable to common shareholders to diluted income or loss attributable to common shareholders (in thousands except per share amounts):

		Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2017			2016			2017			2016
Net (loss) income, as reported	$	(127,700	)	$	(41,971	)	$	111,961		$	(360,679	)
Participating earnings ^(a)		(58	)		(56	)		(1,251	)		(167	)
Basic net (loss) income attributed to common shareholders		(127,758	)		(42,027	)		110,710			(360,846	)
Reallocation of participating earnings ^(a)		—			—			1			—
Diluted net (loss) income attributed to common shareholders	$	(127,758	)	$	(42,027	)	$	110,711		$	(360,846	)
Net (loss) income per common share:
Basic	$	(0.52	)	$	(0.23	)	$	0.45		$	(2.10	)
Diluted	$	(0.52	)	$	(0.23	)	$	0.45		$	(2.10	)

^(a)

Restricted Stock Awards represent participating securities because they participate in nonforfeitable dividends or distributions with common equity owners. Income allocable to participating securities represents the distributed and undistributed earnings attributable to the participating securities. Participating securities, however, do not participate in undistributed net losses.

The following table provides a reconciliation of basic weighted average common shares outstanding to diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2017	2016	2017	2016
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic ⁽¹⁾	245,244	180,683	245,027	171,571
Effect of dilutive securities:
Director and employee PSUs and RSUs	—	—	253	—
Weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted	245,244	180,683	245,280	171,571

⁽¹⁾ 2017 includes common stock issued in connection with the exchange of 77.0 million shares for all outstanding Memorial common stock on September 16, 2016.

Weighted average common shares outstanding–basic for third quarter 2017 excludes 2.9 million shares of restricted stock held in our deferred compensation plan compared to 2.8 million shares in third quarter 2016 (although all awards are issued and outstanding upon grant). Weighted average common shares outstanding-basic for both the first nine months 2017 and the first nine months 2016 exclude 2.8 million shares of restricted stock. Due to our net loss from operations for the three months ended September 30, 2017, we excluded all outstanding stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock and performance shares from the computation of diluted net loss per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive. For first nine months 2017, SARs of 659,000 were outstanding but not included in the computation of diluted net income per share because the grant prices of the SARs were greater than the average market price of the common shares and would be anti-dilutive to the computations. In addition, there were 405,000 shares of equity awards for first nine months 2017 excluded from the computation of diluted net income per share because their effect would have been antidilutive. Due to our net loss from operations for the three months and the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we excluded all outstanding SARs, restricted stock and performance shares from the computation of diluted net loss per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.