EARNINGS PER SHARE DATA

3 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2018

The reported net earnings attributable to the Company were used when computing basic and diluted earnings per share. The following table sets forth the shares used as the denominator for those computations:



	Three Months Ended
(in thousands)	January 28, 2018	January 29, 2017
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding	529,453	528,585
Dilutive potential common shares	14,029	11,479
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding	543,482	540,064

For the first quarters ended January 28, 2018, and January 29, 2017, a total of 5.4 million and 3.4 million weighted-average stock options, respectively, were not included in the computation of dilutive potential common shares since their inclusion would have had an antidilutive effect on earnings per share.