Earnings Per Share Data

12 Months Ended

Oct. 28, 2018

The reported net earnings attributable to the Company were used when computing basic and diluted earnings per share for all years presented. A reconciliation of the shares used in the computation is as follows:



(in thousands)	2018	2017	2016
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding	530,742	528,363	529,290
Dilutive potential common shares	13,127	10,753	13,183
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding	543,869	539,116	542,473

For fiscal years 2018, 2017, and 2016, a total of 7.3 million, 3.7 million, and 1.1 million weighted-average outstanding 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.