EARNINGS PER SHARE DATA

9 Months Ended

Jul. 26, 2015

NOTE FEARNINGS PER SHARE DATA

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		Nine Months Ended
(in thousands)	July 26, 2015	July 27, 2014	July 26, 2015	July 27, 2014
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding	264,258	263,983	263,987	263,887

Dilutive potential common shares	6,344	6,417	6,382	6,458


Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding	270,602	270,400	270,369	270,345

For the third quarter and nine months ended July 26, 2015, twelve thousand and 0.6 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, compared to thirty-seven thousand and 0.6 million for the third quarter and nine months ended July 27, 2014.