EARNINGS PER SHARE DATA

3 Months Ended

Jan. 29, 2017

EARNINGS PER SHARE DATA

EARNINGS PER SHARE DATA

NOTE MEARNINGS 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
(in thousands)	January 29, 2017	January 24, 2016
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding	528,585	528,862
Dilutive potential common shares	11,479	13,875
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding	540,064	542,737

For the three months ended January 29, 2017, and January 24, 2016, a total of 3.4 million and 1.0 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.