Note 19: Earnings per Share

Certain share-based compensation awards that entitle their holders to receive non-forfeitable dividends prior to vesting are considered participating securities. Prior to fiscal 2019, we granted restricted stock awards that contained non-forfeitable rights to dividends on unvested shares, and we are required to include these participating securities in calculating our basic earnings per common share, using the two-class method. The restricted stock awards we granted in fiscal 2019 do not have non-forfeitable rights to dividends and therefore are not considered participating securities. The dividends on the restricted stock awards granted in fiscal 2019 are, and will continue to be, held in escrow until the stock awards vest at which time we will pay any accumulated dividends.

The following is a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators we used in our computations of basic and diluted earnings per share:


	Fiscal Year Ended
	(52 weeks)		(52 weeks)		(52 weeks)
(Amounts in thousands)	4/27/2019		4/28/2018		4/29/2017
Numerator (basic and diluted):
Net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated	$	68,574	$	80,866	$	85,922
Income allocated to participating securities		(225)		(407)		(422)
Net income available to common shareholders	$	68,349	$	80,459	$	85,500

Denominator:
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding		46,828		47,621		48,963
Add:
Contingent common shares		242		211		194
Stock option dilution		263		303		313
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding		47,333		48,135		49,470

The values for contingent common shares set forth above reflect the dilutive effect of common shares that we would have issued to employees under the terms of performance-based share awards if the relevant performance period for the award had been the reporting period.

We had outstanding options to purchase 0.4 million shares for the year ended April 27, 2019, with a weighted average exercise price of $33.15. We excluded the effect of these options from our diluted share calculation since the weighted average exercise price of the options was higher than the average market price, and including the options’ effect would have been anti-dilutive. We did not exclude any outstanding options from the diluted share calculation for the fiscal years ended April 28, 2018, and April 29, 2017.