Earnings Per Share

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Earnings per Share

Basic and diluted weighted-average shares outstanding are as follows:



	Three Months Ended		Six Months Ended
	March 31, 2018	April 1, 2017	March 31, 2018	April 1, 2017
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding	35,770,089	35,888,053	35,771,247	35,878,552
Dilutive effect of equity-based awards	409,769	348,785	419,208	376,250
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding	36,179,858	36,236,838	36,190,455	36,254,802

For the three and six months ended March 31, 2018, there were 21,887 and 17,432 common shares from equity-based awards, respectively, excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as they would be anti-dilutive. For the three and six months ended April 1, 2017, there were 99,978 and 107,960 common shares from equity-based awards, respectively, excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as they would be anti-dilutive.

During the second quarter of 2018, the Board of Directors declared a $0.25 per share quarterly dividend payable on issued and outstanding shares of our Class A and Class B common stock on June 1, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 15, 2018.