Earnings Per Share Attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

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10. Earnings/(Loss) Per Share Attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.

The following table reconciles the number of common shares used to compute basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.:

	Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2020	2019
Weighted-average common shares–basic	294	292
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units	1	2
Weighted-average common shares–diluted	295	294

	Six Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2020	2019
Weighted-average common shares–basic	293	294
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units	2	—
Weighted-average common shares–diluted	295	294

The potentially dilutive employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units that were anti-dilutive were 4 million for the three and six months ended December 31, 2020.

The potentially dilutive employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units that were anti-dilutive were 4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 6 million for the six months ended December 31, 2019 (1 million of which were anti-dilutive as a result of the year-to-date net loss).