Earnings Per Share Attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

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11. Earnings 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)	2021	2020
Weighted-average common shares–basic	279	294
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units	2	1
Weighted-average common shares–diluted	281	295

	Six Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2021	2020
Weighted-average common shares–basic	283	293
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units	2	2
Weighted-average common shares–diluted	285	295

The potentially dilutive employee stock options, restricted share units, and performance share units that were antidilutive were 5 million during both the three and six months ended December 31, 2021 and 4 million during both the three months and the six months ended December 31, 2020.