Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

NOTE 28. EARNINGS PER SHARE

Earnings per share components may not add due to rounding.

The following table is a reconciliation of net earnings to net earnings attributable to common shares used in our basic and diluted EPS calculations for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015:

	2017			2016			2015
Earnings from continuing operations	$	220.6		$	99.3		$	57.9
Earnings allocated to participating non-vested share awards		(0.7	)		(0.3	)		(0.2	)
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to common shares	$	219.9		$	99.0		$	57.7

	2017		2016		2015
	(in millions)
Basic shares outstanding		53.3		55.4		55.5
Dilutive effect of common stock equivalents		0.6		0.3		0.4
Diluted shares outstanding		53.9		55.7		55.9

Options to purchase 319,836, 632,799 and 203,527 shares of common stock were outstanding as of December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively, but not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share, because the options were anti-dilutive.