Earnings Per Common Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

The effect of dilutive securities on the weighted average common shares outstanding included in the calculation of earnings per diluted common share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:


	Three Months Ended September 30		Nine Months Ended September 30
(number of shares in millions)	2022	2021	2022	2021
Weighted average common shares outstanding	235.5	237.9	236.2	237.7
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options	0.4	1.1	0.6	1.0
Other stock compensation plans	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.8
Potentially dilutive common shares	1.1	1.9	1.3	1.8
Adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding	236.6	239.8	237.5	239.5

Dividends per common share	$0.62	$0.59	$1.80	$1.67

Excluded from the computation of earnings per diluted share due to their antidilutive effect were 0.9 million of outstanding stock options for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, and zero outstanding stock options for the three and nine months ended and September 30, 2021.