Earnings Per Share

9 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

9. Earnings Per Share

The Company accounts for and discloses earnings per share using the treasury stock method. Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing reported net income for the period by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding at the end of the period. Restricted stock awards, which contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends, are considered participating securities and are included in the calculation of basic earnings per share. Diluted earnings per share reflects the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period used in the basic earnings per share computation plus dilutive common stock equivalents.

The computation of basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows:

	Thirteen weeks ended				Thirty-nine weeks ended
	October 31,		November 1,		October 31,		November 1,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
	($ in millions)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding		139.3		143.6		139.6		144.5
Effect of Dilution:
Stock options and awards		1.6		2.1		1.8		2.1
Weighted-average common shares assuming dilution		140.9		145.7		141.4		146.6

The number of options excluded from the computation was not significant for the thirteen weeks ended October 31, 2015, and was 0.6 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 31, 2015. The number of options excluded from the computation was not significant for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2014. These options were not included because the effect would have been antidilutive. Contingently issuable shares of 0.3 million and 0.4 million have not been included as the vesting conditions have not been satisfied as of October 31, 2015 and November 1, 2014, respectively.