Net Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

The calculations of net earnings per share – basic and net earnings per share – diluted were as follows:



	3 Months Ended
	March 31,
	2018		2017
Net earnings available to common shareholders	$	97.0	$	74.4

Weighted-average common shares outstanding (in millions)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - basic	66.3		67.7
Effect of dilutive securities - stock options	0.2		0.2
Effect of other share-based awards	0.4		0.5
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - diluted	66.9		68.4

Net earnings per share - basic	$	1.46	$	1.10
Net earnings per share - diluted	$	1.45	$	1.09

There were 0.1 million share-based awards excluded from the calculation of net earnings per share – diluted for both the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 because their impact was anti-dilutive.