EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE

9 Months Ended

Jul. 30, 2017

Basic earnings per common share is computed by dividing net income allocated to common shares by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per common share, if applicable, considers the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents. The reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used for the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):



	Fiscal Three Months Ended				Fiscal Nine Months Ended
	July 30, 2017		July 31, 2016		July 30, 2017		July 31, 2016
Numerator for Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Common Share:
Net income applicable to common shares	$	18,119	$	23,550	$	36,994	$	31,761
Denominator for Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Common Share:
Weighted average basic number of common shares outstanding	71,047		73,104		70,973		72,932
Common stock equivalents:
Employee stock options	127		441		130		528
PSUs and Performance Share Awards	9		7		32		—
Weighted average diluted number of common shares outstanding	71,183		73,552		71,134		73,460

Basic earnings per common share	$	0.26	$	0.32	$	0.52	$	0.44
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.25	$	0.32	$	0.52	$	0.43

Incentive Plan securities excluded from dilution⁽¹⁾	—		3		1		21


(1)	Represents securities not included in the computation of diluted earnings per common share because their effect would have been anti-dilutive.

We calculate earnings per share using the “two-class” method, whereby unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents are “participating securities” and, therefore, these participating securities are treated as a separate class in computing earnings per share. The calculation of earnings per share presented here excludes the income attributable to unvested restricted stock units related to our Incentive Plan from the numerator and excludes the dilutive impact of those shares from the denominator. Awards subject to the achievement of performance conditions or market conditions for which such conditions had been met at the end of any of the fiscal periods presented are included in the computation of diluted earnings per common share if their effect was dilutive.