EARNINGS PER SHARE

In accordance with relevant accounting guidance, unvested share-based payment awards that include non-forfeitable rights to dividends, whether paid or unpaid, are considered participating securities. As a result, such awards are required to be included in the calculation of earnings per common share pursuant to the “two-class” method. For the Company, participating securities are comprised entirely of unvested restricted stock awards and PSUs that have met their relevant performance criteria.

Earnings per share (“EPS”) is determined using the two-class method when it is more dilutive than the treasury stock method. Basic EPS excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, including participating securities. Diluted EPS reflects the dilutive effect of potential common shares from non-participating securities such as stock options, PSUs and restricted stock units.

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted EPS shown on the face of the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income:



	Thirteen Weeks Ended
	May 5, 2018			April 29, 2017
Numerator
Net income	$	29,004		$	33,619
Net income and dividends declared allocated to participating securities	(714		)	(741		)
Net income available to common shareholders	$	28,290		$	32,878
Denominator
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic	125,277			126,050
Dilutive effect of non-participating securities	39			53
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding – diluted	125,316			126,103
Net Income Per Share:
Basic	$	0.23		$	0.26
Diluted	$	0.23		$	0.26

For the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2018 and April 29, 2017, 0.6 million and 0.4 million potential shares of common stock, respectively, were excluded from the diluted per share calculation relating to non-participating securities, because the effect of including these potential shares was antidilutive.