Earnings per Share

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Earnings per Share

Earnings per Share

Below is a reconciliation of weighted average common shares outstanding for purposes of calculating basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands):

	Three months ended March 31,		Six months ended March 31,
	2013	2012	2013	2012
Weighted average common shares outstanding used in computing basic earnings per share	65,889	65,038	65,726	64,925
Dilutive common stock options and restricted stock awards	—	790	—	627
Weighted average common shares outstanding for purposes of computing diluted earnings per share	65,889	65,828	65,726	65,552

Options to purchase approximately 34,000 and 224,000 shares of common stock and 3,179,000 and 0 shares of restricted stock were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, as their effect would be anti-dilutive. In addition, options to purchase approximately 65,000 and 278,000 shares of common stock and 3,008,000 and 63,000 shares of restricted stock were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders for the six months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, as their effect would be anti-dilutive. All outstanding stock options and unvested shares of restricted stock were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three and six months ended March 31, 2013 as a result of the net loss for those periods.