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Earnings and Dividends Per Share
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Earnings and Dividends Per Share  
Earnings and Dividends Per Share

15.  Earnings and Dividends Per Share

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

($ in millions, except per share amounts;

 

March 31,

 

April 1,

 

shares in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation

 

$

72.0

 

$

88.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic weighted average common shares

 

148,976

 

157,530

 

Effect of dilutive securities

 

3,340

 

3,415

 

Weighted average shares applicable to diluted earnings per share

 

152,316

 

160,945

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per basic share

 

$

0.48

 

$

0.56

 

Per diluted share

 

$

0.47

 

$

0.55

 

 

Certain outstanding options were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation because they were anti-dilutive (i.e., the sum of the proceeds, including the unrecognized compensation and windfall tax benefits, exceeded the average closing stock price for the period). The options excluded totaled 1,364,870 and 2,729,010 in the three months ended March 31, 2013, and April 1, 2012, respectively.

 

The company declared and paid dividends of $0.13 per share in the first quarter of 2013 and $0.10 per share in the first quarter of 2012.