Earnings and Dividends Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Earnings and Dividends Per Share

Earnings and Dividends Per Share

15. Earnings and Dividends Per Share

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
($ in millions, except per share amounts;	September 30,				September 30,
shares in thousands)	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	$	115.2	$	115.1	$	282.3	$	342.9
Basic weighted average common shares	144,714		153,604		146,910		155,561
Effect of dilutive securities	3,181		3,504		3,212		3,402
Weighted average shares applicable to diluted earnings per share	147,895		157,108		150,122		158,963
Per basic share	$	0.80	$	0.75	$	1.92	$	2.20
Per diluted share	$	0.78	$	0.73	$	1.88	$	2.16

Certain outstanding options and SSARs 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 and SSARs excluded totaled 1.4 million and 1.5 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and 1.5 million and 2.1 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively.

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