Earnings and Dividends Per Share

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Earnings and Dividends Per Share

Earnings and Dividends Per Share

19.    Earnings and Dividends Per Share

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
($ in millions, except per share amounts; shares in thousands)	2020		2019		2020		2019
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	$	94	$	197	$	117	$	314
Basic weighted average common shares		325,994		332,825		325,670		333,528
Effect of dilutive securities		5,723		8,812		6,214		8,705
Weighted average shares applicable to diluted earnings per share		331,717		341,637		331,884		342,233
Per basic share	$	0.29	$	0.59	$	0.36	$	0.94
Per diluted share	$	0.28	$	0.58	$	0.35	$	0.92

Certain outstanding options are excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation because they are anti-dilutive (i.e., their assumed conversion into common stock would increase rather than decrease earnings per share). The options excluded totaled 1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, and the six months ended June 30, 2019. There were no anti-dilutive options for the three months ended June 30, 2019.

The company declared and paid dividends of $0.15 per share and $0.30 per share in the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, and $0.15 per share and $0.25 per share in the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively.