Earnings and Dividends Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Earnings and Dividends Per Share

Earnings and Dividends Per Share

19.    Earnings and Dividends Per Share

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
($ in millions, except per share amounts; shares in thousands)	2021		2020		2021		2020
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	$	179	$	241	$	581	$	358
Basic weighted average common shares		325,876		326,549		327,097		325,965
Effect of dilutive securities		5,719		6,105		5,841		6,187
Weighted average shares applicable to diluted earnings per share		331,595		332,654		332,938		332,152
Per basic share	$	0.55	$	0.74	$	1.78	$	1.10
Per diluted share	$	0.54	$	0.72	$	1.75	$	1.08

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 one million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.

The company declared and paid dividends of $0.20 per share and $0.50 per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, and $0.15 per share and $0.45 per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.