Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Earnings Per Share

Earnings Per Share

20. Earnings Per Share

	Years Ended December 31,
($ in millions, except per share amounts; shares in thousands)	2021		2020		2019
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	$	878	$	585	$	566
Basic weighted average common shares		325,989		326,260		331,102
Effect of dilutive securities		5,626		6,555		9,019
Weighted average shares applicable to diluted earnings per share		331,615		332,815		340,121
Per basic share	$	2.69	$	1.79	$	1.71
Per diluted share	$	2.65	$	1.76	$	1.66

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, exceeded the average closing stock price for the period). The excluded options and SSARs totaled approximately 1 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. There were no anti-dilutive options for the year ended December 31, 2019.

The company declared and paid dividends of $0.70 per share in 2021, $0.60 per share in 2020 and $0.55 per share in 2019.