Earnings and Dividends Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

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)	2022		2021		2022		2021
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	$	392	$	179	$	664	$	581
Basic weighted average common shares		314,054		325,876		317,296		327,097
Effect of dilutive securities		3,007		5,719		3,926		5,841
Weighted average shares applicable to diluted earnings per share		317,061		331,595		321,222		332,938
Per basic share	$	1.25	$	0.55	$	2.09	$	1.78
Per diluted share	$	1.24	$	0.54	$	2.07	$	1.75

Certain outstanding options and SSAR’s 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). Ball excluded anti-dilutive options and SSAR’s of four million and one million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and three million and one million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

The company declared and paid dividends of $0.20 per share for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and $0.60 per share and $0.50 per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.