Earnings and Dividends Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Earnings and Dividends Per Share

Earnings and Dividends Per Share

19.    Earnings and Dividends Per Share

	Three Months Ended March 31,
($ in millions, except per share amounts; shares in thousands)	2023		2022
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	$	177	$	446
Basic weighted average common shares		314,236		320,904
Effect of dilutive securities		2,431		5,012
Weighted average shares applicable to diluted earnings per share		316,667		325,916
Per basic share	$	0.56	$	1.39
Per diluted share	$	0.56	$	1.37

Certain outstanding options were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation because they were anti-dilutive. The excluded options totaled approximately 4 million and 2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The company declared and paid dividends of $0.20 per share for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.