Earnings and Dividends Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Earnings and Dividends Per Share

Earnings (Loss) and Dividends Per Share

19.    Earnings and Dividends Per Share

	Three Months Ended March 31,
($ in millions, except per share amounts; shares in thousands)	2024		2023
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to Ball Corporation, net of tax	$	78	$	125
Discontinued operations, net of tax		3,607		52
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	$	3,685	$	177
Basic weighted average common shares		314,950		314,236
Effect of dilutive securities		2,435		2,431
Weighted average shares applicable to diluted earnings per share		317,385		316,667
Basic - continuing operations	$	0.25	$	0.40
Basic - discontinued operations		11.45		0.16
Per basic share	$	11.70	$	0.56
Diluted - continuing operations	$	0.25	$	0.40
Diluted - discontinued operations		11.36		0.16
Per diluted share	$	11.61	$	0.56

Certain outstanding options were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation because they were anti-dilutive. The excluded options totaled approximately 5 million and 4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

The company declared and paid dividends of $0.20 per share for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.