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EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE |
Computation of basic and diluted earnings per share |
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 30, |  | September 30, |
(US$ in millions, except for share data) |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Net income attributable to Bunge |  | $ | 140 |  | $ | 212 |  | $ | 688 |  | $ | 2,053 |
Convertible preference share dividends |  | (8 | ) | (19 | ) | (25 | ) | (58 | )
Net income available to Bunge common shareholders |  | $ | 132 |  | $ | 193 |  | $ | 663 |  | $ | 1,995 |
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | 146,684,583 |  | 139,600,641 |  | 146,935,716 |  | 141,247,100 |
Effect of dilutive shares: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
–Stock options and awards |  | 947,140 |  | 877,885 |  | 1,108,797 |  | 959,061 |
–Convertible preference shares |  | — |  | 7,514,790 |  | 7,547,220 |  | 14,622,799 |
Diluted (1) |  | 147,631,723 |  | 147,993,316 |  | 155,591,733 |  | 156,828,960 |
Earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 0.90 |  | $ | 1.38 |  | $ | 4.51 |  | $ | 14.12 |
Diluted |  | $ | 0.89 |  | $ | 1.36 |  | $ | 4.42 |  | $ | 13.09 |
(1) | Approximately 2.8 million outstanding stock options and contingently issuable restricted stock units were not dilutive and not included in the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. Approximately 7.5 million weighted-average common shares that are issuable upon conversion of the convertible preference shares were not dilutive and not included in the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the three months ended September 30, 2011.
| Approximately 3.5 million outstanding stock options and contingently issuable restricted stock units were not dilutive and not included in the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively. Approximately 7.1 million weighted-average common shares that are issuable upon conversion of the convertible preference shares were not dilutive and not included in the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the three months ended September 30, 2010.

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