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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Earnings Per Share |
Computation of basic and diluted earnings per share |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
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(US$ in millions, except for share data) |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
Net income attributable to Bunge |  | $ | 942 |  | $ | 2,354 |  | $ | 361 |
Convertible preference share dividends |  |  | (34 | ) |  | (67 | ) |  | (78 | )
Net income available to Bunge common shareholders |  | $ | 908 |  | $ | 2,287 |  | $ | 283 |
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  |  | 146,583,128 |  |  | 141,191,136 |  |  | 126,448,071 |
Effect of dilutive shares: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
—stock options and awards (1) |  |  | 1,042,127 |  |  | 1,032,143 |  |  | 1,221,751 |
—convertible preference shares |  |  | 7,583,790 |  |  | 14,051,535 |  |  | — |
Diluted |  |  | 155,209,045 |  |  | 156,274,814 |  |  | 127,669,822 |
Earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings to Bunge common shareholders—basic |  | $ | 6.20 |  | $ | 16.20 |  | $ | 2.24 |
Earnings to Bunge common shareholders—diluted |  | $ | 6.07 |  | $ | 15.06 |  | $ | 2.22 |
(1) The weighted-average common shares outstanding-diluted excludes approximately 4 million, 3 million and 2 million stock options and contingently issuable restricted stock units, which were not dilutive and not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share for 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

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