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LOSS PER SHARE | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
LOSS PER SHARE |
12. | LOSS PER SHARE
Basic earnings (loss) per share ("EPS") is calculated with reference to the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. The components of the numerator for the calculation of basic and diluted EPS are as follows:
(in thousands of $) | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Net loss attributable to Golar LNG Ltd stockholders - basic and diluted | (231,428 | ) |  | (179,703 | ) |  | (186,531 | )
The components of the denominator for the calculation of basic and diluted EPS are as follows:
(in thousands) | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Basic and diluted loss per share: |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding | 100,684 |  |  | 100,597 |  |  | 93,933 |
Loss per share are as follows:
| 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Basic and diluted | $ | (2.30 | ) |  | $ | (1.79 | ) |  | $ | (1.99 | )
The effects of stock options and convertible bonds have been excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS for each of the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 because the effects were anti-dilutive.

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