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Basic and diluted earnings per share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Basic and diluted earnings per share

Schedule of diluted net income and potentially dilutive shares utilized in the per share calculation

Basic		2020			2019
Numerator:
Income attributable to Atlantic Power Corporation		$	29.5		$	8.9
Denominator:
Weighted average basic shares outstanding			107.2			108.9
Basic earnings per share attributable to Atlantic Power Corporation		$	0.28		$	0.08
Diluted
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Atlantic Power Corporation		$	29.5		$	8.9
Add: convertible debenture interest expense			0.9			1.3
			30.4			10.2
Denominator:
Weighted average basic shares outstanding			107.2			108.9
Convertible debentures			27.4			29.1
Share-based compensation			0.2			0.6
			134.8			138.6
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Atlantic Power Corporation		$	0.23		$	0.07

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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