NET INCOME PER SHARE

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

The following is a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the basic and diluted net income per share computations for the periods presented below.



	Year Ended October 31,
	2015		2014		2013
	(in millions)
Numerator:
Net income	$	513	$	392	$	457
Denominator:
Basic weighted-average shares(a)	169		167		167
Potential common shares— stock options and other employee stock plans	2		—		—
Diluted weighted-average shares(a)	171		167		167

^(a)On November 1, 2014, Agilent Technologies, Inc. distributed 167 million shares of Keysight common stock to existing holders of Agilent common stock. Basic and diluted net income per share for the year ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 is calculated using the shares distributed on November 1, 2014.

The dilutive effect of share-based awards is reflected in diluted net income per share by application of the treasury stock method, which includes consideration of unamortized share-based compensation expense, the tax benefits or shortfalls recorded to additional paid-in capital and the dilutive effect of in-the-money options and non-vested restricted stock units. Under the treasury stock method, the amount the employee must pay for exercising stock options and unamortized share-based compensation expense and tax benefits or shortfalls collectively are assumed proceeds to be used to repurchase hypothetical shares. An increase in the fair market value of the company's common stock can result in a greater dilutive effect from potentially dilutive awards. The total number of share-based awards issued in 2015 was2 million.

We exclude stock options with exercise prices greater than the average market price of our common stock from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their effect would be anti-dilutive. For the year ended October 31, 2015, no options to purchase shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share. In addition, we also exclude from the calculation of diluted earnings per share, stock options, ESPP, LTP Program and restricted stock awards, whose combined exercise price, unamortized fair value and excess tax benefits or shortfalls collectively were greater than the average market price of our common stock because their effect would also be anti-dilutive. For the year ended October 31, 2015, we excluded 46,300 shares from the calculation of diluted earnings per share.