U.S. GAAP guidance—Earnings Per Share provides guidance on the computation and presentation of earnings per share (“EPS”). Basic EPS excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding and contingent shares for which all necessary conditions have been satisfied except for the passage of time. Net income is allocated to Newmark’s outstanding common stock, FPUs, limited partnership units, and Cantor units (See Note 2 - Limited Partnership Interests). In addition, in relation to the Newmark OpCo Preferred Investment, the EPUs issued in June 2018 and September 2018 are entitled to a preferred payable-in-kind dividend which is recorded as accretion to the carrying amount of the EPUs and is a reduction to net income available to common stockholders for the calculation of Newmark’s basic earnings per share and fully diluted earnings per share.

The following is the calculation of Newmark’s basic EPS (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Basic earnings per share:
Net income available to common stockholders ⁽¹⁾	$	19,444	$	546	$	33,124	$	20,542
Basic weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding		178,754		155,157		178,683		155,447
Basic earnings per share	$	0.11	$	0.00	$	0.19	$	0.13

Fully diluted EPS is calculated utilizing net income available to common stockholders plus net income allocations to the limited partnership interests in Newmark Holdings as the numerator. The denominator comprises Newmark’s weighted-average number of outstanding shares of Newmark common stock to the extent the related units are dilutive and, if dilutive, the weighted-average number of limited partnership interests and other contracts to issue shares of common stock, stock options and RSUs. The limited partnership interests generally are potentially exchangeable into shares of Newmark Class A common stock and are entitled to remaining earnings after the deduction for the Preferred Distribution; as a result, they are included in the fully diluted EPS computation to the extent that the effect would be dilutive.

The following is the calculation of Newmark’s fully diluted EPS (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Fully diluted earnings per share:
Net income available to common stockholders	$	19,444	$	546	$	33,124	$	20,542
Allocations of net income to limited partnership interests in Newmark Holdings, net of tax		3,864		—		—		12,020
Net income for fully diluted shares	$	23,308	$	546	$	33,124	$	32,562
Weighted-average shares:
Common stock outstanding		178,754		155,157		178,683		155,447
Partnership units ⁽¹⁾		28,769		—		—		96,505
Other		627		781		751		852
Fully diluted weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding		208,150		155,938		179,434		252,804
Fully diluted earnings per share	$	0.11	$	0.00	$	0.18	$	0.13

For the three months and six months ended June 30, 2019, there were 62.8 million and 90.8 million potentially dilutive securities that were excluded from the computation of fully diluted EPS as they would have had an anti-dilutive effect. For the three months ended June 30, 2018, there were 102.8 million potentially dilutive securities that were excluded from the computation of fully diluted EPS as they would have had an anti-dilutive effect.