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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Earnings Per Share |
Reconciliation Of Information Used To Compute Basic And Diluted EPS |
|  | Third quarter ended September 30, |  |  | Nine months ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Income from continuing operations attributable to Alcoa common shareholders |  | $ | 172 |  |  | $ | 61 |  |  | $ | 807 |  |  | $ | 4 |
Less: preferred stock dividends declared |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 2 |
Income from continuing operations available to common equity |  |  | 171 |  |  |  | 60 |  |  |  | 805 |  |  |  | 2 |
Less: dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | — |
Income from continuing operations available to Alcoa common shareholders – basic |  |  | 171 |  |  |  | 60 |  |  |  | 803 |  |  |  | 2 |
Add: interest expense related to convertible notes |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 22 |  |  |  | — |
Income from continuing operations available to Alcoa common shareholders – diluted |  | $ | 179 |  |  | $ | 60 |  |  | $ | 825 |  |  | $ | 2 |
Average shares outstanding – basic |  |  | 1,064 |  |  |  | 1,021 |  |  |  | 1,060 |  |  |  | 1,017 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 5 |
Stock and performance awards |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 1 |
Convertible notes |  |  | 89 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 89 |  |  |  | — |
Average shares outstanding – diluted |  |  | 1,164 |  |  |  | 1,027 |  |  |  | 1,160 |  |  |  | 1,023 |

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