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EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE | 6 Months Ended
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Aug. 16, 2014
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE |
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE | 6.EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per basic common share equal net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. less income allocated to participating securities divided by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per diluted common share equal net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. less income allocated to participating securities divided by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, after giving effect to dilutive stock options. The following table provides a reconciliation of net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. and shares used in calculating net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per basic common share to those used in calculating net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per diluted common share:
|  | Second Quarter Ended |  | Second Quarter Ended |
|  | August 16, 2014 |  | August 17, 2013 |
|  | Earnings (Numerator) |  | Shares (Denominator) |  | Per Share Amount |  | Earnings (Numerator) |  | Shares (Denominator) |  | Per Share Amount |
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per basic common share |  | $ | 343 |  | 485 |  | $ | 0.71 |  | $ | 315 |  | 515 |  | $ | 0.61 |
Dilutive effect of stock options |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per diluted common share |  | $ | 343 |  | 491 |  | $ | 0.70 |  | $ | 315 |  | 521 |  | $ | 0.60 |
|  | Two Quarters Ended |  | Two Quarters Ended |
|  | August 16, 2014 |  | August 17, 2013 |
|  | Earnings (Numerator) |  | Shares (Denominator) |  | Per Share Amount |  | Earnings (Numerator) |  | Shares (Denominator) |  | Per Share Amount |
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per basic common share |  | $ | 840 |  | 494 |  | $ | 1.70 |  | $ | 791 |  | 515 |  | $ | 1.54 |
Dilutive effect of stock options |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per diluted common share |  | $ | 840 |  | 500 |  | $ | 1.68 |  | $ | 791 |  | 520 |  | $ | 1.52 |
The Company had combined undistributed and distributed earnings to participating securities totaling $4 in the second quarter of 2014 and $2 in the second quarter of 2013. For the first two quarters of 2014 and 2013, the Company had combined undistributed and distributed earnings to participating securities of $8 and $7, respectively. The Company had options outstanding for approximately 2 shares during the second quarters of 2014 and 2013 that were excluded from the computations of earnings per diluted common share because their inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive effect on earnings per share. The Company had options outstanding for approximately 2 shares in the first two quarters of 2014 and 1 shares in the first two quarters of 2013 that were excluded from the computations of earnings per diluted common share because their inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive effect on earnings per share.

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