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EARNINGS PER SHARE | 6 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2016
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
EARNINGS PER SHARE | EARNINGS PER SHARE Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing reported net income attributable to Global Payments by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the period. Earnings available to common shareholders is the same as reported net income attributable to Global Payments for all periods presented. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to Global Payments by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the period, including the effect of share-based awards that would have a dilutive effect on earnings per share. All stock options with an exercise price lower than the average market share price of our common stock for the period are assumed to have a dilutive effect on earnings per share. There were less than 0.1 million stock options that would have an antidilutive effect on the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three and six months ended November 30, 2016 and for the six months ended November 30, 2015. There were no such antidilutive stock options for the three months ended November 30, 2015. The following table sets forth the computation of diluted weighted-average number of shares outstanding for the three and six months ended November 30, 2016 and November 30, 2015:
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
| November 30, 2016 |  | November 30, 2015 |  | November 30, 2016 |  | November 30, 2015
| (in thousands)
Basic weighted-average number of shares outstanding | 153,173 |  |  | 129,505 |  |  | 153,539 |  |  | 129,919 |
Plus: Dilutive effect of stock options and other share-based awards | 818 |  |  | 848 |  |  | 896 |  |  | 833 |
Diluted weighted-average number of shares outstanding | 153,991 |  |  | 130,353 |  |  | 154,435 |  |  | 130,752 |

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