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Earnings Per Share | 9 Months Ended
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Earnings Per Share |
Earnings Per Share |
10. Earnings Per Share Basic earnings per share exclude any dilutive effects of options, restricted stock, warrants and convertible securities. Diluted earnings per share are calculated including the dilutive effects of options, restricted stock, warrants and convertible securities, if any. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
|  | (in millions, except share and per share amounts) |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Reliance |  | $ | 84.9 |  | $ | 48.7 |  | $ | 275.9 |  | $ | 154.9 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Denominator for basic earnings per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares |  | 74,826,968 |  | 74,292,161 |  | 74,740,921 |  | 74,126,497 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options and restricted stock |  | 136,159 |  | 108,198 |  | 305,768 |  | 242,579 |
Denominator for diluted earnings per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjusted weighted average shares and assumed conversions |  | 74,963,127 |  | 74,400,359 |  | 75,046,689 |  | 74,369,076 |
Net income per share attributable to Reliance shareholders — diluted |  | $ | 1.13 |  | $ | 0.65 |  | $ | 3.68 |  | $ | 2.08 |
Net income per share attributable to Reliance shareholders — basic |  | $ | 1.13 |  | $ | 0.65 |  | $ | 3.69 |  | $ | 2.09 |
The computations of earnings per share for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 do not include 3,859,485 and 3,954,200 shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of stock options, respectively, because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. The computations of earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 do not include 3,347,503 and 2,759,308 shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of stock options, respectively, because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

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