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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Earnings Per Share |
Computation of basic and diluted earnings per share |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
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|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
|  | (in millions, except share and per share amounts) |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Reliance |  | $ | 343.8 |  | $ | 194.4 |  | $ | 148.2 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Denominator for basic earnings per share—Weighted average shares |  |  | 74,767,988 |  |  | 74,230,452 |  |  | 73,445,583 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options |  |  | 273,765 |  |  | 241,928 |  |  | 256,396 |
Denominator for dilutive earnings per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjusted weighted average shares and assumed conversions |  |  | 75,041,753 |  |  | 74,472,380 |  |  | 73,701,979 |
Net income per share attributable to Reliance shareholders—diluted |  | $ | 4.58 |  | $ | 2.61 |  | $ | 2.01 |
Net income per share attributable to Reliance shareholders—basic |  | $ | 4.60 |  | $ | 2.62 |  | $ | 2.02 |

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