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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Earnings Per Share |
Computation of basic and diluted earnings per share |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
|  | (in millions except for share and per share amounts) |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Reliance |  | $ | 116.2 |  | $ | 92.3 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |
Denominator for basic earnings per share — Weighted average shares |  | 74,922,487 |  | 74,619,804 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |
Stock options and restricted stock |  | 504,065 |  | 404,062 |
Denominator for dilutive earnings per share: |  |  |  |  |
Adjusted weighted average shares and assumed conversions |  | 75,426,552 |  | 75,023,866 |
Net income per share attributable to Reliance shareholders — diluted |  | $ | 1.54 |  | $ | 1.23 |
Net income per share attributable to Reliance shareholders — basic |  | $ | 1.55 |  | $ | 1.24 |

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