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Earnings and Dividends Per Share | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Earnings and Dividends Per Share |
Earnings and Dividends Per Share | 15.Earnings and Dividends Per Share
($ in millions, except per share amounts; |  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
shares in thousands) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation |  | $ | 44.5 |  | $ | 147.4 |  | $ | 225.6 |  | $ | 394.0 |
Basic weighted average common shares |  | 137,337 |  | 138,010 |  | 137,409 |  | 139,133 |
Effect of dilutive securities |  | 3,521 |  | 4,080 |  | 3,732 |  | 3,853 |
Weighted average shares applicable to diluted earnings per share |  | 140,858 |  | 142,090 |  | 141,141 |  | 142,986 |
Per basic share |  | $ | 0.32 |  | $ | 1.07 |  | $ | 1.64 |  | $ | 2.83 |
Per diluted share |  | $ | 0.32 |  | $ | 1.04 |  | $ | 1.60 |  | $ | 2.76 |
Certain outstanding options were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation because they were antidilutive (i.e., their assumed conversion into common stock would increase rather than decrease earnings per share). The options excluded totaled 1.2 million in each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, and the nine months ended September 30, 2014. There were no options excluded in the three months ended September 30, 2014. The company declared and paid dividends of $0.13 per share in each of the first three quarters of 2015 and 2014.

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