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Earnings per share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

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Note 20    Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing net income attributable to the Company’s shareholders by the weighted average of the number of shares in circulation during that period.

As expressed, earnings per share are detailed as follows:

Basic earnings per share

For the year ended ‎December 31, 2019

For the year ended ‎December 31, 2018

For the year ended ‎December 31, 2017

ThUS$

ThUS$

ThUS$

Net profit attributable to owners of the parent

278,115

439,830

427,697

Basic earnings per share		For the year ended ‎December 31, 2019				For the year ended ‎December 31, 2018				For the year ended ‎December 31, 2017
		Units				Units				Units
Number of common shares in circulation			263,196,524				263,196,524				263,196,524
Basic earnings per share (US$ per share)			1.0567				1.6711				1.6250

The Company has not made any operations with a potential dilutive effect that assumes diluted earnings per share are different from the basic earnings per share.

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