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Earnings Per Share | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share | Earnings Per Share: Basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 are calculated as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
| (In thousands, except per share amounts)
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations |  |  |
Numerator: |  |  |
Net income from continuing operations | $ | 47,149 |  |  | $ | 66,004 |
Net income from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests | (4,034 | ) |  | (7,652 | )
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Albemarle Corporation | $ | 43,115 |  |  | $ | 58,352 |
Denominator: |  |  |
Weighted-average common shares for basic earnings per share(a) | 108,130 |  |  | 79,735 |
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations | $ | 0.40 |  |  | $ | 0.73 |
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations |  |  |
Numerator: |  |  |
Net income from continuing operations | $ | 47,149 |  |  | $ | 66,004 |
Net income from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests | (4,034 | ) |  | (7,652 | )
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Albemarle Corporation | $ | 43,115 |  |  | $ | 58,352 |
Denominator: |  |  |
Weighted-average common shares for basic earnings per share(a) | 108,130 |  |  | 79,735 |
Incremental shares under stock compensation plans | 334 |  |  | 377 |
Weighted-average common shares for diluted earnings per share(a) | 108,464 |  |  | 80,112 |
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations | $ | 0.40 |  |  | $ | 0.73 |
(a) | 2015 includes the impact of 34,113 shares issued in connection with the Rockwood acquisition.
On February 24, 2015, the Company increased the regular quarterly dividend by 5% to $0.29 per share and declared a cash dividend of said amount for the first quarter of 2015, which was paid on April 1, 2015 to shareholders of record at the close of business as of March 16, 2015. On May 5, 2015, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.29 per share, which is payable on July 1, 2015 to shareholders of record at the close of business as of June 16, 2015.

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