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Earnings per Share and Stock Repurchase Program (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Earnings per Share and Stock Repurchase Program |
Summary of reconciliation of the calculation of earnings per share | ​
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​ | ​ | Year Ended December 31,
​ | ​ | 2020 | ​ | 2019 | ​ | 2018
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Per | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Per | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Per
​ | ​ | Net | ​ | ​ | ​ | Share | ​ | Net | ​ | ​ | ​ | Share | ​ | Net | ​ | ​ | ​ | Share
​ |  | Income |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Income |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Income |  | Shares |  | Amount
​ | ​ | (Amounts in millions, except per share information)
Basic EPS | ​ | $ | 114.3 | ​ | 33.9 | ​ | $ | 3.37 | ​ | $ | 131.5 | ​ | 34.1 | ​ | $ | 3.86 | ​ | $ | 128.0 | ​ | 34.3 | ​ | $ | 3.73
Dilutive securities, principally common stock options | ​ |  | — | ​ | 0.1 | ​ |  | (0.01) | ​ |  | — | ​ | 0.1 | ​ |  | (0.01) | ​ |  | — | ​ | — | ​ |  | —
Diluted EPS | ​ | $ | 114.3 | ​ | 34.0 | ​ | $ | 3.36 | ​ | $ | 131.5 | ​ | 34.2 | ​ | $ | 3.85 | ​ | $ | 128.0 |  | 34.3 | ​ | $ | 3.73
Summary of the cost and number of Class A common stock repurchased | ​
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​ | ​ | Year Ended December 31,
​ | ​ | 2020 | ​ | 2019
​ | ​ | Number of shares | ​ | Cost of shares | ​ | Number of shares | ​ | Cost of shares
​ |  | repurchased |  | repurchased |  | repurchased |  | repurchased
​ | ​ | (amounts in millions, except share amount)
Stock repurchase programs: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
$100 million |  | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | 146,304 | ​ | ​ | 11.8
$150 million | ​ | 331,531 | ​ | ​ | 28.9 | ​ | 81,316 | ​ | ​ | 7.7
Total |  | 331,531 |  | $ | 28.9 |  | 227,620 |  | $ | 19.5

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