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Dividends and Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2015
Dividends and Earnings Per Share |
Schedule of computation of basic and diluted earnings per share |
|  | Three months ended June 30, |  | Six months ended June 30, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Primoris |  | $ | 3,638 |  | $ | 16,003 |  | $ | 5,310 |  | $ | 26,836 |
Denominator (shares in thousands): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares for computation of basic earnings per share |  | 51,666 |  | 51,655 |  | 51,619 |  | 51,631 |
Dilutive effect of shares issued to independent directors |  | — |  | — |  | 2 |  | 2 |
Dilutive effect of unvested restricted stock units (1) |  | 149 |  | 149 |  | 149 |  | 126 |
Weighted average shares for computation of diluted earnings per share |  | 51,815 |  | 51,804 |  | 51,770 |  | 51,759 |
Earnings per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic earnings per share |  | $ | 0.07 |  | $ | 0.31 |  | $ | 0.10 |  | $ | 0.52 |
Diluted earnings per share |  | $ | 0.07 |  | $ | 0.31 |  | $ | 0.10 |  | $ | 0.52 |
| (1) |  | Represents the dilutive effect of a grant of 148,512 shares of Units and 307 vested Dividend Equivalent Units.

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