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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2012
EARNINGS PER SHARE |
Reconciliation of basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) |
|  | Basic EPS |  | Dilutive Effect of Stock Options |  | Diluted EPS |
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Thirteen weeks ended September 29, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings attributable to Valmont Industries, Inc. |  | $ | 56,731 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 56,731 |
Shares outstanding |  |  | 26,502 |  |  | 304 |  |  | 26,806 |
Per share amount |  | $ | 2.14 |  | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | 2.12 |
Thirteen weeks ended September 24, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings attributable to Valmont Industries, Inc. |  | $ | 42,141 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 42,141 |
Shares outstanding |  |  | 26,351 |  |  | 228 |  |  | 26,579 |
Per share amount |  | $ | 1.60 |  | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | 1.59 |
Thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings attributable to Valmont Industries, Inc. |  | $ | 169,036 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 169,036 |
Shares outstanding |  |  | 26,455 |  |  | 293 |  |  | 26,748 |
Per share amount |  | $ | 6.39 |  | $ | (0.07 | ) | $ | 6.32 |
Thirty-nine weeks ended September 24, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings attributable to Valmont Industries, Inc. |  | $ | 113,577 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 113,577 |
Shares outstanding |  |  | 26,318 |  |  | 249 |  |  | 26,567 |
Per share amount |  | $ | 4.32 |  | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 4.28 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation of basic net earnings per share (or unit) to diluted earnings per share (or unit). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 1 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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