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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 30, 2013
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 March 30, 2013: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings attributable to Valmont Industries, Inc. |  | $ | 77,569 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 77,569 |
Shares outstanding |  |  | 26,583 |  |  | 276 |  |  | 26,859 |
Per share amount |  | $ | 2.92 |  | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | 2.89 |
Thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings attributable to Valmont Industries, Inc. |  | $ | 52,325 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 52,325 |
Shares outstanding |  |  | 26,396 |  |  | 282 |  |  | 26,678 |
Per share amount |  | $ | 1.98 |  | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | 1.96 |

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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 -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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