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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Earnings Per Share |
Earnings per share |
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | March 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
(Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts) |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders | $ | 160,064 |  | $ | 19,482
Weighted average number of shares used in basic earnings per share |  | 84,042 |  |  | 84,213
Effects of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |
| Stock options |  | 157 |  |  | 203
| Restricted stock units |  | 639 |  |  | 649
Weighted average number of shares used in diluted earnings per share |  | 84,838 |  |  | 85,065
Basic earnings per share attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders | $ | 1.90 |  | $ | 0.23
Diluted earnings per share attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders | $ | 1.89 |  | $ | 0.23
Summary of antidilutive shares |
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | March 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
(Shares in thousands) |  |  |
Stock options | 2,360 |  | 1,276

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