3. Net Loss Per Share

Basic and diluted net loss per share have been calculated using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. The shares of common stock effectively repurchased in connection with the Forward Transactions (as defined and described in Note 8, “Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities”) are considered participating securities requiring the two-class method to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share. Net earnings in future periods will be allocated between common shares and participating securities. In periods of a net loss, the shares associated with the Forward Transactions will not receive an allocation of losses, as the counterparties to the Forward Transactions are not required to fund losses. Accordingly, the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and 2016 excludes approximately 7.2 million shares that will be repurchased as a result of the Forward Transactions.

As a result of the net loss for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, all of the outstanding shares of common stock underlying stock options, deferred stock units and restricted stock units were excluded from the computation of diluted shares outstanding because they were anti-dilutive.

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016; however, because of the undistributed losses, the shares of common stock associated with the Forward Transactions are excluded from the computation of basic earnings per share in 2017 and 2016 as undistributed losses are not allocated to these shares (in thousands, except per share amounts):


	For the Three Months						For the Nine Months
	Ended September 30,						Ended September 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016
Net loss	$	(45,281	)	$	(33,273	)	$	(130,857	)	$	(97,573	)
Less: Participation rights of the Forward Transactions		—			—			—			—

Undistributed losses	$	(45,281	)	$	(33,273	)	$	(130,857	)	$	(97,573	)

Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted		79,543			79,003			79,340			78,864

Net loss attributable to common stock per share-basic and diluted	$	(0.57	)	$	(0.42	)	$	(1.65	)	$	(1.24	)