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Earnings per Share and Earnings per Unit (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share | The following summarizes the impact of potential dilutive common shares on the denominator used to compute EPS:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Denominator – basic | 170,792 |  |  | 170,494 |  |  | 170,751 |  |  | 170,470 |
Effect of performance stock units (1) | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 30 |
Denominator – diluted | 170,792 |  |  | 170,494 |  |  | 170,751 |  |  | 170,500 |
(1) | Performance stock units are contingently issuable common shares and are included in earnings per share if the effect is dilutive. See Note 13 for a description of the long-term incentive program, which was adopted in 2015, that these units relate to.
CBL & Associates Limited Partnership |
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share | The following summarizes the impact of potential dilutive common units on the denominator used to compute EPU:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Denominator – basic | 200,004 |  |  | 199,751 |  |  | 199,992 |  |  | 199,728 |
Effect of performance stock units (1) | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 30 |
Denominator – diluted | 200,004 |  |  | 199,751 |  |  | 199,992 |  |  | 199,758 |
(1) | Performance stock units are contingently issuable common units and are included in earnings per unit if the effect is dilutive. See Note 13 for a description of the long-term incentive program, which was adopted in 2015, that these units relate to.

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