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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings per share | Earnings per share has been calculated as follows: Expressed in thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts.
|  | Three months ended June 30, |  |  | Six months ended June 30, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding |  |  | 13,588,842 |  |  |  | 13,658,720 |  |  |  | 13,593,496 |  |  |  | 13,605,020 |
Net dilutive effect of warrant, treasury method (1) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Net dilutive effect of share-based awards, treasury method (2) |  |  | 420,803 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 324,501 |
Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding |  |  | 14,009,645 |  |  |  | 13,658,720 |  |  |  | 13,593,496 |  |  |  | 13,929,521 |
Net profit (loss) for the period |  | $ | 3,375 |  |  | $ | 438 |  |  | $ | (508 | ) |  | $ | 6,199 |
Net profit attributable to non-controlling interests |  |  | 953 |  |  |  | 747 |  |  |  | 1,727 |  |  |  | 1,422 |
Net profit (loss) attributable to Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. |  | $ | 2,422 |  |  | ($ | 309 | ) |  | $ | (2,235 | ) |  | $ | 4,777 |
Basic profit (loss) per share |  | $ | 0.18 |  |  | ($ | 0.02 | ) |  | $ | (0.16 | ) |  | $ | 0.35 |
Diluted profit (loss) per share |  | $ | 0.17 |  |  | ($ | 0.02 | ) |  | $ | (0.16 | ) |  | $ | 0.34 |
(1) | As part of the consideration for the 2008 acquisition of certain businesses from CIBC World Markets Corp., the Company issued a warrant to CIBC to purchase 1 million shares of Class A Stock of the Company at $48.62 per share exercisable five years from the January 14, 2008 acquisition date. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, the effect of the warrant is anti-dilutive.
(2) | For the both the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, the diluted earnings per share computations do not include the anti-dilutive effect of 1,059,638 shares of Class A Stock granted under share-based compensation arrangements together with the warrant described in (1) (1,139,695 and 1,142,028 shares of Class A Stock, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011).

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