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Earnings per share
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Earnings per share [Abstract]  
Earnings per share
10.  Earnings per share

The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share:

   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
 
2012
  
2011
 
Numerator:
      
Net loss
 $(6,829) $(21,397)
          
Denominator:
        
Weighted-average number of shares—basic
  36,045,839   35,179,317 
Dilutive securities—equity awards
  -   - 
Weighted-average number of shares—diluted
  36,045,839   35,179,317 
          
Earnings per share-basic
 $(0.19) $(0.61)
Earnings per share-diluted
 $(0.19) $(0.61)

For the three month periods ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, approximately 4.5 million and 4.4 million shares, respectively, pursuant to equity awards were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because the net loss attributable to Emergent BioSolutions Inc. would make these awards antidilutive.