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Combined Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
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Summary of Computation of Earnings Per Share | Earnings per share for total operations for the six months were calculated as follows:
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Combined EPS – Basic |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net profit attributable to shareholders’ equity (€ million) |  |  | 3,039 |  |  |  | 3,110 |
Average number of combined share units (millions of units) |  |  | 2,727.3 |  |  |  | 2,834.4 |
Combined EPS – basic (€) |  |  | 1.11 |  |  |  | 1.10 |
Combined EPS – Diluted |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net profit attributable to shareholders’ equity (€ million) |  |  | 3,039 |  |  |  | 3,110 |
Adjusted average number of combined share units (millions of units) |  |  | 2,737.3 |  |  |  | 2,845.7 |
Combined EPS – diluted (€) |  |  | 1.11 |  |  |  | 1.09 |
Underlying EPS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net profit attributable to shareholder’s equity (€ million) |  |  | 3,039 |  |  |  | 3,110 |
Post tax impact of non-underlying items attributable to shareholders’ equity (see note 2) |  |  | 287 |  |  |  | 96 |
Underlying profit attributable to shareholders’ equity (€ million) |  |  | 3,326 |  |  |  | 3,206 |
Adjusted average number of combined share units (millions of units) |  |  | 2,737.3 |  |  |  | 2,845.7 |
Underlying EPS – diluted (€) |  |  | 1.22 |  |  |  | 1.13 |
Summary of Movements in Shares | During the period the following movements in shares have taken place:
|  | Millions |
Number of shares at 31 December 2017 (net of treasury shares) |  |  | 2,738.9 |
Shares repurchased under the share buyback programme |  |  | (53.0 | )
Net movement in shares under incentive schemes |  |  | (0.3 | )
Number of shares at 30 June 2018 |  |  | 2,685.6 |

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