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Combined Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Summary of Computation of Earnings Per Share | Earnings per share for total operations for the 12 months were as follows:
|  | € 2020 |  |  | € 2019 |  |  | € 2018 |
Basic earnings per share |  |  | 2.13 |  |  |  | 2.15 |  |  |  | 3.49 |
Diluted earnings per share |  |  | 2.12 |  |  |  | 2.14 |  |  |  | 3.48 |
Underlying earnings per share |  |  | 2.48 |  |  |  | 2.55 |  |  |  | 2.35 |
|  | Millions of share units |
Calculation of average number of share units (a) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Average number of shares: PLC |  |  | 1,351.1 |  |  |  | 1,175.5 |  |  |  | 1,264.0 |
NV |  |  | 1,278.1 |  |  |  | 1,598.0 |  |  |  | 1,714.7 |
Less treasury shares held by employee share trusts and companies |  |  | (8.9 | ) |  |  | (157.0 | ) |  |  | (295.4 | )
Average number of shares – used for basic earnings per share |  |  | 2,620.3 |  |  |  | 2,616.5 |  |  |  | 2,683.3 |
Add dilutive effect of share-based compensation plans |  |  | 9.5 |  |  |  | 10.2 |  |  |  | 11.5 |
Diluted average number of shares – used for diluted and underlying earnings per share |  |  | 2,629.8 |  |  |  | 2,626.7 |  |  |  | 2,694.8 |
(a) | In the calculation of the weighted average number of share units, NV shares are included only for the period they were issued (until 29 November 2020). Following Unification, all NV shares were cancelled and the shareholders of NV were issued PLC ordinary shares on a 1:1 ratio. Accordingly, there is no significant impact on the average number of share units as a result of Unification.
|  |  |  |  | € million |  |  | € million |  |  | € million |
Calculation of earnings |  | Notes |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Net profit |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,073 |  |  |  | 6,026 |  |  |  | 9,788 |
Non-controlling interests |  |  |  |  |  |  | (492 | ) |  |  | (401 | ) |  |  | (419 | )
Net profit attributable to shareholders’ equity – used for basic and diluted earnings per share |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,581 |  |  |  | 5,625 |  |  |  | 9,369 |
Post tax impact of non-underlying items |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 951 |  |  |  | 1,063 |  |  |  | (3,024 | )
Underlying profit attributable to shareholders’ equity – used for underlying earnings per share |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,532 |  |  |  | 6,688 |  |  |  | 6,345 |

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