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Earnings per share | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
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Earnings per share |
10. | Earnings per share
Basic EPS The calculation of basic EPS is as follows:
Continuing operations |  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2019 |
Earnings 1 (£ million) |  |  | (2,626.5 | ) |  |  | 269.2 |  |  |  | 627.9 |
Weighted average shares used in basic EPS calculation (million) |  |  | 1,224.7 |  |  |  | 1,249.1 |  |  |  | 1,250.0 |
EPS |  |  | (214.5p | ) |  |  | 2 1.5 p |  |  |  | 50.2p |
Discontinued o perations |  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2019 |
Earnings 1 (£ million) |  |  | (6.8 | ) |  |  | 43.2 |  |  |  | (3.8 | )
Weighted average shares used in basic EPS calculation (million) |  |  | 1,224.7 |  |  |  | 1,249.1 |  |  |  | 1,250.0 |
EPS |  |  | ( 0.5 p | ) |  |  | 3.5 p |  |  |  | (0.3p | )
Continued and discontinued o perations |  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2019 |
Earnings 1 (£ million) |  |  | (2,633.3 | ) |  |  | 312.4 |  |  |  | 624.1 |
Weighted average shares used in basic EPS calculation (million) |  |  | 1,224.7 |  |  |  | 1,249.1 |  |  |  | 1,250.0 |
EPS |  |  | (215.0p | ) |  |  | 25.0p |  |  |  | 49.9p |
Note
1 | Earnings is equivalent to (loss)/ profit for the period attributable to equity holders of the parent.
Diluted EPS The calculation of diluted EPS is as follows:
Continuing o perations |  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2019 |
Diluted earnings (£ million) |  |  | (2,626.5 | ) |  |  | 269.2 |  |  |  | 627.9 |
Weighted average shares used in diluted EPS calculation 1 (million) |  |  | 1,224.7 |  |  |  | 1,257.3 |  |  |  | 1,260.6 |
Diluted EPS |  |  | (214.5p | ) |  |  | 21.4 p |  |  |  | 49.8p |
Discontinued o perations |  | Six months ended 30 June 20 20 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2019 |
Diluted earnings (£ million) |  |  | (6.8 | ) |  |  | 43.2 |  |  |  | (3.8 | )
Weighted average shares used in diluted EPS calculation 1 (million) |  |  | 1,224.7 |  |  |  | 1,257.3 |  |  |  | 1,260.6 |
Diluted EPS |  |  | (0.5 p | ) |  |  | 3.4 p |  |  |  | (0.3p | )
Continuing and discontinued operations |  | Six months ended 30 June 20 20 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2019 |
Diluted earnings (£ million) |  |  | (2,633.3 | ) |  |  | 312.4 |  |  |  | 624.1 |
Weighted average shares used in diluted EPS calculation 1 (million) |  |  | 1,224.7 |  |  |  | 1,257.3 |  |  |  | 1,260.6 |
Diluted EPS |  |  | (215.0p | ) |  |  | 24.8p |  |  |  | 49.5p |
Note
1 | The weighted average shares used in the basic EPS calculation has also been used for diluted EPS due to the anti-dilutive effect of the weighted average shares calculated for the diluted EPS calculation.
A reconciliation between the shares used in calculating basic and diluted EPS is as follows:
|  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2019 |
|  | m |  |  | m |  |  | m |
Weighted average shares used in basic EPS calculation |  |  | 1,224.7 |  |  |  | 1,249.1 |  |  |  | 1,250.0 |
Dilutive share options outstanding |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 0.3 |
Other potentially issuable shares |  |  | 12.3 |  |  |  | 8.1 |  |  |  | 10.3 |
Weighted average shares used in diluted EPS calculation |  |  | 1,237.0 |  |  |  | 1,257.3 |  |  |  | 1,260.6 |
At 30 June 2020 there were 1,296,079,242 (30 June 2019: 1,332,703,852, 31 December 2019: 1,328,167,813) ordinary shares in issue, including treasury shares of 70,750,170 (30 June 2019: 70,799,200, 31 December 2019: 70,787,730).

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