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Earnings per Share
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Earnings per Share
Earnings per Share
We include restricted stock units for which no future service is required as a condition to the delivery of the underlying common stock in our calculation of weighted average shares outstanding. Reconciliations of the amounts used in the basic and diluted earnings per common share computations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, are as follows (shares in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Diluted weighted average shares calculation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average shares outstanding (basic)
355,443

 
398,232

 
365,053

 
411,534

Share-based awards
2,233

 
4,730

 
3,166

 
4,522

Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted)
357,676

 
402,962

 
368,219

 
416,056


We excluded the following items from diluted earnings per common share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, because they were anti-dilutive (shares in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Share-based awards
4,982

 
2,854

 
4,208

 
2,855