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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
EARNINGS PER SHARE |
Schedule of computations of basic and diluted earnings per share |
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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(In millions, except per share data) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Numerator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Axiall |  | $ | 39.0 |  | $ | 39.3 |  | $ | 108.3 |  | $ | 88.2 |
Less: Net income attributable to participating securities |  |  | - |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.8 |
Net income attributable to common stockholders |  | $ | 39.0 |  | $ | 39.1 |  | $ | 108.2 |  | $ | 87.4 |
Denominator |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average common shares outstanding—Basic |  |  | 69.9 |  |  | 34.5 |  |  | 66.4 |  |  | 34.4 |
Plus: Dilutive effect of stock options and awards |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.2 |
Weighted average common shares outstanding—Diluted |  |  | 70.4 |  |  | 34.9 |  |  | 66.8 |  |  | 34.6 |
Earnings per common share from net income attributable to Axiall's common stockholders: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 0.56 |  | $ | 1.13 |  | $ | 1.63 |  | $ | 2.54 |
Diluted |  | $ | 0.55 |  | $ | 1.12 |  | $ | 1.62 |  | $ | 2.53 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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