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Earnings Per Share – Linde plc Shareholders (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share | Basic and diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing Income from continuing operations, Income from discontinued operations and Net income – Linde plc for the period by the weighted average number of either basic or diluted shares outstanding, as follows:
| Quarter Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Numerator (Millions of dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income from continuing operations | $ | 699 |  |  | $ | 728 |  |  | $ | 1,728 |  |  | $ | 1,676 |
Income from discontinued operations | 1 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 98 |
Net Income – Linde plc | $ | 700 |  |  | $ | 735 |  |  | $ | 1,731 |  |  | $ | 1,774 |
Denominator (Thousands of shares) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares outstanding | 525,339 |  |  | 539,504 |  |  | 527,177 |  |  | 542,360 |
Shares earned and issuable under compensation plans | 355 |  |  | 249 |  |  | 324 |  |  | 229 |
Weighted average shares used in basic earnings per share | 525,694 |  |  | 539,753 |  |  | 527,501 |  |  | 542,589 |
Effect of dilutive securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options and awards | 4,721 |  |  | 3,863 |  |  | 4,223 |  |  | 3,918 |
Weighted average shares used in diluted earnings per share | 530,415 |  |  | 543,616 |  |  | 531,724 |  |  | 546,507 |
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations | $ | 1.33 |  |  | $ | 1.35 |  |  | $ | 3.28 |  |  | $ | 3.09 |
Basic earnings per share from discontinued operations | — |  |  | 0.01 |  |  | 0.01 |  |  | 0.18 |
Basic Earnings Per Share | $ | 1.33 |  |  | $ | 1.36 |  |  | $ | 3.29 |  |  | $ | 3.27 |
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations | $ | 1.32 |  |  | $ | 1.34 |  |  | $ | 3.25 |  |  | $ | 3.07 |
Diluted earnings per share from discontinued operations | — |  |  | 0.01 |  |  | 0.01 |  |  | 0.18 |
Diluted Earnings Per Share | $ | 1.32 |  |  | $ | 1.35 |  |  | $ | 3.26 |  |  | $ | 3.25 |

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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/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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