Superior Energy Services-North America Services, Inc

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Earnings per share
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Earnings per share

9. Earnings per share:

We compute basic earnings per share by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common and potential common share includes the weighted average of additional shares associated with the incremental effect of dilutive employee stock options and non-vested restricted stock, as determined using the treasury stock method prescribed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) guidance on earnings per share. The following table reconciles basic and diluted weighted average shares used in the computation of earnings per share for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010:

 

     Quarter Ended
September 30,
     Nine Months  Ended
September 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  
     (In thousands)  

Weighted average basic common shares outstanding

     78,004         76,130         77,578         75,957   

Effect of dilutive securities:

           

Employee stock options

     998         751         1,052         628   

Non-vested restricted stock

     443         911         450         810   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted average diluted common and potential common shares outstanding

     79,445         77,792         79,080         77,395   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

We excluded the impact of anti-dilutive potential common shares from the calculation of diluted weighted average shares for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. If these potential common shares were included in the calculation, the impact would have been a decrease in diluted weighted average shares outstanding of 34,563 shares and 47,870 shares for the quarters ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and 35,156 shares and 257,781 shares for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.