Earnings per Common Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Earnings per Common Share

Earnings per Common Share

9.           Earnings per Common Share

The following table provides the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share ("EPS") for the periods presented.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2017					Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
	Net Income					Net Income
	Available		Weighted			Available		Weighted
	to Ingredion		Average Shares	Per Share		to Ingredion		Average Shares	Per Share
(in millions, except per share amounts)	(Numerator)		(Denominator)	Amount		(Numerator)		(Denominator)	Amount
Basic EPS	$	124	72.2	$	1.72	$	130	72.0	$	1.81
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Incremental shares from assumed exercise of dilutive stock options and vesting of dilutive RSUs and other awards			1.5					1.6
Diluted EPS	$	124	73.7	$	1.68	$	130	73.6	$	1.77

For both the first quarter 2017 and 2016,  approximately 0.3 million share-based awards of common stock were excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS as the impact of their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.