Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Note 6 Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share attributable to TDS shareholders is computed by dividing Net income attributable to TDS shareholders by the weighted average number of Common Shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share attributable to TDS shareholders is computed by dividing Net income attributable to TDS shareholders by the weighted average number of Common Shares outstanding during the period adjusted to include the effects of potentially dilutive securities. Potentially dilutive securities primarily include incremental shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options and the vesting of performance and restricted stock units.

The amounts used in computing basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to TDS shareholders were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019
(Dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts)
Net income attributable to TDS shareholders used in basic earnings per share	$	69		$	59
Adjustments to compute diluted earnings:
Noncontrolling interest adjustment	(1		)	(1		)
Net income attributable to TDS shareholders used in diluted earnings per share	$	68		$	58

Weighted average number of shares used in basic earnings per share:
Common Shares	108			107
Series A Common Shares	7			7
Total	115			114

Effects of dilutive securities	1			2
Weighted average number of shares used in diluted earnings per share	116			116

Basic earnings per share attributable to TDS shareholders	$	0.60		$	0.52

Diluted earnings per share attributable to TDS shareholders	$	0.59		$	0.50

Certain Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options or vesting of performance and restricted stock units were not included in weighted average diluted shares outstanding for the calculation of Diluted earnings per share attributable to TDS shareholders because their effects were antidilutive. The number of such Common Shares excluded was 4 million and less than 1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.