Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Apr. 02, 2017

For the first quarter of 2017, nine hundred stock options were excluded in the computation of diluted earnings per share. For the first quarter of 2016, 510,476 stock options were excluded in the computation of diluted earnings per share.

The weighted average number of common shares used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share consisted of the following (in millions):



	First Quarter
	2017	2016
Weighted average basic common shares outstanding	35.1	34.4
Effect of dilutive securities (primarily stock options)	1.0	0.8
Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding	36.1	35.2