EARNINGS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK

Upon completion of the Merger, each share of DuPont Common Stock was converted into the right to receive 1.2820 fully paid and non-assessable shares of DowDuPont Common Stock, in addition to cash in lieu of any fractional shares of DowDuPont Common Stock issued and therefore earnings per share of common stock information is not presented for the Successor periods.

Set forth below is a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator for basic and diluted earnings per share calculations for the Predecessor periods indicated below:



	Predecessor
(In millions, except share amounts)	Three Months Ended June 30, 2017			Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
Numerator:
Income from continuing operations after income taxes attributable to DuPont	$	717		$	1,888
Preferred dividends	(3		)	(5		)
Income from continuing operations after income taxes available to DuPont common stockholders	714			1,883

Income from discontinued operations after income taxes available to DuPont common stockholders	145			87

Net income available to common stockholders	$	859		$	1,970

Denominator:
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding - Basic	868,481,000			867,496,000
Dilutive effect of the company’s employee compensation plans	4,269,000			4,424,000
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding - Diluted	872,750,000			871,920,000

The following average number of stock options were antidilutive, and therefore not included in the dilutive earnings per share calculations:



	Predecessor
	Three Months Ended June 30, 2017	Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
Average number of stock options	—	3,000