Note 10 - Earnings Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 02, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

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Note 10: Earnings Per Share

A reconciliation of the common share components for the basic and diluted earnings per share calculations is as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 2,		August 27,		September 2,		August 27,
(Shares in thousands)	2023		2022		2023		2022
Weighted-average common shares - basic		54,394		53,644		54,279		53,498
Equivalent shares from share-based compensations plans		1,639		1,486		1,611		1,703
Weighted-average common and common equivalent shares diluted		56,033		55,130		55,890		55,201

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income attributable to H.B. Fuller by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the applicable period. Diluted earnings per share is based upon the weighted-average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding during the applicable period. The difference between basic and diluted earnings per share is attributable to share-based compensation awards. We use the treasury stock method to calculate the effect of outstanding shares, which computes total employee proceeds as the sum of (a) the amount the employee must pay upon exercise of the award and (b) the amount of unearned share-based compensation costs attributed to future services. Share-based compensation awards for which total employee proceeds exceed the average market price over the applicable period have an antidilutive effect on earnings per share, and accordingly, are excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share.

Share-based compensation awards of 1,025,337 and 573,914 shares for the three months ended September 2, 2023 and August 27, 2022, respectively, and 1,164,870 and 691,856 shares for the nine months ended September 2, 2023 and August 27, 2022, respectively, were excluded from diluted earnings per share calculations because they were antidilutive.