Earnings Per Share

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2017

Earnings Per Share (Thousands of Dollars and Shares Except Per Share Data) [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

(2) Earnings Per Share

Net earnings per share data for the quartersand nine-month periods ended October 1,2017 and September 25,2016 were computed as follows:

	2017				2016
Quarter	Basic		Diluted		Basic		Diluted
Net earnings attributable to Hasbro, Inc.	$	265,583		265,583		257,798		257,798
Average shares outstanding		125,170		125,170		125,500		125,500
Effect of dilutive securities:
Options and other share-based awards		-		1,980		-		1,678
Equivalent Shares		125,170		127,150		125,500		127,178
Net earnings attributable to Hasbro, Inc. per common share	$	2.12		2.09		2.05		2.03

	2017				2016
Nine Months	Basic		Diluted		Basic		Diluted
Net earnings attributable to Hasbro, Inc.	$	401,905		401,905		358,655		358,655
Average shares outstanding		125,204		125,204		125,414		125,414
Effect of dilutive securities:
Options and other share-based awards		-		2,044		-		1,642
Equivalent Shares		125,204		127,248		125,414		127,056
Net earnings attributable to Hasbro, Inc. per common share	$	3.21		3.16		2.86		2.82

For the quarters ended October 1,2017 and September 25,2016, options and restricted stock unitstotaling 450and 492, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per sharebecause to include them would have beenantidilutive. For the nine-month periods ended October 1,2017 and September 25,2016, options and restricted stock units totaling 514and 492, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because to include them would have been antidilutive.