EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

11. EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS)

The basic EPS computation is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, adjusted to reflect all stock dividends and stock splits. The diluted EPS computation is based on those shares used in the basic EPS computation plus shares that would have been outstanding assuming issuance of common shares for all dilutive potential common shares outstanding, and adjusted to reflect all stock dividends and stock splits.

The following table presents the computation of basic and diluted EPS:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(dollars in millions, except per share data)		2015		2014		2015		2014
Numerator for EPS:
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$	(180)	$	2,199	$	4,071	$	6,864
Less: Net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests		34		9		34		(25)
Income (loss) attributable to AIG common shareholders from continuing operations		(214)		2,190		4,037		6,889
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income tax expense		(17)		2		-		(15)
Net income (loss) attributable to AIG common shareholders		(231)		2,192		4,037		6,874
Denominator for EPS:
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic		1,279,072,748		1,419,239,774		1,324,407,969		1,440,148,774
Dilutive shares^(a)		-		22,828,068		32,700,815		19,334,459
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted^(b)		1,279,072,748		1,442,067,842		1,357,108,784		1,459,483,233
Income per common share attributable to AIG:
Basic:
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$	(0.17)	$	1.54	$	3.05	$	4.78
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	(0.01)	$	-	$	-	$	(0.01)
Income (loss) attributable to AIG	$	(0.18)	$	1.54	$	3.05	$	4.77
Diluted:
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$	(0.17)	$	1.52	$	2.97	$	4.72
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	(0.01)	$	-	$	-	$	(0.01)
Income (loss) attributable to AIG	$	(0.18)	$	1.52	$	2.97	$	4.71

(a) Shares in the diluted EPS calculation represent basic shares for the three-month period ended September 30, 2015 due to the net loss in that period.

(b) Dilutive shares include our share-based employee compensation plans and a weighted average portion of the warrants issued to AIG shareholders as part of AIG’s recapitalization in January 2011. The number of shares excluded from diluted shares outstanding was 0.1 million and 0.2 million for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015, respectively, and 0.3 million for both the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014, because the effect of including those shares in the calculation would have been anti-dilutive.