Earnings Per Share Attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.

9 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Earnings Per Share Attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.

12. Earnings Per Share Attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.

The following table reconciles the number of common shares used to compute basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in millions)	2017	2016
Weighted-average common shares–basic	316	328
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units	2	3
Weighted-average common shares–diluted	318	331



	Nine Months Ended March 31,
(in millions)	2017	2016
Weighted-average common shares–basic	318	328
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units	2	3
Weighted-average common shares–diluted	320	331

The potentially dilutive employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units that were antidilutive were 3 million and 2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and 3 million and 2 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.