Earnings Per Share Attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.

9 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Earnings Per Share Attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.

14. 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)	2018	2017
Weighted-average common shares–basic	313	316
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units	2	2
Weighted-average common shares–diluted	315	318



	Nine Months Ended March 31,
(in millions)	2018	2017
Weighted-average common shares–basic	314	318
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units	2	2
Weighted-average common shares–diluted	316	320

The potentially dilutive employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units that were antidilutive were 5 million and 3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and 5 million and 3 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.