Earnings Per Share of Common Stock

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Earnings Per Share of Common Stock

7. Earnings Per Share of Common Stock

The following is a reconciliation of the earnings and share data used in the basic and diluted earnings per share computations for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2013
	(in millions, except share amounts)
Net earnings available to Alleghany stockholders	$	204.9	$	196.3
Effect of dilutive securities		-		-
Income available to common stockholders for diluted earnings per share	$	204.9	$	196.3
Weighted average common shares outstanding applicable to basic earnings per share		16,683,864		16,822,056
Effect of dilutive securities		-		-
Adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding applicable to diluted earnings per share		16,683,864		16,822,056

Contingently issuable shares of 63,338 and 53,720 were potentially available during the first three months of 2014 and 2013, respectively, but were not included in the computations of diluted earnings per share because the impact was anti-dilutive to the earnings per share calculation.