Earnings per Share Attributable to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Common Shareholders

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Earnings per Share Attributable to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Common Shareholders

Earnings per Share Attributable to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Common Shareholders

16.  Earnings per Share Attributable to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Common Shareholders

The computations of basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. common shareholders are as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(in millions, except per share amounts)
Numerator
Income from continuing operations	$	366		$	249
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	30			4
Income from continuing operations attributable to Ameriprise Financial	336			245
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(1		)	(1		)
Net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial	$	335		$	244
Denominator
Basic: Weighted-average common shares outstanding	208.4			227.3
Effect of potentially dilutive nonqualified stock options and other share-based awards	3.9			4.4
Diluted: Weighted-average common shares outstanding	212.3			231.7
Earnings per share attributable to
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. common shareholders
Basic:
Income from continuing operations	$	1.61		$	1.08
Loss from discontinued operations	—			(0.01		)
Net income	$	1.61		$	1.07
Diluted:
Income from continuing operations	$	1.58		$	1.06
Loss from discontinued operations	—			(0.01		)
Net income	$	1.58		$	1.05

For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the dilutive effect of nonqualified stock options and other share based-awards excludes 1.6 million and 5.2 million options, respectively, from the computation of earnings per share attributable to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. common shareholders. The inclusion of the options would have been anti-dilutive.