Earnings per Share

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Basic earnings per share excludes the dilutive effects of stock options, restricted stock units (RSUs), and the nil coupon non-redeemable convertible unsecured loan notes. Diluted earnings per share includes the dilutive effect of the nil coupon non-redeemable convertible unsecured loan notes, RSUs, and unexercised in-the-money stock options, except in periods of net loss where the effect of these instruments is anti-dilutive. Out-of-money stock options are excluded from diluted earnings per share because they are anti-dilutive. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, basic earnings per share is equal to diluted earnings per share because all outstanding stock awards and convertible loan notes are considered anti-dilutive during periods of net loss. The following table sets forth the weighted-average shares used in calculating the earnings per share for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2016 and 2015.



	Three Months Ended June 30,		Six Months Ended June 30,
	2016	2015	2016	2015
Basic weighted-average shares	23,381,000	23,140,000	23,283,000	23,034,000
Conversion of unsecured loan notes	—	—	—	—
Unexercised options and unvested RSUs	—	—	—	—
Diluted weighted-average shares	23,381,000	23,140,000	23,283,000	23,034,000

Fuel Tech had 2,149,000 and 1,895,000 weighted average equity awards outstanding at June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, that were not dilutive for the purposes of inclusion in the calculation of diluted earnings per share but could potentially become dilutive in future periods.