Earnings per Share

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Earnings per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per Share

6. Earnings per Share

     Below is a reconciliation of weighted average common shares outstanding for purposes of calculating basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands):

	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Weighted average common shares outstanding used in computing basic earnings per share		64,668		63,969		64,481		63,679
Dilutive common stock options and restricted stock awards		473		295		460		444
Weighted average common shares outstanding for purposes of computing diluted earnings per share		65,141		64,264		64,941		64,123

     Approximately 358,000 and 784,000 options to purchase common stock and 38,000 and 257,000 shares of restricted stock were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, as their effect would be anti-dilutive. In addition, approximately 399,000 and 934,000 options to purchase common stock and 340,000 and 123,000 shares of restricted stock were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders for the nine months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, as their effect would be anti-dilutive.