Earnings per Share

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

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 June 30,				Nine months ended June 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Weighted average common shares outstanding used in computing basic earnings per share		65,264		64,668		65,038		64,481
Dilutive common stock options and restricted stock awards		517		473		639		460
Weighted average common shares outstanding for purposes of computing diluted earnings per share		65,781		65,141		65,677		64,941

Approximately 212,000 and 358,000 options to purchase common stock and 282,000 and 38,000 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, 2012 and 2011, respectively, as their effect would be anti-dilutive. In addition, approximately 256,000 and 399,000 options to purchase common stock and 0 and 340,000 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, 2012 and 2011, respectively, as their effect would be anti-dilutive.