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Antidilutive Effect
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Antidilutive effect
Result of a transaction that increases earnings per common share (e.g., by decreasing the number of shares outstanding).

Antidilutive Effect
The result of the retirement of shares, usually through a buyback. That is, a company may buy back some of its own shares from shareholders, which reduces the number of shares outstanding. This increases the company's earnings per share, which in turn usually increases the stock price.


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89) During the period ended 30 June 2006, options existed which had the anti-dilutive effect of increasing the weighted average number of shares by 1,983,055 to 27,956,438.
Under the plan, the Company may, from time to time, purchase additional shares of its common stock based on a number of factors, including market conditions, the market price for the Company's common stock, anti-dilutive effect on earnings, available cash and other factors as the Company deems appropriate.
Computational Issues The computation of diluted EPS should not assume conversion, exercise, or contingent issuance of securities that would have an anti-dilutive effect on earnings per share.
 
 
 
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