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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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Even though they have an antidilutive effect on income before extraordinary items, they have a dilutive effect on net income.
These shares are excluded due to their antidilutive effect resulting from the net loss.
2) Diluted weighted average shares outstanding for the second quarter of 2008 include the dilutive effects of 2,273,000 stock options and 169,000 restricted stock units that are not reflected in the comparable number on an as reported (GAAP) basis due to their antidilutive effect on the Company's net loss.
 
 
 
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