5 – Earnings Per Share (XLS:) Download Earnings per share 2018 2017 Income after taxes from continuing operations million € 4,150 5,592 of which noncontrolling interests million € 211 233 Income after taxes and noncontrolling interests from continuing operations million € 3,939 5,359 Income after taxes from discontinued operations million € 829 760 of which noncontrolling interests million € 61 41 Income after taxes and noncontrolling interests from discontinued operations million € 768 719 Income after taxes million € 4,979 6,352 of which noncontrolling interests million € 272 274 Income after taxes and noncontrolling interests million € 4,707 6,078 Weighted average number of outstanding shares 1.000 918,479 918,479 Earnings per share from continuing operations € 4.29 5.84 diluted € 4.28 5.83 from discontinued operations € 0.83 0.78 diluted € 0.83 0.78 from continuing and discontinued operations € 5.12 6.62 diluted € 5.11 6.61 In accordance with IAS 33, a potential dilutive effect must be considered in the diluted earnings per share for those BASF shares that will be granted in the future as part of BASF’s “plus” share program. This applies regardless of the fact that the necessary shares are acquired on the market by third parties on behalf of BASF and that there are no plans to issue new shares. The dilutive effect of the issue of “plus” shares amounted to €0.01 in 2018 (2017: €0.01). back next