Korn Ferry Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

2. Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

Accounting Standards Codification 260, Earnings Per Share, requires companies to treat unvested share-based payment awards that have non-forfeitable rights to dividends prior to vesting as a separate class of securities in calculating earnings per share. We have granted and expect to continue to grant to certain employees under our restricted stock agreements, grants that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends. Such grants are considered participating securities. Therefore, we are required to apply the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. The two-class method of computing earnings per share is an earnings allocation formula that determines earnings per share for each class of common stock and participating security according to dividends declared (or accumulated) and participation rights in undistributed earnings. The dilutive effect of participating securities is calculated using the more dilutive of the treasury method or the two-class method.

Basic earnings per common share was computed using the two-class method by dividing basic net earnings attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per common share was computed using the two-class method by dividing diluted net earnings attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding plus dilutive common equivalent shares. Dilutive common equivalent shares include all in-the-money outstanding options or other contracts to issue common stock as if they were exercised or converted. Financial instruments that are not in the form of common stock, but when converted into common stock increase earnings per share are anti-dilutive, and are not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share.

During fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, restricted stock awards of 0.5 million shares, 0.6 million shares and 0.5 million shares, respectively, were outstanding but not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because they were anti-dilutive.

The following table summarizes basic and diluted earnings per common share attributable to common stockholders:


	Year Ended April 30,
	2017		2016		2015
	(in thousands, except per share data)
Net income attributable to Korn/Ferry International	$	84,181	$	30,913	$	88,357
Less: distributed and undistributed earnings to nonvested restricted stockholders		765		280		860

Basic net earnings attributable to common stockholders		83,416		30,633		87,497
Add: undistributed earnings to nonvested restricted stockholders		560		82		815
Less: reallocation of undistributed earnings to nonvested restricted stockholders		553		81		804

Diluted net earnings attributable to common stockholders	$	83,423	$	30,634	$	87,508


Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
Basic weighted-average number of common shares outstanding		56,205		52,372		49,052
Effect of dilutive securities:
Restricted stock		646		487		605
Stock options		24		50		105
ESPP		25		20		4

Diluted weighted-average number of common shares outstanding		56,900		52,929		49,766


Net earnings per common share:
Basic earnings per share	$	1.48	$	0.58	$	1.78

Diluted earnings per share	$	1.47	$	0.58	$	1.76