Maximus, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Earnings per share

Earnings per share

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Earnings per share

Earnings per share

4. Earnings per share

The weighted average number of shares outstanding used to compute earnings per shares was as follows (in thousands):

	Year ended September 30,
	2015		2014		2013
Weighted average shares outstanding		66,682		67,680		68,165
Effect of employee stock options and unvested restricted stock awards		593		1,407		1,728

Denominator for diluted earnings per share		67,275		69,087		69,893

For the year ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, 15,000 and 286,000 unvested restricted stock units, respectively, have been excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as the effect of including them would have been anti-dilutive.