The earnings and weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding in the computation of earnings per share were as follows:
Net profit for the year
| For the Year Ended December 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 |
2016
(Retrospectively Adjusted)
|
2017 | ||||||||||||||
| NT$ | NT$ | NT$ | US$ (Note 4) | |||||||||||||
| Profit for the year attributable to owners of the Company | $ | 19,732,148 | $ | 21,324,423 | $ | 22,819,119 | $ | 769,876 | ||||||||
| Effect of potentially dilutive ordinary shares: | ||||||||||||||||
| Employee share options issued by subsidiaries | - | (374,359 | ) | (813,627 | ) | (27,450 | ) | |||||||||
| Investments in associates | (210,126 | ) | (494,388 | ) | (367,687 | ) | (12,405 | ) | ||||||||
| Convertible bonds | 901,187 | (1,165,506 | ) | 93,781 | 3,164 | |||||||||||
| Earnings used in the computation of diluted earnings per share | $ | 20,423,209 | $ | 19,290,170 | $ | 21,731,586 | $ | 733,185 | ||||||||
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding (in thousand shares):
| For the Year Ended December 31 | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||||||
| Weighted average number of ordinary shares in computation of basic earnings per share | 7,652,773 | 7,662,870 | 8,160,887 | |||||||||
| Effect of potentially dilutive ordinary shares: | ||||||||||||
| Convertible bonds | 455,671 | 515,295 | 124,911 | |||||||||
| Employee share options | 86,994 | 59,218 | 39,868 | |||||||||
| Employees’ compensation | 54,626 | 46,746 | 43,574 | |||||||||
| Weighted average number of ordinary shares in computation of diluted earnings per share | 8,250,064 | 8,284,129 | 8,369,240 | |||||||||