Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Earnings Per Unit of the Operating Partnership

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Earnings Per Unit of the Operating Partnership
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Tanger Properties Limited Partnership [Member]  
Earnings Per Unit of the Operating Partnership
Earnings Per Unit of the Operating Partnership

The following table sets forth a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators in computing earnings per unit (in thousands, except per unit amounts):
 
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Numerator:
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

Net income (loss) attributable to partners of the Operating Partnership
 
$
(23,031
)
 
$
(16,034
)
 
$
25,222

 
$
38,427

Less allocation of earnings to participating securities
 
(313
)
 
(306
)
 
(889
)
 
(907
)
Net income (loss) available to common unitholders of the Operating Partnership
 
$
(23,344
)
 
$
(16,340
)
 
$
24,333

 
$
37,520

Denominator:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic weighted average common units
 
98,104

 
98,951

 
98,344

 
99,809

Effect of outstanding options and certain restricted common units
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
23

Diluted weighted average common units
 
98,104

 
98,951

 
98,344

 
99,832

Basic earnings per common unit:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
(0.24
)
 
$
(0.17
)
 
$
0.25

 
$
0.38

Diluted earnings per common unit:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
(0.24
)
 
$
(0.17
)
 
$
0.25

 
$
0.38



We determine diluted earnings per unit based on the weighted average number of common units outstanding combined with the incremental weighted average units that would have been outstanding assuming all potentially dilutive securities were converted into common units at the earliest date possible.

Notional units granted under our equity compensation plan are considered contingently issuable common units and are included in earnings per unit if the effect is dilutive using the treasury stock method and the common shares would be issuable if the end of the reporting period were the end of the contingency period. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, 1,013,383 notional units were excluded from the computation and for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, 858,116 units were excluded from the computation because these notional units either would not have been issuable if the end of the reporting period were the end of the contingency period or because they were anti-dilutive.

With respect to outstanding options, the effect of dilutive common units is determined using the treasury stock method, whereby outstanding options are assumed exercised at the beginning of the reporting period and the exercise proceeds from such options and the average measured but unrecognized compensation cost during the period are assumed to be used to repurchase our common units at the average market price during the period. The market price of a common unit is considered to be equivalent to the market price of a Company common share. For both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, 547,000 options were excluded from the computation as they were anti-dilutive. For the three months ended September 30, 2017, 235,700 options were excluded from the computation and for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, 173,500 options were excluded from the computation, as they were anti-dilutive.

Certain of the Company's unvested restricted common share awards contain non-forfeitable rights to distributions or distribution equivalents. The impact of the corresponding unvested restricted unit awards on earnings per unit has been calculated using the two-class method whereby earnings are allocated to the unvested restricted unit awards based on distributions declared and the unvested restricted units' participation rights in undistributed earnings. Unvested restricted common units that do not contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents are included in the diluted earnings per unit computation if the effect is dilutive, using the treasury stock method.