Exhibit 11 - COMPUTATION OF PER SHARE EARNINGS (Thousands of dollars, except per share data) Nine Months Ended Sept. 30 Three Months Ended Sept. 30 1997 1996 1997 1996 PRIMARY ---------------------------------------------------------------- Average shares outstanding 62,727,242 62,841,106 62,977,635 62,848,820 Net effect of stock options - based on the treasury stock method using average market price (1) (1) (1) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 62,727,242 62,841,106 62,977,635 62,848,820 Net income (loss) $123,796 $99,907 $37,790 $31,785 Per-share amount $1.97 $1.59 $0.60 $0.51 ===== ===== ===== ===== FULLY DILUTED Average shares outstanding 62,727,242 62,841,106 62,977,635 62,848,820 Net effect of dilutive stock options - based on the treasury stock method using the average quarterly market price, if higher than exercise price 1,346,628 549,254 1,605,208 416,998 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 64,073,870 63,390,360 64,582,843 63,265,818 Net income (loss) $123,796 $99,907 $37,790 $31,785 Per-share amount $1.93 $1.58 $0.59 $0.50 ===== ===== ===== ===== (1) Incremental number of shares excluded from calculation since they do not have a dilutive effect.