SIMPSON MANUFACTURING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE (UNAUDITED) EXHIBIT 11 -------------- BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended September 30, September 30, ---------------------------- ---------------------------- 1998 1997 1998 1997 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Weighted average number of common shares outstanding 11,570,904 11,475,850 11,554,623 11,464,393 ============ ============ ============ ============ Net income $ 9,235,461 $ 8,188,215 $ 23,269,704 $ 19,966,481 ============ ============ ============ ============ Basic net income per share $ 0.80 $ 0.77 $ 2.01 $ 1.74 ============ ============ ============ ============ SIMPSON MANUFACTURING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE (UNAUDITED) EXHIBIT 11 -------------- DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended September 30, September 30, ---------------------------- ---------------------------- 1998 1997 1998 1997 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Weighted average number of common shares outstanding 11,570,904 11,475,850 11,554,623 11,464,393 Shares issuable pursuant to employee stock option plans, less shares assumed repurchased at the average fair value during the period 452,867 530,793 487,960 477,104 Shares issuable pursuant to the independent director stock option plan, less shares assumed repurchased at the average fair value during the period 4,522 5,879 4,773 5,178 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Number of shares for computation of diluted net income per share 12,028,293 12,012,522 12,047,356 11,946,675 ============ ============ ============ ============ Net income $ 9,235,461 $ 8,188,215 $ 23,269,704 $ 19,966,481 ============ ============ ============ ============ Diluted net income per share $ 0.77 $ 0.68 $ 1.93 $ 1.67 ============ ============ ============ ============