1 EXHIBIT 11.1 BBN CORPORATION COMPUTATION OF PER SHARE EARNINGS Years Ended June 30, 1996, 1995 and 1994 (Dollars in thousands, except per-share data) Year Ended June 30, - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1996 1995 1994 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------- Fully Fully Fully Primary Diluted Primary Diluted Primary Diluted --------- --------- --------- ----------- ---------- --------- Calculation of shares: Weighted average of shares outstanding 17,818,000 17,818,000 16,984,000 16,984,000 16,179,000 16,179,000 Incremental shares from use of treasury stock method for stock options (a) (a) 1,000,000 1,490,000 (a) (a) ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Shares used in per-share calculations 17,818,000 17,818,000 17,984,000 18,474,000 16,179,000 16,179,000 =========== =========== =========== =========== =========== =========== Income (loss) from continuing operations $(49,902) $67,102 $(8,969) Income (loss) from discontinued opearations (6,740) (2,258) 1,145 -------- ------- ------- Net income (loss) $(56,642) $64,844 $(7,824) ======== ======= ======= Per-share amounts: Income (loss) from continuing operations $ (2.80) $ (2.80) $ 3.73 $ 3.63 $ (.55) $ (.55) Income (loss) from discontinued operations (.38) (.38) (.12) (.12) .07 .07 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Net income (loss) per share $ (3.18) $ (3.18) $ 3.61 $ 3.51 $ (.48) $ (.48) =========== =========== =========== =========== =========== =========== <FN> (a) 1996 and 1994 incremental shares were antidilutive and, as a result, were not included in the calculation of net loss per share.