?Basic $($loss$)$ ?earnings per share:

Continuing operations

$$(2\mathrm{.}89)$

Discontinued operations

Basic $($loss$)$ ?earnings per share

Diluted $($loss$)$ ?earnings per share:

Continuing operations

$$(2\mathrm{.}89)$

Discontinued operations

Diluted $($loss$)$ ?earnings per share

Dividends declared per Best Buy Co$.,$ ?Inc.,

common share

Weighted average common shares outstanding

$($in millions$)$

Basic

Diluted

Note: The calculation of diluted $($loss$)$ ?per share for the $12$ ?months ended March $3,2012,$ ?does

not include potential dilutive shares of common stock because their inclusion would be

antidilutive.

Required:

The note indicates that "The calculation of diluted $($loss$)$ ?per share for the $12$ ?months ended

March $3,2012,$ ?does not include potential dilutive shares of common stock because their

inclusion would be antidilutive. "Why would they be antidilutive?

Best Buy does not include potentially dilutive shares when calculating EPS for the $12$ ?months

ended March $3,2012.$ ?Assume Best Buy had $40$ ?million common equivalent shares and

included them in the calculation, what would have been the amount of diluted loss per