2019 UEM Edgenta Annual Report

192 Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2019 11. EARNINGS PER SHARE Basic earnings per share amounts are calculated by dividing profit for the year attributable to owners of the parent by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the financial year held by the Company. Group 2019 RM’000 2018 RM’000 Profit attributable to owners of the parent 181,782 148,430 Number of shares ‘000 Number of shares ‘000 Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue 831,624 831,624 Group 2019 Sen 2018 Sen Basic earnings per share 21.9 17.8 There are no potential ordinary shares outstanding as at 31 December 2019. As such, the diluted earnings per share of the Group is equivalent to the basic earnings per share. There have been no other transactions involving ordinary shares or potential ordinary shares between the reporting date and the date of authorisation of these financial statements.