6.Earnings per Share

Earnings per share are calculated according to IAS 33 (Earnings per Share) as the relationship of the Group’s income after income taxes (net income) for the reporting period to the weighted average number of outstanding no-par voting shares of Covestro AG. In the first half of 2021, a weighted average number of outstanding no-par voting shares of 193,160,544 was used to calculate earnings per share, while in the first half of 2020, these shares amounted to 182,864,685. There were no dilution effects to consider.