Basic loss per share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to Ryan Specialty Group Holdings, Inc. by the weighted-average number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per share is computed giving effect to all potentially dilutive shares. As shares of Class B common stock do not share in earnings and are not participating securities they are not included in the Company's EPS calculation. Diluted loss per share for all periods presented is the same as basic loss per share as the inclusion of potentially issuable shares would be antidilutive.

Prior to the IPO, the Ryan Specialty Group, LLC equity structure included Preferred units, Class A common units, and Class B common units. The Company considered the calculation of earnings per unit for periods prior to the IPO using and determined that it would not be meaningful to the users of these consolidated financial statements. Therefore, loss per share information has not been presented for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020. As the IPO occurred in the current quarter on July 22, 2021, the loss per share information will be the same for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 periods.

The basic and diluted loss per share period for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 includes only the period from July 22, 2021 to September 30, 2021, which represents the period wherein the Company had outstanding Class A common stock. A reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used in the calculation of basic and diluted loss per share of Class A common stock is as follows: