What is basic shares outstanding? How to find it in 10K?

I am calculating [Diluted shares outstanding = Basic shares + In-the-money options - Shares repurchased under TSM]. However, I do not know what the "basic shares" here exactly means. Does it refer to the number of "Weighted Average Shares Outstanding" in Income Statement or the number of "Common & Preferred Stock Outstanding" in Balance Sheet? The textbook I use said that a company's most recent basic shares outstanding count is typically sources from the first page of 10-K or 10-Q. However, I just found one relevant sentence which is "As of January 31, 2017, there were 28,772,830 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value of $0.01 per share outstanding." So, what does "basic shares outstanding" means here? Thank you!

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Thank you very much for your kind reply. I am looking at Chipotle's 10K.

The number on the cover page is 28,772,830 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding, while I found the Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (Basic) in Income Statement is 29,265,000. I am very confused which one is better to use for the calculation of the Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding (TSM)

 
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