(24) Noncontrolling Interests

Canada

In July 2009, Genworth Canada, our indirect subsidiary, completed the IPO of its common shares and Brookfield Life Assurance Company Limited (“Brookfield”), our indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, beneficially owned 57.5% of the common shares of Genworth Canada.

We currently hold approximately 57.3% of the outstanding common shares of Genworth Canada on a consolidated basis. In addition, Brookfield has the right, exercisable at its discretion, to purchase for cash these common shares of Genworth Canada from our U.S. mortgage insurance companies at the then-current market price. Brookfield also has a right of first refusal with respect to the transfer of these common shares of Genworth Canada by our U.S. mortgage insurance companies.

During 2014, Genworth Canada repurchased 1.9 million shares for CAD$75 million through a Normal Course Issuer Bid (“NCIB”) authorized by its board for up to 4.7 million shares. We participated in the NCIB in order to maintain our overall ownership percentage at its current level and received $38 million in cash.

During 2013, Genworth Canada repurchased 3.9 million shares for CAD$105 million through a NCIB authorized by its board for up to 4.9 million shares. We participated in the NCIB in order to maintain our overall ownership percentage at its then-current level and received $58 million in cash.

In 2014, 2013 and 2012, dividends of $69 million, $52 million and $50 million, respectively, were paid to the noncontrolling interests of Genworth Canada.

Australia

On May 15, 2014, Genworth Australia, a holding company for Genworth’s Australian mortgage insurance business, priced its initial public offering of 220,000,000 of its ordinary shares at an initial public offering price of AUD$2.65 per ordinary share. The offering closed on May 21, 2014. Following completion of the offering, Genworth Financial beneficially owns 66.2% of the ordinary shares of Genworth Australia.

The net proceeds of the offering were used by Genworth Australia to repay a portion of certain intercompany funding arrangements with our subsidiaries and those funds were then distributed to Genworth Holdings. The gross proceeds of the offering (before payment of fees and expenses) were approximately $541 million. Fees and expenses in connection with the offering were approximately $27 million, including approximately $3 million paid in 2013.

Consistent with applicable accounting guidance, changes in noncontrolling interests that do not result in a change of control are accounted for as equity transactions. When there are changes in noncontrolling interests of a subsidiary that do not result in a change of control, any difference between carrying value and fair value related to the change in ownership is recorded as an adjustment to stockholders’ equity. A summary of the changes in ownership interests and the effect on stockholders’ equity as a result of the initial public offering of Genworth Australia was as follows for the year ended December 31:


(Amounts in millions)	2014
Net loss available to Genworth Financial, Inc.’s common stockholders	$	(1,244	)
Transfers to the noncontrolling interests:
Decrease in Genworth Financial, Inc.’s additional paid-in capital for initial sale of Genworth Australia shares to noncontrolling interests		(145	)

Net transfers to noncontrolling interests		(145	)

Change from net loss available to Genworth Financial, Inc.’s common stockholders and transfers to noncontrolling interests	$	(1,389	)

In 2014, dividends of $6 million were paid to the noncontrolling interests of Genworth Australia.