Comprehensive income (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Comprehensive Income [Abstract]

Schedule Of Comprehensive Income Loss [Table Text Block]

				Three Months		Nine Months
				Ended September 30,		Ended September 30,
(In millions)				2011	2010	2011	2010
Amounts attributable to Brink’s:
	Net income		$	30.8	23.9	58.7	37.2
	Benefit plan adjustments			8.1	6.6	23.1	7.4
	Benefit plan settlements			(0.5)	-	(1.2)	-
	Foreign currency			(72.5)	43.0	(33.8)	0.1
	Available-for-sale securities			(0.9)	2.0	(1.6)	2.3
		Other comprehensive income (loss)		(65.8)	51.6	(13.5)	9.8
	Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Brink’s			(35.0)	75.5	45.2	47.0
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests:
	Net income			4.9	3.3	14.9	9.4
	Foreign currency			(2.5)	2.6	(1.8)	3.9
	Available-for-sale securities			-	-	0.1	0.5
		Other comprehensive income (loss)		(2.5)	2.6	(1.7)	4.4
	Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests			2.4	5.9	13.2	13.8
Comprehensive income (loss)			$	(32.6)	81.4	58.4	60.8