Share-based Compensation Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Nonvested share activity [Table Text Block]

								Weighted-
						Unrecognized		average
						Expense for		No. of Years
			Compensation Expense			Nonvested		Unrecognized
			Years Ended December 31,			Awards at		Expense to be
(in millions except years)			2014	2013	2012	Dec 31, 2014		Recognized
Performance Share Units		$	6.8	4.0	-	$	5.6	1.8
Market Share Units			1.6	1.8	-		0.7	1.7
Restricted Stock Units			6.0	3.1	5.4		3.6	1.5
Deferred Stock Units			0.6	0.5	0.5		0.1	0.3
Stock Options			2.3	0.5	2.1		0.1	0.6
	Share-based payment expense		17.3	9.9	8.0
Income tax benefit			(5.6)	(3.4)	(2.7)
	Share-based payment expense, net of tax	$	11.7	6.5	5.3

Share-based Compensation, Fair Value of Shares Vested [Table Text Block]

		Fair Value of Shares Vested(a)
		Years Ended December 31,
(in millions)		2014	2013	2012
Restricted Stock Units		4.1	4.1	4.4
Deferred Stock Units		0.3	-	-
Stock Options		0.1	2.0	0.6
	Total	4.5	6.1	5.0

No Performance Share Units and no Market Share Units have vested. Intrinsic value for Stock Options.

Option Activity [Table Text Block]

					Weighted-Average		Aggregate
		Shares		Weighted- Average	Remaining Contractual		Intrinsic Value (a)
		(in thousands)		Exercise Price Per Share	Term (in years)		(in millions)
Outstanding at December 31, 2013		1,474.9	$	29.58
Exercised		(18.3)		20.34
Cancelled		(611.8)		34.96
Outstanding at December 31, 2014(b)
		844.8	$	25.88	2.5	$	1.2
Of the above, as of December 31, 2014:
	Exercisable	726.7	$	26.44	2.4	$	1.0
	Expected to vest in future periods(c)	117.6	$	22.46	3.5	$	0.2

• The intrinsic value of a stock option in the difference between the market price of the shares underlying the option and the exercise price of the option. The market price at December 31, 2014 was $24.41.
• There were 1.2 million shares of exercisable options with a weighted-average exercise price of $30.92 per share at December 31, 2013 and 2.0 million shares of exercisable options with a weighted-average exercise price of $32.15 per share at December 31, 2012.
• The number of options expected to vest takes into account an estimate of expected forfeitures.

Restricted Stock Units [Member]

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Nonvested share activity [Table Text Block]

						Weighted-
				Fair Value		Average
			Shares	at Issuance		Grant Date
			(in thousands)	Date(a)		Fair Value(a)
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2013			396.4	$	24.58
	Activity from January 1 to July 11, 2014:
		Granted	136.7		29.97
		Cancelled	(5.6)		24.75
		Vested	(142.8)		25.44
Nonvested balance as of July 11, 2014			384.7	$	26.18	$	26.47
	Activity from July 12 to December 31, 2014:
		Granted	45.0				21.67
		Cancelled	(50.0)				26.37
		Vested	(12.6)				26.93
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2014			367.1			$	25.87

From 2010 through the first quarter of 2014, we accounted for share-based compensation using the fair value of the award at the date granted to the employee. We recognized an immaterial adjustment in the second quarter of 2014 to reflect the establishment of a mutual understanding between the employee and employer of the terms of the various share-based awards as of July 11, 2014, and established a grant-date fair value for accounting purpose as of that date. See Recoupment Policy Change in 2014 above.

Performance Shares PSU [Member]

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Nonvested share activity [Table Text Block]

						Weighted-
				Fair Value		Average
			Shares	at Issuance		Grant Date
			(in thousands)	Date(a)		Fair Value(a)
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2013			199.3	$	26.22
	Activity from January 1 to July 11, 2014:
		Granted	187.8		30.67
		Cancelled	(2.7)		26.46
Nonvested balance as of July 11, 2014			384.4	$	28.39	$	24.06
	Activity from July 12 to December 31, 2014:
		Granted	1.5				24.41
		Cancelled	(42.3)				24.02
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2014			343.6			$	24.06

From 2010 through the first quarter of 2014, we accounted for share-based compensation using the fair value of the award at the date granted to the employee. We recognized an immaterial adjustment in the second quarter of 2014 to reflect the establishment of a mutual understanding between the employee and employer of the terms of the various share-based awards as of July 11, 2014, and established a grant-date fair value for accounting purpose as of that date. See Recoupment Policy Change in 2014 above.

Fair value of options calculation assumptions [Table Text Block]

Terms and Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value of PSUs			PSUs Granted in 2014		PSUs Granted in 2013
Date of Measurement			February 20, 2014(a)	July 11, 2014(b)	May 3, 2013(a)	July 11, 2014(b)
Terms of awards:
	Performance period		Jan. 1, 2014 to		April 1, 2013 to
			Dec. 31, 2016		Dec. 31, 2015
	Beginning average price of Brink’s common stock	$	33.29	33.29	27.59	27.59
Assumptions used to estimate fair value:
	Expected dividend yield(c)		-%	-%	-%	-%
	Expected stock price volatility		38 %	32 %	39 %	28 %
	Risk-free interest rate		0.7 %	0.7 %	0.3 %	0.3 %
	Contractual term in years		2.9	2.5	2.7	1.5
Weighted-average fair value estimate per share		$	30.71	24.39	26.22	23.68

• Represents the date awards were granted to employee.
• Represents the date the recoupment policy was amended (see Recoupment Policy Change in 2014 above) and an additional goal was added (see 2014 Additional Performance Goal for the 2013 and 2014 PSU Grants above). The employees and employer are deemed to have a mutual understanding of the terms of the award at this date.
• PSUs are not entitled to dividends during the performance period.

Market Share Units MSU [Member]

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Nonvested share activity [Table Text Block]

						Weighted-
				Fair Value		Average
			Shares	at Issuance		Grant Date
			(in thousands)	Date(a)		Fair Value(a)
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2013			96.2	$	26.42
	Activity from January 1 to July 11, 2014:
		Granted	82.9		30.87
Nonvested balance as of July 11, 2014			179.1	$	28.48	$	25.47
	Activity from July 12 to December 31, 2014:
		Cancelled	(15.8)				25.47
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2014			163.3			$	25.47

From 2010 through the first quarter of 2014, we accounted for share-based compensation using the fair value of the award at the date granted to the employee. We recognized an immaterial adjustment in the second quarter of 2014 to reflect the establishment of a mutual understanding between the employee and employer of the terms of the various share-based awards as of July 11, 2014, and established a grant-date fair value for accounting purpose as of that date. See Recoupment Policy Change in 2014 above.

Fair value of options calculation assumptions [Table Text Block]

Terms and Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value of MSUs			MSUs Granted in 2014		MSUs Granted in 2013
Date of Measurement			February 20, 2014(a)	July 11, 2014(b)	May 3, 2013(a)	July 11, 2014(b)
Terms of awards:
	Performance period		Jan. 1, 2014 to		April 1, 2013 to
			Dec. 31, 2016		Dec. 31, 2015
	Beginning average price of Brink’s common stock	$	33.29	33.29	27.59	27.59
Assumptions used to estimate fair value:
	Expected dividend yield(c)		0%	0%	0%	0%
	Expected stock price volatility		38 %	32 %	39 %	28 %
	Risk-free interest rate		0.7 %	0.7 %	0.3 %	0.3 %
	Contractual term in years		2.9	2.5	2.7	1.5
Weighted-average fair value estimate per share		$	30.87	23.34	26.42	27.30

• Represents the date awards were granted to employee.
• Represents the date the recoupment policy was amended (see Recoupment Policy Change in 2014 above). The employees and employer are deemed to have a mutual understanding of the terms of the award at this date.
• MSUs are not entitled to dividends during the performance period.

Stock Options [Member]

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Nonvested share activity [Table Text Block]

						Weighted-
				Fair Value		Average
			Shares	at Issuance		Grant Date
			(in thousands)(a)	Date		Fair Value(a)
Outstanding balance as of December 31, 2013			1,474.9	$	7.68
	Activity from January 1 to July 11, 2014:
		Cancelled	(593.3)		8.22
		Exercised	(9.9)		5.69
Outstanding balance as of July 11, 2014			871.7	$	7.33	$	5.74
	Activity from July 12 to December 31, 2014:
		Cancelled	(18.5)				6.18
		Exercised	(8.4)				7.77
Outstanding balance as of December 31, 2014			844.8			$	5.83

From 2010 through the first quarter of 2014, we accounted for share-based compensation using the fair value of the award at the date granted to the employee. We recognized an immaterial adjustment in the second quarter of 2014 to reflect the establishment of a mutual understanding between the employee and employer of the terms of the various share-based awards as of July 11, 2014, and established a grant-date fair value for accounting purpose as of that date. See Recoupment Policy Change in 2014 above.

Fair value of options calculation assumptions [Table Text Block]

				Stock Options Granted in			July 11,
Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value of Stock Options				2012(a)			2014(a)
Weighted-average exercise price per share			$			22.55			22.52
Assumptions used to estimate fair value
	Weighted-average expected dividend yield(b):					1.8 %			1.5 %
	Weighted-average expected volatility(c):					40 %			37 %
	Weighted-average risk-free interest rate:					0.6 %			0.9 %
	Expected term in years(d):
		Weighted-average				4.3			2.5
		Range		3.3	–	5.3	2.4	–	2.8
Weighted-average fair value estimate per share			$			6.32			7.78

• From 2010 through the first quarter of 2014, we accounted for share-based compensation using the fair value of the award at the date granted to the employee. We recognized an immaterial adjustment in the second quarter of 2014 to reflect the establishment of a mutual understanding between the employee and employer of the terms of the various share-based awards as of July 11, 2014, and established a grant-date fair value for accounting purpose as of that date. July 11, 2014, represents the date the recoupment policy was amended (see Recoupment Policy Change in 2014 above). The employees and employer are deemed to have a mutual understanding of the terms of the award at this date.
• The expected dividend yield is the calculated yield on Brink’s stock at the accounting grant date.
• The expected volatility was estimated after reviewing the historical volatility of our stock using daily close prices.
• The expected term of the options was based on historical option exercise, expiration and post-vesting cancellation behaviors

Deferred Stock Units [Member]

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Nonvested share activity [Table Text Block]

		Shares(in thousands)		Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2013		19.2	$	26.80
	Granted	28.3		24.70
	Vested	(19.2)		26.80
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2014		28.3	$	24.70