Noncontrolling interests (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Noncontrolling Interest Disclosure [Text Block]

NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

The following table presents the changes in the components of noncontrolling interests for the year ended March 31, 2015 (amounts in thousands):



	Noncontrolling Interests
Balance at April 1, 2014	$	—
Additions due to acquisition of controlling interest in ISSC	52,467
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(3,684		)
Other comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(866		)
Purchase of additional interests	(31,849		)
Other	304
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	16,372

The following table presents the effect of changes in the Company's ownership interest in ISSC on the Company's stockholders' equity for the year ended March 31, 2015 (amounts in thousands):



	Year ended March 31,
	2015
Net income attributable to Microchip Technology stockholders	$	369,009
Increase in paid-in capital for purchase of additional interests	345
Increase in paid-in capital for converted stock options	1,094
Transfers from noncontrolling interests	1,439
Change from net income attributable to Microchip Technology stockholders and transfers from noncontrolling interests	$	370,448

The Company expects to acquire the remaining amount of noncontrolling interest in ISSC during the June 2015 quarter.

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The entire disclosure for noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries, which could include the name of the subsidiary, the ownership percentage held by the parent, the ownership percentage held by the noncontrolling owners, the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the location of this amount on the balance sheet (when not reported separately), an explanation of the increase or decrease in the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the noncontrolling interest share of the net Income or Loss of the subsidiary, the location of this amount on the income statement (when not reported separately), the nature of the noncontrolling interest such as background information and terms, the amount of the noncontrolling interest represented by preferred stock, a description of the preferred stock, and the dividend requirements of the preferred stock.

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