Noncontrolling Interests

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

15. Noncontrolling Interests

The following table summarizes the effect of changes in our ownership interest in subsidiaries on the equity attributable to common shareholders for the three months ended March 31:



(in thousands)	2012			2011
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	88,758		$	7,286
Transfers from the noncontrolling interests:
Increase (decrease) in equity for conversion of operating partnership units	(448		)	4
Change in common equity and net transfers from noncontrolling interests	$	88,310		$	7,290

- Definition

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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