Noncontrolling Interests

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

13. Non-controlling Interests

The following table summarizes the effect of changes in our ownership interest in subsidiaries on the equity attributable to common shareholders for the nine months ended September 30:



(in thousands)	2013		2012
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	206,368	$	141,224
Transfers from the non-controlling interests:
Increase (decrease) in equity for conversion of operating partnership units	71		(448		)
Decrease in additional paid-in-capital for purchase of remaining non-controlling ownership interest in a consolidated joint venture	—		(13,285		)
Change in common equity and net transfers from non-controlling interests	$	206,439	$	127,491

- 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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