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NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST |
Summary of non-controlling interest activity |
|  | 2015 |  | 201 4 |
Balance as of January 1, |  | $ | 32.1 |  | $ | 28.2 |
Net earnings |  | 1.3 |  | 1.2 |
Dividend paid |  | (0.2 | ) | (0.3 | )
Other |  | — |  | (0.1 | )
Balance as of March 31, |  | $ | 33.2 |  | $ | 29.0 |

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