Noncontrolling Interests (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Third parties hold a noncontrolling ownership interest in certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries. Noncontrolling interests are classified as equity on our condensed consolidated balance sheets, and net income attributable to noncontrolling interests is presented separately in our condensed consolidated statements of income.

Income from continuing operations attributable to Ensco for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 was as follows (in millions):



	2015			2014
Income from continuing operations	$	328.1		$	298.7
Income from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests	(3.2		)	(4.1		)
Income from continuing operations attributable to Ensco	$	324.9		$	294.6

Loss from discontinued operations attributable to Ensco for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 was as follows (in millions):



	2015			2014
Loss from discontinued operations	$	(.2	)	$	(2.0	)
Income from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			(.1		)
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to Ensco	$	(.2	)	$	(2.1	)

- 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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