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Net Income Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

Net income per share was computed as follows:

	Three Months Ended
	April 1, 2016				March 27, 2015
	(In thousands, except share data)
Net income attributable to Colfax Corporation	$	22,615			$	52,056
Weighted-average shares of Common stock outstanding - basic	123,082,661				123,947,392
Net effect of potentially dilutive securities - stock options and restricted stock units	160,223				1,145,243
Weighted-average shares of Common stock outstanding - diluted	123,242,884				125,092,635
Net income per share - basic and diluted	$	0.18			$	0.42

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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