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7. Noncontrolling Interests
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Notes  
7. Noncontrolling Interests

7.  NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

The Company owns 100% of all subsidiaries, except for its UK subsidiary Omega Flex, Limited, of which it owns 95%.  A noncontrolling interest owns the other 5%, and held a value of $113,000 at December 31, 2011.  The total equity of the Company including the non-controlling interest was $22,917,000 at December 31, 2011.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the operations of Omega Flex, Limited generated loss of $3,000.  The noncontrolling interest’s portion of the loss was therefore nominal.

The noncontrolling interest must also recognize its share of any currency translation adjustment, since the subsidiary’s functional currency is British Pounds, and the local books are translated into US Dollars for consolidation purposes.  The noncontrolling interest’s share of foreign currency translation income was $5,000 as of September 30, 2012.

At September 30, 2012, after considering the income and foreign currency translation components described above, the balance of the noncontrolling interest was $118,000.