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Shareholder Equity | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Shareholder Equity | Shareholder Equity The following table summarizes the ownership components of total equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2012:
(Amounts in Thousands) |  | AmTrust |  | Non-Controlling Interests |  | Total
Beginning Balance, January 1, 2012 |  | $ | 890,563 |  |  | $ | 69,098 |  |  | $ | 959,661 |
Net income |  | 122,674 |  |  | 3,079 |  |  | 125,753 |
Unrealized holding gains and reclassification |  | 56,265 |  |  | — |  |  | 56,265 |
Foreign currency translation |  | 4,624 |  |  | — |  |  | 4,624 |
Unrealized loss on interest rate swap |  | (952 | ) |  | — |  |  | (952 | )
Equity component of convertible senior notes, net of income tax and issue costs |  | 3,306 |  |  | — |  |  | 3,306 |
Capital contribution |  | — |  |  | 16,624 |  |  | 16,624 |
Acquisition of non-controlling interest |  | 6,900 |  |  | (6,900 | ) |  | — |
Dividends |  | (18,200 | ) |  | — |  |  | (18,200 | )
Share exercises and compensation, other |  | 9,130 |  |  | — |  |  | 9,130 |
Ending Balance, September 30, 2012 |  | $ | 1,074,310 |  |  | $ | 81,901 |  |  | $ | 1,156,211 |
The Company acquired the remaining twenty percent interest of its subsidiary, AMT Warranty Corp., during the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The purchase price for the non-controlling interest of AMT Warranty Corp. was not material to the Company. In September 2012, the Company paid a ten percent stock dividend.

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