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Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Affiliates

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Affiliates

Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Affiliates

17. Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Affiliates

Grace conducts certain business activities in various countries through joint ventures with unaffiliated third parties. In certain cases, the financial results and financial position of these joint ventures are fully included in Grace's consolidated financial statements with the partner's interest reflected in noncontrolling interests in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following tables present summary financial information for Grace's consolidated affiliates for which there is a noncontrolling interest:

	Three Months Ended March 31,

(In millions)	2012		2011
Sales	$	23.4	$	17.4
Income (loss) before taxes		1.8		(0.7	)
Net income (loss)		1.6		(0.9	)
Noncontrolling interests in net income (loss)		0.4		(0.2	)

(In millions)	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011

Cash	$	6.7	$	6.7
Other current assets		36.4		34.7
Total assets		55.2		53.0
Total liabilities		31.4		30.3
Shareholders' equity		23.8		22.7
Noncontrolling interests in shareholders' equity		8.6		8.1

- 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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