Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

8. Earnings PerOrdinary Share

The following table contains reconciliations of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted earnings per ordinary share computations for the three-months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012:

		For the three months ended March 31,
		2013		2012
Numerators:
Net income attributable to shareholders of FMC-AG & Co. KGaA		$	225,499	$	370,498
less:
	Dividend preference on Preference shares		26		26
Income available to all classes of shares		$	225,473	$	370,472
Denominators:
Weighted average number of:
Ordinary shares outstanding			302,773,218		300,205,126
Preference shares outstanding			3,973,333		3,966,001
Total weighted average shares outstanding			306,746,551		304,171,127
Potentially dilutive Ordinary shares			1,131,149		2,423,102
Potentially dilutive Preference shares			13,681		19,063
Total weighted average Ordinary shares outstanding assuming dilution			303,904,367		302,628,228
Total weighted average Preference shares outstanding assuming dilution			3,987,014		3,985,064
Basic income per Ordinary share		$	0.74	$	1.22
Fully diluted income per Ordinary share		$	0.73	$	1.21