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Supplemental cash flow information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]

Note 7 – Supplemental cash flow information

			Three Months
			Ended March 31,
(In millions)			2012	2011

Cash paid for:
	Interest	$	6.1	4.4
	Income taxes		18.9	19.4

Non-cash Investing and Financing Activities
We acquired $5.1 million of armored vehicles, CompuSafe® units and other equipment under capital lease arrangements in the first three months of 2012, as compared to $14.0 million in the first three months of 2011.

We contributed $9 million of Brink's common stock to our primary U.S. pension plan in the first quarter of 2012.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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