Annual Report 2016
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2016
3.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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Basis of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the financial statements of the Company and
entities controlled by the Company and its subsidiaries. Control is achieved when the Company:
• has power over the investee;
• is exposed, or has the rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee; and
• has the ability to use its power to affect its returns.
The Company reassesses whether or not it controls an investee if facts and circumstances indicate
that there are changes to one or more of the three elements of control listed above.
When the Company has less than a majority of the voting rights of an investee, it has power over
the investee when the voting rights are sufficient to give it the practical ability to direct the relevant
activities of the investee unilaterally. The Company considers all relevant facts and circumstances in
assessing whether or not the Company’s voting rights in an investee are sufficient to give it power,
including:
• the size of the Company’s holding of voting rights relative to the size and dispersion of
holdings of the other vote holders;
• potential voting rights held by the Company, other vote holders or other parties;
• rights arising from other contractual arrangements; and
• any additional facts and circumstances that indicate that the Company has, or does not
have, the current ability to direct the relevant activities at the time that decisions need to be
made, including voting patterns at previous shareholders’ meetings.
Consolidation of a subsidiary begins when the Company obtains control over the subsidiary and
ceases when the Company loses control of the subsidiary. Specifically, income and expenses of a
subsidiary acquired or disposed of during the year are included in the consolidated statements of
profit or loss and other comprehensive income from the date the Company gains control until the
date when the Company ceases to control the subsidiary.
