POLICY FOR DETERMINING MATERIAL SUBSIDIARIES
POLICY FOR DETERMINING MATERIAL SUBSIDIARIES OFFICIAL
Pursuant to SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015]
I. INTRODUCTION
This Policy shall be called ‘Policy for Determining Material Subsidiaries’ of Advance Steel Tubes Limited.
This Policy has been framed as per requirement of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure requirements)
Regulations, 2015.
II. OBJECTIVE
This Policy provides the criteria for determining the Materiality of Subsidiary companies of Advance Steel
Tubes Limited.Regulations, 2015.
III. DEFINITION OF SUBSIDIARY COMPANY:
As per Section 2(87) of the Companies Act, 2013, a 'subsidiary
company' or 'subsidiary', in relation to any other company (that is to say the holding company), means a
company in which the holding company—
(i) controls the composition of the Board of Directors; or
(ii) exercises or controls more than one-half of the total share capital either at its own or together with
one or more of its subsidiary companies:
Provided that such class or classes of holding companies as may be prescribed shall not have layers of
subsidiaries beyond such numbers as may be prescribed.
Explanation — For the purposes of this clause—
(a) A company shall be deemed to be a subsidiary company of the holding company even if the control
referred to in sub-clause (i) or sub-clause (ii) is of another subsidiary company of the holding company.
(b) Composition of a company’s Board of Directors shall be deemed to be controlled by another company
if that other company by exercise of some power exercisable by it at its discretion can appoint or remove
all or a majority of the directors.
(c) “Company” includes any body corporate.
(d) “Layer” in relation to a holding company means its subsidiary or subsidiaries.
IV. CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING MATERIALITY OF SUBSIDIARIES
A subsidiary of Advance Steel Tubes Limited shall be considered 'material' if the income or net worth of
the concerned subsidiary exceeds twenty percent of the consolidated income or net worth respectively,
of Advance Steel Tubes Limited and its subsidiaries, in the immediately preceding accounting year.
Further, Advance Steel Tubes Limited shall NOT dispose of shares in its material subsidiary which would
reduce its shareholding (either on its own or together with other subsidiaries) to less than 50% or cease
the exercise of control over the subsidiary without passing a special resolution in its General Meeting
except in cases where such divestment is made under a scheme of arrangement duly approved by a
Court/Tribunal.
Further, selling, disposing and leasing of assets amounting to more than twenty percent of the assets of
the material subsidiary on an aggregate basis during a financial year shall require prior approval of
shareholders by way of special resolution, unless the sale/disposal/lease is made under a scheme of
arrangement duly approved by a Court/Tribunal.
V. DISCLOSURES
This Policy shall be disclosed on the website of the Company and a web link thereto shall be provided in
the Annual Report.
VI. POWER TO AMEND
MD-Advance Steel Tubes Limited shall have the power to amend any of the clauses of this Policy in the
light of changes in statutory provisions, as may be notified, from time to time.