SEBI circular no. SEBI/HO/AFD/AFD-PoD-2/CIR/P/2023/148 dated August 24, 2023, provides for a repository containing names of listed companies forming part of each Indian corporate group, to be publicly disseminated on the websites of Stock Exchanges/ Depositories.
In this regard, broad factors adopted for carrying out the grouping exercise are given below:
- Subsidiaries/ holding companies (more than 50% common ownership) and associates (between 20-50% common ownership) are considered group companies
- Disclosures made in annual reports.
- Disclosures made on the websites of companies.
- Brief profile of applicant company detailing its history and activities carried by it.
- Companies disclosed as 'group companies' by listed companies in their annual reports, on the basis of related party transactions or materiality consideration by the board of the listed company.
- Companies that are joint ventures between an Indian group and a foreign group, are considered as part of the Indian group.
- Promoter/promoter group of a company being a major shareholder of another company. For example, if P-1 is promoter / promoter group of company C-1 and if P-1 is a major shareholder of another company -- C-2, then C-2 is part of the same group as C-1.
- In case the company does not belong to any corporate group in the listed space,the name of the company suffixed with the word 'group'is taken as the group name.
- In case an entity is equally owned by two groups - suppose 40% ownership by companies A and B in listed company C, in such cases, the company which has management control over company C will be considered for classification of the company.
In view of the above the list of such listed companies is attached as Annexure 1.
Disclaimer: This corporate group repository has been formulated only for the purpose of compliance with SEBI circular no. SEBI/HO/AFD/AFD-PoD-2/CIR/P/2023/148 dated August 24, 2023, and should not be considered as a legal interpretation/ definition of the terms such as 'group/related party/associate companies' mentioned in any other SEBI Regulation/ Circular/ Act etc.