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GHL Systems Berhad
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
31 December 2014 (continued)
4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
4.2 Basis of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the financial statements of the Company and all
its subsidiaries. Control is achieved when the Group is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from
its involvement with the investee and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the
investee. Specifically, the Group controls an investee if and only if the Group has:
(a) Power over the investee;
(b) Exposure, or rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee; and
(c) The ability to use its power over the investee to affect its returns.
If the Group has less than a majority of the voting or similar rights of an investee, the Group considers
all relevant facts and circumstances in assessing whether it has power over an investee, including:
(a) The contractual arrangement with the other vote holders of the investee;
(b) Rights arising from other contractual agreements; and
(c) The voting rights of the Group and potential voting rights.
Intragroup balances, transactions, income and expenses are eliminated on consolidation. Unrealised
gains arising from transactions with associates are eliminated against the investment to the extent
of the interest of the Group in the investee. Unrealised losses are eliminated in the same way as
unrealised gains, but only to the extent that there is no impairment.
The financial statements of the subsidiaries are prepared for the same reporting period as that of the
Company, using consistent accounting policies. Where necessary, accounting policies of subsidiaries
are changed to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the other entities in the Group.
Non-controlling interests represent equity in subsidiaries that are not attributable, directly or indirectly,
to owners of the parent, and is presented separately in the consolidated statement of profit or loss and
other comprehensive income and within equity in the consolidated statement of financial position,
separately from equity attributable to owners of the Company. Profit or loss and each component of
other comprehensive income are attributed to the owners of the parent and to the non-controlling
interests. Total comprehensive income is attributed to non-controlling interests even if this results in the
non-controlling interests having a deficit balance.
The Group re-assesses 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. Subsidiaries are consolidated from
the date on which control is transferred to the Group up to the effective date on which control ceases,
as appropriate. Assets, liabilities, income and expenses of a subsidiary acquired or disposed of during
the financial year are included in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income
from the date the Group gains control until the date the Group ceases to control the subsidiary.
Changes in the Company owners’ ownership interest in a subsidiary that do not result in a loss of
control are accounted for as equity transactions. In such circumstances, the carrying amounts of the
controlling and non-controlling interests are adjusted to reflect the changes in their relative interests in
the subsidiary. Any difference between the amount by which the non-controlling interest is adjusted
and the fair value of consideration paid or received is recognised directly in equity and attributed to
owners of the parent.
