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The parent company–subsidiary company relationship is defined by Part 1.2, Division 6, Section 46 of the Corporations Act 2001, which states: [6] A body corporate (in this section called the first body) is a subsidiary of another body corporate if, and only if: (a) the other body: (i) controls the composition of the first body's board; or
A subsidiary, subsidiary company, or daughter company [1] [2] [3] is a company completely or partially owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the subsidiary company.
A corporate group is composed of companies. The general rule is that a company is a separate legal entity from its shareholders, that is the shareholder's liability for the subsidiary's debts is limited to the value of the shares, [4] and the shareholders cannot be required to perform the company's obligations.
A bank holding company is able to declare itself a financial holding company by meeting certain guidelines including having well-capitalized subsidiary banks and receiving satisfactory or higher ...
A conglomerate (/ k ə ŋ ˈ ɡ l ɒ m ə r ə t /) is a type of multi-industry company that consists of several different and unrelated business entities that operate in various industries. A conglomerate usually has a parent company that owns and controls many subsidiaries , which are legally independent but financially and strategically ...
A company or firm in which the holding company owns a significant portion of voting shares, usually 20–50% or a "minority of share ownership", is known as an associate company. A company in which the holding company owns more than 50% voting shares or a "majority of share ownership" is known as a subsidiary. The holding company thus can also ...
American corporate subsidiaries, companies that are owned or controlled by another company based in the United States, which is called the parent company, parent, or holding company. Subcategories This category has the following 44 subcategories, out of 44 total.
A non-operating subsidiary, in contrast, is a subsidiary that exists on paper, but does not have any assets or employees of its own and therefore cannot function independently as a going business concern. Thus, its only actual business "operations" may consist of its officers entering into contracts with other corporate entities (which may or ...