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3. The equity investors have voting rights that are not proportionate to their
economic interests, and the activities of the entity involve or are conducted
on behalf of an investor with a disproportionately small voting interest.
1. Not for profit organizations are not subject to this interpretation unless
they are used by business enterprises in an attempt to circumvent the
provisions of this Interpretation.
Fin 46R further states that an equity investment at risk of less than 10
percent of the entity’s total assets shall not be considered sufficient to
permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated
financial support in addition to the equity investment unless the equity
investment can be demonstrated to be sufficient. The demonstration that
equity is sufficient may be based on either qualitative or quantitative
analysis or a combination of both.
Process Note: As per the above requirement of FIN 46(R), we have evaluated
ICICI Bank’s cases and prepared our analysis which is presented below. The
analysis includes all cases where the Bank’s exposure is greater than Rs. 500
million (significance level). We have also ignored cases where the exposure is
more than 500 million but belong to large corporate houses, multinational
companies, government institutions, public sector units.
• The capitalization of the company on the basis of the last audited financial
statement available is ascertained. All outside liabilities including equity
of the company and ICICI Bank’s exposure as a percentage of total
capitalization is ascertained. In case, the Bank’s exposure to VIE is 50% or
less, it is concluded that the entity does not require consolidation under
the provisions of FIN 46(R).
The following companies have been not been evaluated as they are a part of
a large corporate house/Multinational Companies/public sector
unit/government institution:
The following cases have already been assessed during the last reporting
period:
The cases we need to evaluate from the control sheet are for those cases
where the Bank’s exposure as a percentage of total capitalization is greater
than 50%.
ICICI Bank has been allotted 9,50,000 shares of Rs 10 each of NIIT Institute of
Finance, Banking and Insurance. The remaining 45,00,000 shares have been
allotted to NIIT Limited which is the holding company. NIIT Limited has also
given a loan of Rs 18.5 million to the institute. The maximum strength of the
board is six out of which 4 directors are from NIIT Limited and 2 directors are
from ICICI Bank. ICICI Bank is not required to consolidate this entity as:
• The total investment at risk is sufficient to permit the entity to finance
its activities without additional subordinated support.
• ICICI Bank does not have any obligation to absorb any loss which is not
proportional to the contribution of ICICI Bank.
• ICICI Bank does not have any authority either through voting rights or
similar rights to take decisions about the entity activities which is not
proportional to the shareholding right.
• The equity investment at risk is more than 10% of the total assets of
the company.
ICICI Bank holds 9,500 shares of the company and the remaining 40,500
shares are held by the promoters of the company. ICICI Bank has not
provided any loan to the company. The maximum strength of the board is six
out of which 4 directors are from the promoter and 2 directors are from ICICI
Bank. ICICI Bank is not required to consolidate this entity as:
• The total investment at risk is sufficient to permit the entity to finance
its activities without additional subordinated support.
• ICICI Bank does not have any obligation to absorb any loss which is not
proportional to the contribution of ICICI Bank.
• ICICI Bank does not have any authority either through voting rights or
similar rights to take decisions about the entity activities which is not
proportional to the shareholding right.
From the above analysis, it is clear that ICICI Bank is not required to
consolidate any of the service providers as it does fall in the definition of a
variable interest entity.