- A joint venture is an investee entity in which two or more investing entities including the Group entity have investments under a joint arrangement and which is managed by an entity independent of the investors.
- A joint operation is an operation which is jointly and directly managed by two or more entities including the Group entity under a joint arrangement.
- Changes in interest in a Group entity include all of the following:
1. An investee becomes an entity accounted for using the equity method or a consolidated subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of new or additional general investments;
2. An entity accounted for using the equity method becomes a consolidated subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of additional shares of the entity;
3. A consolidated subsidiary or an entity accounted for using the equity method remains unchanged as a consolidated subsidiary or an entity accounted for using the equity method as a result of the acquisition of additional shares or partial disposal of shares of the respective entity;
4. A consolidated subsidiary or an entity accounted for using the equity method is no longer a consolidated subsidiary or an entity accounted for using the equity method as a result of entire or partial disposal of shares of the respective entity; and
5. A consolidated subsidiary becomes an entity accounted for using the equity method as a result of partial disposal of shares of the entity.