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Changes in group structure

Step acquisitions – summary

1.1 Step acquisitions

Not every acquisition in a group occurs in one purchase. Investments
can be obtaining via piecemeal purchases known as step
acquisitions.

Two main types of step acquisition will impact the group financial statements:

(1) non-control to control

(2) control to control.

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