Securities And Exchange Board Of India - Subsection
Section 2(1)(b) in Securities and Exchange Board of India (Central Database of Market Participants) Regulations, 2003
(b)'associate' in relation to an intermediary or a listed company means a person :(i)who, directly or indirectly, by himself or in combination with his relatives exercises control over the intermediary or listed company or has a holding of not less than 15% in the paid up equity capital of the intermediary or the listed company;(ii)in respect of whom the intermediary or listed company directly or indirectly exercises control;(iii)whose director or partner is also a director or partner of the intermediary or listed company.