25 June 2012
No section 2(22)(e) is not applicable to Listed Company.
Applicability of section 2(22)(e)-- Applicable to a Closely Held Company i.e., a Company in which the public is not substantially interested.
Company in which public is substantially interested (See Section 2(18)) includes:
a. a company owned by the Government or the RBI or more than forty percent of the shares are owned by Government or the RBI or a corporation owned by the RBI.
b. a company registered under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956.
c. a company not having share capital and declared by the Board to be such company
d. Mutual Benefit Finance Company – business of acceptance of deposits from members and notified by the Central Government u/s 620 of the Companies Act, 1956.
e. a company, whose more than 50% Equity Shares (not being Preference Shares) held by one or more Co-operative Societies throughout the previous year.
f. a company not being a Private Company as defined in the Companies Act, 1956, whose Equity Shares were listed on the 31 March of the previous year in a Recognised Stock Exchange.
g. a ‘Government Company’ not being a ‘Private Company’ (both terms being defined in the Companies Act, 1956).