05 March 2015
Section 93-Every listed company shall file a return in form MGT- 10 with the ROC with respect to change in 2 percent shareholding held by promoters and top ten shareholders of such company, within fifteen days of such change.
Further the instruction kit to Form MGT-10 mentions as under
percentage of shareholding after the change - This field is auto-filled as per the below calculations: percentage of shareholding after the change = {no. of shares held after change - no. of shares held before change} 100 /no. of shares held before change.
This reflects that the change in 2 percent shareholding is of the shareholder himself and not on the paid up capital of the Company. However in a listed Company there are a lot of cases in which change in 2 percent shareholding is of the shareholding of shareholder himself.
In light of the above kindly clarify whether the change in 2 percent shareholding is to be taken on paid up capital of the Company or 2 percent change is to be analysed on change in own shareholding of shareholder between two dates