Securities And Exchange Board Of India - Subsection
Section 2(1)(z) in Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009
(z)"preferential issue" means an issue of specified securities by a listed issuer to any select person or group of persons on a private placement basis and does not include an offer of specified securities made through a public issue, rights issue, bonus issue, employee stock option scheme. employee stock purchase scheme or qualified institutions placement or an issue of sweat equity shares or depository receipts issued in a country outside India or foreign securities;(za)"promoter" includes:(i)the person or persons who are in control of the issuer;(ii)the person or persons who are instrumental in the formulation of a plan or programme pursuant to which specified securities are offered to public;(iii)the person or persons named in the offer document as promoters: