Securities And Exchange Board Of India - Subsection
Section 2(1)(nn) in The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018
(nn)"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 in accordance with Chapter V of these regulations and does not include an offer of specified securities made through employee stock option scheme, employee stock purchase scheme or an issue of sweat equity shares or depository receipts issued in a country outside India or foreign securities;