Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”) vide Notification dated July 1, 2019, amended the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2018 by substitution of the existing Form BEN-2 for declaration of Beneficial Owners through the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Second Amendment Rules, 2019.
The Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2018 was framed under Section 90 of the Companies Act, 2013 to identify the owners of a company incorporated by way of multilayered intermediate entities. Such owners hold shares of a company but will not have any beneficial interest in such shares. These owners having an interest in indirect holding of shares, but their names are not entered in the register of members, are termed as ‘Beneficial Owner’. While such beneficial owner is required to file a declaration in Form BEN-1, the company is required to file a return in Form BEN-2. These rules were earlier amended on February 8, 2019, whereby the definition of a significant beneficial owner was amended, to one who had a right of at least 10% of shares/voting right or has the right to receive 10% or more of distributable dividend. Form BEN-2 is to be filed within 30 days from the date of receipt of declaration in Form BEN-1. No additional fees is payable if Form BEN-2 is filed within 30 days from the date of deployment on MCA-21.
Source: http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/206373.pdf
