'Listed company' is defined under Section 2(52) Companies Act 2013 as:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. Section 2(52) defines 'listed company': 'a company which has any of its securities listed on any recognised stock exchange'.
2. The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 inserted a PROVISO empowering Central Government to prescribe (in consultation with SEBI) classes of companies that shall not be considered 'listed' for the purposes of this Act.
3. Pursuant to this, the Companies (Specification of Definitions) Rules, 2014 (rule 2A inserted 2021) carved out: public companies listing debt only on private placement basis, public NBFCs listing debt only, etc.
4. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Companies Act 2013 (Act 18 of 2013), Govt. of India MCA — Companies Act 2013, Section 2(52) (as amended 2020)_
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