Significant beneficial owners
BEN-3
Legal reference: Section 90; Significant Beneficial Owners Rules, including Rule 5
When applicable: Assess indirect ownership, control, significant influence and exemptions. Direct shareholding alone does not automatically create SBO status.
Completion instructions: Record the ownership-chain assessment first. Complete prescribed BEN-3 particulars for each identified SBO and retain BEN-1, BEN-2 and notices as applicable.
Editable preparation format. It is not a verbatim reproduction of a prescribed MCA form or a filing service. Where a statutory form is prescribed, reconcile all fields and use its current prescribed layout for the formal register. Maintain required authentication, access controls and retention.
| Company name | |
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| CIN | |
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| Registered office | |
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| Period / register volume | |
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| Custodian and authority | |
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Record entry
| Entry number | |
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| SBO name and former name | |
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| Date of birth / age | |
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| Father / mother / spouse name | |
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| Nationality | |
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| Occupation | |
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| Residential address and email | |
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| PAN / passport particulars, as applicable | |
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| Date becoming SBO | |
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| Nature and extent of significant beneficial ownership | |
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| Shares / voting / distribution rights / control / influence | |
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| Registered member through whom interest is held | |
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| Full ownership / control chain | |
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| BEN-1 receipt and declaration date | |
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| BEN-2 filing SRN and date | |
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| Changes and cessation date | |
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| Supporting evidence and authentication | |
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Prepared 24 September 2026. Review against the latest Rules and company Articles before statutory adoption. Source: Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules identified above. MCA · India Code