Subject: Transfer of Shares to IEPF Authority
Pursuant to second proviso to Rule 6 of Investor Education and Protection
Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016 as amended
time to time, wherein the seven years period provided under sub-section (5) of
section 124 is completed for unpaid/unclaimed dividends during September 7, 2016
to October 31, 2017, the due date for transfer of such shares by companies is
October 3lst, 2017.
The IEPF Authority has opened demat accounts with National Securities
Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services Limited (CDSL) through
Punjab National Bank and SBICAP Securities Limited respectively, as Depository
Participants. The details of said accounts are as under;
Particulars
PNB
SBICAP
DP ID
IN300708
12047200
Client ID
10656671
13676780
These demat accounts will have features and functionality to support IEPF
operations using paperless, digital processes and facilitate record keeping of shares
transferred to the IEPF Authority to meet the requirements of the Rules.
All companies which are required to transfer shares to IEPF Authority under
the aforesaid Rules, shall transfer such shares, whether held in dematerialised form
or physical form, to the demat accounts of IEPF Authority by way of corporate action. The Information related to the shareholders, whose shares are being transferred to lEPF's demat accounts with PNB or SBICAP shall be provided by the companies to NSDL or CDSL respectively as per the prescribed format by the concerned depository.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has held separate discussions with NSDL and
CDSL during which they have agreed to levy reduced charges for account
maintenance and record keeping pertaining to shares transferred to the demat
accounts of IEPF Authority. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to the effect is being finalized with the two depositories and the same will also be uploaded on website www.jav .in on finalization. NSDL and CDSL shall, based on these discussions, separately notify the charges, which shall not be more than those
finalized in the MOU. NSDL and CDSL are required to allow the services with
immediate effect.
Any cash benefit accruing on account of shares transferred to IEPF such as
dividend, proceeds realised on account of delisting of equity shares of the
company, amount entitled on behalf of security holder if the company is being
wound up as per Rule 6, sub-rule (10), (11) and (12) of Investor Education and
Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016, shall be transferred by companies to bank account opened by the Authority with Punjab National Bank, sansad marg, New Delhi, which has been linked to demat accounts mentioned at para 2 above.
It is clarified that Only amounts mentioned in para 6 above are to be
transferred to Bank account indicated above. Transfer of amount due to be
transferred under section 125(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 or any other amount to aforesaid account is strictly prohibited.
This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority.
