Special Window for Re-lodgement of Transfer of Physical Shares till January 06, 2026

Ease of Doing Investment – Special Window for Relodgement of Transfer Requests of Physical Shares 

(SEBI Circular dated July 02, 2025)

Dear Investors,

As you were aware, that transfer of securities in physical mode was discontinued with effect from April 01, 2019. Subsequently, it was clarified that transfer deeds lodged prior to deadline of April 01, 2019 and rejected/returned due to deficiency in the documents may be re-lodged with requisite documents. It was further decided to fix March 31, 2021 as the cut-off date for re-lodgement of transfer deeds.

Golden opportunity provided by SEBI to alleviate  the  issue  faced  by  the  investors  that  missed  the March 31, 2021 deadline for re-lodgement such transfer of shares.

In order to facilitate ease of investing for investors and to secure the rights of investors in the securities which were purchased by them, SEBI has decided to open a special window only for re-lodgement of transfer deeds, which were lodged prior to the deadline of April 01, 2019 and rejected/returned/not attended to due to deficiency in the documents/process/or otherwise, for a period of six months from July 07, 2025 till January 06, 2026. 

During this period, the securities that are relodged for transfer (including those requests that are pending with the listed company / RTA, as on date) shall be issued only in demat mode. Due process shall be followed for such transfer-cum-demat requests. It is further prescribed that the Listed companies, RTAs and Stock Exchanges shall publicize the opening of this special window through various media including print and social media, on a bimonthly basis during the six-month period.

Compliances for Listed Companies:

(a) Focussed teams to attend to such requests;

(b) To provide reports on publicity; (through  various  media  including print  and social media, on a bi-monthly basis during the six-month period) and

(c) To provide reports on shares  re-lodged  for  transfer  cum  demat  in  the  format  specified  by  SEBI (Annexure-A as per below format) on monthly basis.

Thanks & Regards,

Ravi Garg

Company Secretary

Mobile  :  7838204665

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Procedure of Dematerialization of shares

                          

Procedure of Dematerialization of shares

1. It is a process of getting your share physical certificate into electronic format which is maintained in an account, known as the demat account with the depository participant (DP), who is basically an agent between the company and the depository.
2. Company to amend AOA, thereby allowing to issue shares in dematerialised form.
3. Private companies should register with both the central depositories i.e., National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Securities Depository Limited (CDSL).
4. If registration is successful depositories will be providing companies with an International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) for each of the shares.

“ISIN” is a unique 12 digit alphanumeric code given to a security, shares, Debentures, Bonds etc. when the security is admitted in the depository system. First two digits of the ISIN code indicate country of registration for the security. For all securities registered on depository in India, first two digits of the ISIN code are ‘IN’.

If the company wants to transfer its dematerialized shares, it may arrange demat connectivity from depositories like NSDL or CDSL along with a Registrar and Transfer Agent (RTA) by entering into a tripartite agreement between the company, the depositories and the transfer agent.

“RTA” i.e. Registrar and Transfer Agent is an agent of the issuer. RTA act as an intermediary between the issuer and depository for providing services such as Dematerialization, Rematerialisation, Initial Public Offers and Corporate actions.

• Step1: Beneficiary Owner (BO) has to open a demat account with a Depository participant (DP) and obtain an account number.
  
  Procedures laid down by depositories like NSDL and CDSL to be followed, if the company wants to dematerialize its physical shares
  
• Step 2: BO need to fill in a Demat Request Form (DRF) and submit the same with the physical certificate/s to the depository participants for dematerialization. For each ISIN, a separate DRF has to be used. If the BO has free as well as lock-in shares of the same ISIN, separate demat request has to be set up for free shares and lock-in shares.
  
• Step3: DP would verify that the DRF has been filled correctly.
  
• Step 4: DP would setup a demat request on the CDSL or NSDL system and send the same to the Company and the Registrar and Transfer Agent.
  
• Step 5: Issuer/ Registrar and Transfer Agent (RTA) would verifies the genuineness of the certificates and confirms the request.

• Step 6: Once the request has been successfully made, DP would deface and mutilate the physical certificates, generate a Demat Request Number (DRN) and send an electronic communication to the depository and courier the DRF and the share certificate to the company by courier.
  
• Step 7: On receiving confirmation, depository will credit an equivalent number of securities in the demat account of the BO maintained with CDSL or NSDL.
  
• Step 8: The depository will electronically download the details of the demat request and communicate the same to the electronic registry maintained by the Registrar of Companies.

Transfer of shares by an individual in dematerialized form:

• A shareholder who wants to dematerialise his shares needs to open a demat account with Depository Participant (DP), and surrender his physical shares.
• If a shareholder who wants to transfer shares to the demat account of another can transfer by issuing appropriate instructions to the concerned depository participant through Delivery Instruction Slip (DIS) which will be issued by the DP. The delivery instruction slip is a book similar to a cheque book and an investor is supposed to handle it with the same care as a cheque book.
• If an investor wants to transfer securities through the stock exchange, he/she has to instruct the DP to transfer shares from his demat account to the brokers’ pool account.
• In case he wants to transfer shares to any other buyer`s demat account, i.e., an off market transaction, he will have to instruct his DP to transfer to the concerned buyer’s demat account. Similarly, securities can be transferred to the buyers demat account by the instruction of the seller (transferor) to his concerned DP. The seller is supposed mention investor`s demat account number in the DIS.
• It is important to note that RTA has to confirm from the company before approving the transfer. Company approval is necessary and then only RTA shall register a transfer in the demat mode.

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Thanks & Regards

CS RAVI GARG  

91-7838204665, 

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