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In a major success, the IEPF Authority has been able to enforce The Peerless General Finance and Investment Company Limited to transfer deposits worth about Rs 1514 Cr to IEPF. This depositor’s money was pending with the company for the last 15 years.
How to claim money when dividend amount is transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF). Any person whose shares, unclaimed dividend, matured deposits, matured debentures, application money due for refund, or interest thereon, sale proceeds of fractional shares, redemption proceeds of preference shares etc., has been transferred to the Fund, may claim the shares […]
This article contains provisions from IEPF Rues, 2016 as amended till date related to CLAIM SHARES TRANSFERRED TO IEPF AUTHORITY
Clarities on due dates and purpose of various E-Forms under IEPF provisions w.r.t. dividend & shares as per Section 124 & 125 Companies Act, 2013 read with IEPF Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016 as amended
MCA Vide its Notification No. 07/05/2017-IEPFA, dated July 19, 2018 has revised and updated the guidelines for the company to facilitate refund of claims by IEPF Authority in light of resubmission option provided in e-form IEPF-5.
In supersession of the guidelines issued earlier, the revised and updated guidelines for the companies to facilitate the refund of the claims by IEPF Authority in the light of resubmission option provided in eform IEPF-5 and list of annexures to be attached in the verification report are enclosed.
These rules may be called the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Third Amendment Rules, 2017. They shall come into force with effect from the 22nd May 2018.
Procedure for Investor Education & Protection Fund: 1. Pass a resolution authorizing the Company Secretary or any other person:- To sign the delivery instruction slips for transferring the shares held in demat.
Attention of Issuers/RTAs is invited to NSDL Circular No. NSDL/CIR/II/21/2017 dated November 24, 2017 regarding transfer of shares to IEPF Authority. In this context, Issuers/R&T Agents are hereby informed that the facility of transfer of shares being transferred
In respect of shares held in the unclaimed suspense account opened by the company as directed by SEBI, the procedure to be followed for transfer of such shares to demat account of the IEPF Authority held in NSDL system is given below:
