Transfer of Shares to IEPF Authority - Companies Law - 03/2017

General Circular No. 03/2017 No. 11/06/2017-IEPF Government of India Ministry of Corporate Affairs 5th Floor, 'A' Wing Shastri Bhawan, Dr. R. P. Road New Delhi - 110001 Dated: 27.04.2017 To All Stakeholders Nodal Officer's (IEPF) of Concerned Companies All Regional Director's Registrar of Companies of Min. of Corp. Affairs Subject: Transfer of Shares to IEPF Authority Sir/Madam, Pursuant to second proviso to Rule 6 of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Amendment Rules, 2017 notified on February 28, 2017 , where the seven year period provided under sub-section (5) of section 124 is completed during September 7, 2016 to May 31, 2017, the due date for transfer of such shares by companies is May 31, 2017. 2. The IEPF Authority has decided to open a special demat account with National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) through a Depository Participant of NSDL 3. The special demat account 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. The details of the DEMAT account will be issued in due course. 4. All companies 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 account of IEPF Authority by way of corporate action. Information related to the shareholders whose shares are being transferred to IEPF's demat account shall be provided to NSDL in prescribed format. 5. NSDL will prescribe the file formats and operational procedures for transfer of shares to special demat account of the IEPF Authority by April 30 th 2017 and May 15 th 2017 respectively. 6. The charges to be levied by NSDL to the companies towards upload and maintenance of records pertaining to shares transferred to the special demat account of the IEPF Authority are as under: i. Transaction Feesat the time of effecting transfer of shares to Demat Account of IEPF Authority: ₹ 10/- per record subject to minimum of ₹ 500/-. ii. Annual Maintenance Fees: ₹ 11/- per record subject to minimum based on paid-up capital of the company as mentioned below: Nominal Value of Admitted Securities (Rs.) Annual Custody Fee payable by Company (Rs.) Upto ₹ 5 crore 2,700 Above ₹ 5 crore and upto ₹ 10 crore 6,750 Above ₹ 10 crore and upto ₹ 20 crore 13,500 Above ₹ 20 crore 22,500 These charges are in addition to the fees that Depositories levy on the companies for corporate actions. Yours faithfully, (Monika Gupta) Deputy Director