Unclaimed Dividened and claims - KPCL
Unclaimed Dividend and Shares
Pursuant to the Section 124 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016 (‘the Rules’),as amended, all unclaimed/un-encashed dividends are required to be transferred by the Company to the Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) established by the Central Government, after the completion of seven years. Further, according to the Rules, the shares in respect of which dividend has not been claimed or en-cashed by the shareholders for seven consecutive years or more shall also be transferred to the demat account created by the IEPF Authority in accordance with the Rules.
Unclaimed Dividend liable to be transferred to the IEPF
Section 124 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016 (“the Rules”), as amended, mandate the companies to transfer the dividend that has remained unclaimed/un-encashed for a period of seven years from the unpaid dividend account to the Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF). Further, the Rules also mandate that the shares on which dividend has not been claimed or encashed for seven consecutive years or more be transferred to the IEPF.
The following table provides a list of years for which unclaimed dividends and their corresponding shares would become eligible to be transferred to the IEPF on the dates mentioned below:
Unclaimed Dividend as on March 31, 2025
The statements on unclaimed dividend as required pursuant to the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund Rules) 2016 are provided below for all the unclaimed dividend accounts outstanding as on the date of closure of financial year the account of which was adopted in Annual General Meeting held on July 20, 2024 (this date will be updated each financial year as per AGM).
Transfer of equity shares to the Investor Education and Protection Fund
All shares of the Company in respect of which dividends have remained unclaimed or un-encashed for seven consecutive years or more, are required to be transferred by the Company to the Investor Education and Protection Fund (‘IEPF’) established by the Government of India.
The company sends periodic communication to the respective shareholders to claim/encash the dividend
Details of Equity Shares transferred to the IEPF
The shares on which dividends were due for seven consecutive years were transferred to the IEPF Authority. The details are hereunder:
Shareholders may note that the shares/dividend transferred to IEPF can be claimed by making an application to the Authority in Form IEPF 5 (to be filed online) at the following link http://www.iepf.gov.in/IEPF/refund.html
(to be used by shareholders/claimants whose shares and/or dividend have been transferred by the Company to Investor Education and Protection Fund)
Details of Equity Shares liable to be transferred to the IEPF
The Company will be transferring the underlying shares pertaining to Final dividend declared for the financial year 2017-18 on which dividend is unclaimed/un-encashed for seven consecutive years.
Shareholders are requested to claim the Final dividend of the financial year 2017-18 by submitting the required details to company’s RTA MUFG Intime India Pvt. Ltd. (email : [email protected]) on or before September 19, 2025. Kindly note that all requests received within time will be processed only through electronic credit. The dividend payment will be processed if the request is found appropriate in all respects.