Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) has been established under Section 205C of the Companies Act, 1956 through the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1999 to promote investor awareness and protect the interests of investors. Later, the IEPF Authority was constituted under Section 125(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 to administer the IEPF fund and facilitate the refund of shares, unclaimed dividends, matured debentures, deposits, and other financial assets to rightful investors while actively promoting investor education and protection.
Before September 2017, unpaid and unclaimed dividends that remained unclaimed for 7 consecutive years from the date of declaration were required to be transferred to the IEPF Authority.
From September 2017 onwards, all shares on which dividends have not been claimed for 7 consecutive years from the date of declaration are required to be transferred to the DEMAT account of the IEPF Authority along with the corresponding dividends. Such shares and dividends are categorized as “unclaimed” by the company and are accordingly transferred to IEPF. Currently, thousands of crores worth of unclaimed shares and dividends are held by the IEPF Authority, awaiting claims from rightful investors.
An investor can reclaim his/her shares or dividends from the IEPF Authority by filing the web-based IEPF Form-5. However, only one form per company is allowed in a financial year, and if the claim is rejected due to any reason, the investor must wait for another year to reapply.
To recover shares from the IEPF Authority, an investor must go through multiple procedures and formalities, including obtaining an entitlement letter, completing verification through the company’s Nodal Officer, and finally submitting the claim to the IEPF Authority for approval and refund of shares or dividends.
In cases where shares are held across multiple companies, the entire process must be repeated separately for each company, making the recovery process complex and time-consuming.
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