Balmer Lawrie: Notice for Transfer of Equity Shares to IEPF Authority
Balmer Lawrie will transfer unclaimed shares and dividends from FY 2018-19 to the IEPF Authority by October 25, 2026. Shareholders must claim unpaid dividends by this date. Details of affected shareholders are on the company's website. Updating PAN and KYC is also requested for physical shareholders.
This is a routine regulatory process for unclaimed dividends and shares. It does not directly impact the company's operations or financial performance, although it requires administrative action.
The announcement is a regulatory compliance action regarding unclaimed dividends and shares, which is a standard procedure and does not inherently indicate positive or negative performance.
Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. has issued a notice regarding the transfer of equity shares to the Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Authority. This action is being taken in accordance with Section 124 of the Companies Act, 2013, and the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016. The final dividend for the financial year 2018-19, which has remained unclaimed for seven years, is due for transfer to the IEPF account on October 25, 2026. Consequently, the underlying shares associated with these unclaimed dividends will also be transferred to the IEPF Demat Account within 30 days of the due date.
Individual communications have been sent to affected shareholders. The company has also published the names and details of these shareholders on its website at https://www.balmerlawrie.com/storage/dividend-documents/dividend1783920795Details%20of%20shareholders.xlsx. Shareholders are urged to claim their unclaimed/unpaid dividends for FY 2018-19 on or before October 25, 2026, by submitting the necessary documents to the company's Registrar and Share Transfer Agent, M/s KFin Technologies Limited.
All future benefits on shares transferred to the IEPF Authority will also be credited to the IEPF. Voting rights on these shares will remain frozen until claimed by the rightful owner. Shareholders can claim dividends and shares from the IEPF by filing an online application in Form IEPF-5 on the MCA website. Additionally, shareholders holding physical shares who have not yet updated their PAN and KYC details are requested to do so by submitting the required forms available on the company's or RTA's website. Demat shareholders must update their KYC through their Depository Participant.
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Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited filed this with the NSE as a statutory disclosure, categorised under other regulatory filings. It is a primary document, not a recommendation, and the desk marks it low impact, the band that almost never moves a portfolio on its own.
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