Can I pledge my shares in demat form for the purpose of availing any funding/loan arrangement with my bankers?

Yes. You will have to contact your DP for this.

Can your dematted shares be converted back into physical shares?

Yes, definitely. If you wish to get your securities in the physical form all you have to do is to submit a Rematerialisation Request Form (RRF) through your DP in the same manner as Dematerialisation. Your Depository Participant will forward your request to the Depository after verifying that you have the necessary securities in balance. The Depository in turn will intimate the Registrar and Transfer Agents of the Company who will print and despatch to you the share certificates for the number of shares so rematerialised and your account will be debited by the Depository and credited with the Company.

Will you get back the same certificates after rematerialisation?

It does not really matter at all. The Registrars and Transfer Agents will print new certificates with a new range of certificate numbers. You will be allotted a new folio number; however if you already have an existing folio number you may be allotted the same.

How will I know that my Depository Participant has updated my account after each transaction?

Here again just like a Bank, the Depository Participant will give you a Pass Book or a Statement of Holdings. The Statement of Holdings will be despatched to you periodically by the Depository Participant; however the Statement of Holdings can be sent to you as and when requested for a fee.

What if there are any discrepancies in the share holding statement or the pass book entries?


In case of any discrepancy in the Statement of Holdings, you can contact your Depository Participant. If the discrepancy cannot be solved at the Depository Participants level, you should approach the Depository concerned for clarification.

What happens if you lose your share holding statement or depository pass book?


Inform your Depository Participant and obtain a duplicate share holding statement or depository pass-book. Your holding statement or pass-book cannot be used by anybody else for trading in your account.

Are you restricted to having accounts with only one depository participant?


There are absolutely no restrictions on the number of DPs you can open accounts with. Opening an account with a DP is very similar to opening a bank account. Just as you can have savings or current accounts with more than one bank, you can open accounts with more than one Depository Participant.

However, you would need to open accounts in the same sequence of names in which the shares are held by you. For example, if you hold some shares jointly in the names A, B, C and some shares also in the names A, C, B, you would need to open 2 DP accounts.

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