How to Recover / Retrieve old Vedanta Limited Shares

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If you or your parents have invested in the shares of Vedanta Limited, you might be sitting on a hidden treasure worth many lakhs / crores.

50 shares in Vedanta Limited in 1993 is now equivalent to 4000 Shares now worth Rs. 17 Lacs. Vedanta Limited bonus and split history is as follows.  

You can follow the below steps to retrieve Vedanta Limited Shares:

Physical Shares certificate of in your name: Directly deposit the same for Demat with your Depository Participants.

Physical Shares certificate in the name of deceased Parents: Apply for transmission of shares in your name to the company, company will issue the Letter of Entitlement.  Deposit the Letter of Entitlement for Demat with your Depository Participants.

Lost Physical Share Certificate: Apply for duplicate shares to the company, company will issue the Letter of Confirmation, deposit the same for Demat with your Depository Participants.

Shares in Inoperative Demat Account: Submit KYC documents with the Depository Participants to re-activate the Demat Account.

Shares transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Authority: Online File IEPF Form-5 available on the IEPF Portal https://www.iepf.gov.in/ and submit the physical form to the Vedanta Limited.

Further SEBI and IEPF has significantly eased the process of recovery of shares vide:

• Master Circular No. SEBI/HO/MIRSD/POD-1/P/CIR/2024/37 dated 7 May 2024
• Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Second Amendment Rules, 2024 dated 9 Sept 2024
  • Schedule II – Transmission of Shares
  • Schedule III – Duplicate Shares

Detailed Scenario of unclaimed shares and documents required to recover the same

Scenario 1: KYC not updated

Description: Physical certificate not being Dematted due to missing KYC details, signature mismatch

Key Documents: Request Letter, ISR -1, ISR-2, SH-13, KYC Docs, Original Share Certificate

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Scenario 2: Merger / Demerger / Name Change / Share Split

Description: Investor not aware of the corporate actions and intimation / allotment letter ignored by shareholders (e.g. Godrej Soaps)

Key Documents: Same as scenario 1 (in case certificate returned to company/ RTA or shares to be issued in Demat form, else follow point #6 for lost shares)

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Scenario 3: Shareholder Name Change

Description: Demat Account is new name and Physical certificate in old name (e.g. surname change post marriage)

Key Documents: Same as scenario 1, old and new name proof, passport/ marriage certificate, Affidavit, Gazette notification only in case of major name change

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Scenario 4: Address Change

Description: Shifting to new location and non-updation of the new address key reason for unclaimed shares

Key Documents: Same as scenario 1, old and new address proof, Affidavit for Change in Address

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Scenario 5: Loss of Share Certificate

Description: Physical certificates lost during transit / missed across market value

Key Documents: Same as scenario 1, ISR-4, Form A & Form B, FIR & Newspaper advertisement only for value > 5Lacs, No requirement of Surety Bonds 

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Scenario 6: Death of Shareholder(s) – Physical

Description: Death of the shareholder (all / one of the joint holder) and legal heir not aware of the investment / process of transmission

Key Documents: Same as scenario 1, ISR-5, Annexure-D, Annexure-E, Legal Heir KYC, Death Certificate, Succession Certificate or Probate of Will or Will or Letter of Administration or Legal Heirship Certificate (or its equivalent certificate). Probate / Succession Certificate are not mandatory, Surviving Member/ Legal Heir Certificate are valid across share value 

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Scenario 7: Death of Shareholder (s) – Demat (with/ without nominee)

Description: Transmission of securities in Demat account to the legal heirs / nominee

Key Documents: Same as scenario. 6, DP Transmission Request Form.

In case of nominee no requirement for Succession Certificate or Probate of Will or Will or Letter of Administration or Legal Heirship Certificate (or its equivalent certificate).  

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Scenario 8: IEPF Retrieval – Physical share Non Transmission

Description: Direct submission of IEPF Form 5 alognwith required documents 

Key Documents: Same as scenario 5, IEPF Form 5 online from IEPF portal www.iepf.gov.in , Indemnity Bonds

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Scenario 9: IEPF Retrieval – Lost Certificate

Description: Physical Share certificates are lost and shares are transferred to IEPF due to non-encashment of dividend for 7 years. This requires issuance of Letter of Confirmation from the company, followed by IEPF Claim

Key Documents: Same as scenario 5, IEPF Form 5 online from IEPF portal www.iepf.gov.in, Indemnity Bonds

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Scenario 10: IEPF Retrieval – Lost Certificate & Transmission

Description: Physical Shares in the name of deceased shareholder and the share certificates are lost. Also shares are transferred to IEPF due to non-encashment of dividend for 7 years. This requires issuance of Letter of Entitlement from the company, followed by submission of IEPF Claim

Key Documents: Same as scenario 6, IEPF Form 5 online from IEPF portal www.iepf.gov.in, Indemnity Bonds

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Scenario 11: IEPF Retrieval – Demat Shares

Description: Shares in Demat account transferred to IEPF due to non-encashment of dividend. Each of the securities in the demat account to be claimed separately like physical shares

Key Documents: Same as scenario 6, IEPF Form 5 online from IEPF portal www.iepf.gov.in, Indemnity Bonds

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Posted On: 2025-03-23