Mandatory furnishing of PAN, KYC details and Nomination by Physical Shareholders

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued Circular No. SEBI/HO/MIRSD/MIRSD-PoD-1/P/CIR/2023/37 dated 16th March, 2023 in suppression to earlier circulars viz. Circular No. SEBI/HO/MIRSD/MIRSD_RTAMB/P/CIR/2021/655 dated 3rd November, 2021 and further clarification thereof dated 14th December, 2021 making it mandatory to furnish PAN, Nomination / Declaration to opt-out of Nomination, Contact details, Bank Account details and Specimen Signature by Physical Shareholders.

In terms of above Circular, it shall be mandatory for all holders of physical securities in listed companies to furnish PAN, Nomination / Declaration to opt-out of Nomination, Contact details, Bank Account details and Specimen Signature for their corresponding folio numbers..

Further, as per the above SEBI circular, the folios wherein any one of the cited document/details as stated in the said circular not available on or after 1st October, 2023, shall be frozen by the RTA. Frozen folios shall be referred by the RTA / listed company to the administering authority under the Benami Transactions (Prohibitions) Act, 1988 and/or Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, if they continue to remain frozen as on 31st December, 2025.

Keeping the above statutory requirements in view, the Company has sent letter to the concerned shareholders holding shares in physical form requesting them to furnish valid PAN, Nomination / Declaration to opt-out of Nomination, Contact details, Bank Account details and Specimen Signature immediately to the RTA of the Company M/s CB Management Services (P) Ltd, (Unit: Hindustan Copper Ltd), P 22 Bondel Road, Kolkata 700019 (Telephone No: 033 4011 6700 E-mail: rta@cbmsl.com) in the prescribed Form to ensure that their folios are not frozen after 1st October, 2023.