The Equity Shares of HT Media are listed at:

• Stock Exchange
• : Security Code
• National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE)
• : HTMEDIA
• Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE)
• : 532662

Depository System provides for custody of shares in electronic (demat) form. The shares held under the Depository System are traded in electronic form.

Holders of demat shares enjoy rights i.e. dividend, voting rights etc. like any other shareholder holding shares in physical form.

In India, the Depository system is managed by National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services (India) Limited. HT Media has entered into agreements with both NSDL & CDSL.

Shares of the Company are compulsorily traded in dematerialized form.

Depository System offers following advantages:

• No chance of loss, theft or fraud of shares
• Platform for Internet based trading
• One demat account can hold shares of more than one company
• Presently, no stamp duty payable by transferee on purchase of shares

Dematerialization is the process of converting shares in physical form into electronic form. The shares in electronic form are reflected in the account of the shareholder maintained by NSDL or CDSL.

Re-materialization is the process of converting shares in electronic form into physical form. After re-materialization, the shareholder is given the share certificate covering the shares, hitherto held by him in electronic form.

The major intermediaries of Depository System are:

• Depository
• Depository Participant (DP)
• Beneficial Owner (BO)

Depository
Depository is the apex entity which maintains records of shares in electronic form of all companies. In India, there are two depositories namely, NSDL and CDSL.

Depository Participant (DP)
DP is the link between the Depository and the Shareholder. A DP can be associated with either of NSDL or CDSL and in any case, would have a unique identification number viz. DP Id. 

DP maintains the accounts of shareholders in electronic form and it can be a participant in either NSDL or CDSL or both. A DP is provided with a unique registration number called the DP ID.

Beneficial Owner (BO)
BO is the owner of shares in demat form.

Upon opening of a demat account with DP, the BO is given an account number called the Client ID. The combination of DP Id. and Client Id. nos. is a unique identification Id. of  each holder of demat account.

Note: Shareholders need quote their DP ID/Client ID in all correspondence with the Company / R&TA.

HT Media has an un-interrupted dividend payment track-record since FY 05.
The Board of Directors has paid dividend on the Equity Shares @ 15%, for FY 09.

Click here for more details on dividend payments.

ECS facility provides for direct credit of dividend amount in the bank account of the shareholder.

Members are requested, in their own interest, to avail ECS facility in view of the following benefits:
• No postal delays
• No loss of dividend warrant
• No chances of fraudulent encashment of dividend warrant

• Shareholders holding shares in physical form to send request to the R&TA giving details of bank account

Click here for a specimen ECS Form.

• Shareholders holding shares in demat form to send request to their DP giving details of bank account.

IEPF has been established by the Central Government pursuant to the requirements of the Companies Act, 1956.

Dividend remaining unpaid and unclaimed for a period of seven years from the date they became due for payment shall be credited to the IEPF. After the transfer, no claim upon such amount shall lie against the Fund or the Company.

Members, who have not encashed/received their Dividend for any one or more financial year(s), may write to the R&TA/Company for payment of such unpaid dividend.

For shares held in demat form
Please follow the procedure advised by your DP.

For shares held in physical form
An application for noting change of name be made to the R&TA/Company accompanied by the relevant document(s) mentioned below:

• In case of individual
   Due to marriage – certified copy of the Marriage Certificate.
   In any other case – certified copy of Gazette notification/newspaper notice

• In case of Company
  certified copy of the fresh Certificate of Incorporation.

For shares held in demat form
Please follow the procedure advised by your DP.

For shares held in physical form
Please send a request letter to the Company/R&TA giving the new address alongwith pin code.
Click here for a specimen request letter.

For shares held in demat form
Please follow the procedure advised by your DP.

For shares held in physical form
Please send a request letter to the Company/R&TA giving the new bank account number, bank name and full postal address of the bank alongwith pin code. Click here for a specimen request letter.