Government asks private companies to dematerialise securities by Sept 2024

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Government asks private companies to dematerialise securities by Sept 2024

Tuesday, 31 October 2023 | PTI | New Delhi

The government has asked private companies to dematerialise their securities by September 2024, a move that will help enhance transparency and will have a broad impact.

The requirement will be applicable to private companies, excluding small companies and government companies.

There are about 1.4 million private companies registered under the companies law with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).

Private companies can issue securities only in dematerialised form and should facilitate the dematerialisation of all securities by September 2024, according to an MCA notification.

Dematerialisation refers to the conversion of securities held in physical form to dematerialised or digitised form.

In this regard, amendments have been made to the Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Second Amendment Rules, 2023.

"A private company, which as on the last day of a financial year, ending on or after 31st March 2023, is not a small company as per audited financial statements for such financial year, shall, within eighteen months of the closure of such financial year, comply with the provisions of this rule," the notification dated October 27 said.

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