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How to fill a Dematerialisation Request Form (DRF)?

You need to fill a Dematerialisation Request Form (DRF) to convert your physical share certificates into electric form and hold them in your demat account. The DRF is a mandatory document that you must submit to your depository participant (Zerodha) along with your original physical share certificates to complete the dematerialisation process.

You can fill the Dematerialisation Request Form (DRF) (PDF) by following these steps:

  1. Fill the 16 digit Demat ID . To find the demat ID, visit console.zerodha.com/account/demat.




  2. If the shares are under a lock-in period (ESOP, promoters shares etc.), tick Locked-in-Securities. If the shares are not under a lock-in period, tick Free Securities.



  3. The name of the company, ISIN, and face value can be found by visiting nseindia.com or bseindia.com.
  4. The DRN and the Application Slip, Ref No and DRF no. fields can remain empty.
  5. Enter Certificate No. found on the share certificate. If the numbers are in sequence, enter the from and to numbers. If the numbers are not in a sequence, enter them separately in each row.

  6. Enter the Distinctive No. found on the share certificate. If the numbers are in sequence, enter the from and to numbers. If the numbers are not in a sequence, enter them separately in each row.
  7. Enter the quantity of shares as per the share certificate.
  8. Enter the Number of certificates in words along with the face value in numbers as per the share certificate.
  9. Enter the lock-in reason and lock-in release date as per the share certificate if securities to be dematerialised are in the lock-in period.

  10. Enter the name of the holders of the securities.
  11. Holder(s) must sign in the following fields:
    * Signature with DP: This signature has to match the one in the records of Zerodha.
    * Signature with RTA/Issuer/Co: This signature has to match the one in the records of the company.
  12. If the share certificate is jointly held, all the holders must sign the DRF.

Courier the documents to:

Zerodha Customer Support Centre
192A 4th Floor,
Kalyani Vista, 3rd Main Road,
JP Nagar 4th Phase,
Bengaluru, 560076

Refer to the sample copy of the DRF (PDF).

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