Based on data of SPIC demat accounts provided by the DPs, SPIC dispatches the dividend/annual report to share owners.

To start with, your broker will offer you lower brokerage, as he is certain that there will be no bad delivery of certificates. This also means, your certificates will not come back with objections, minimising the cost & time involved in the transaction.

Yes, a Dividend Re-investment Plan is operated by Capita Registrars. You can request an Application pack by telephoning 0870 162 3181, or if calling from overseas +(44) 20 8639 3404, alternatively you may email shares@capitaregistrars.com.

You must hold the stock on the ex-dividend date to be entitled to its cash dividend. You can sell the stock during that day, but you must own it at market opening to be elligeable to receive its dividend. In smartdividend.com, the Ex-Dividend date is always in the blue title of each entry, and in the black text is referred to as: "to holders as of date." More info.

Yes, Infact ADCB has a product called which offers financial assistance against pledge of your demat shares.

Visit Investor Relations: Annual and Quarterly Reports on The Hershey Company website for the current annual report and achieved annual reports.

You should instruct your Depository Participant (DP) to give 'Delivery Out' instructions to transfer the shares from your beneficiary account to the Pool Account of your trading member through whom you have sold the shares. The details of the Pool A/C(CM-BP-ID) of your trading member to which the shares are to be transferred, scrip quantity etc. should be mentioned in the Delivery Out instructions given by you to your DP.

The national central securities depositories distribute the dividend. The depositories will ask the custodian bank whether it prefers to have the dividend paid out in local currency or in Euro.

SPIC's shares are compulsorily in dematerialized form. However, you may hold these shares in physical form.

Dividend is payable if and when declared in the Annual General Meeting, which is normally held in July every year. The last dividend, for the financial year 2004-05, was announced by the Board of Directors at its meeting held on May 17, 2005, @ Rs. 4.50 (45%) per share of the face value of Rs. 10/- each. It was subsequently declared at the Annual General Meeting held on July 15, 2005 and was paid to all the eligible Shareholders / Beneficial Owners.

A - Select option A on the BIS Menu, Building Information Search. You will be directed to the Building Information Search screen. You will be required to enter the precise address, the house number and street name or the block and lot number or the Building Identification Number (BIN). You will be directed to the Property Profile Overview screen. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to "View Boilers" which will direct you to the Compliance Boiler Query screen.

To make a request to withdraw or sell shares from your dividend reinvestment account you may either write or fax your request to: You may use your statement stub to submit your request or submit a letter of instruction. Your request should include the name of the stock, the name of the registered account owners, and your account number or tax identification number. All registered holders of the account must sign the request.

You should give Standing Instructions for 'Delivery-In' to your DP for accepting shares in your beneficiary account. You should give the details of your beneficiary account and the DP-ID of your DP to your trading member. The trading member will transfer the shares directly to your beneficiary account on receipt of the same from the Clearing Corporation.

The shares that have been bought and subsequently sold under BNST-G would be first credited and then debited from your Demat account as per normal pay in and pay out. You would not be required to do anything different from your normal transaction.

YES ; In the initial public offer form (of Depository eligible companies), there is a provision to mention the client id and the depository id. You can fill these columns and if you are allotted the shares, they will be credited directly to your account in electronic form.

Yes! The investors can sell and deliver the scrips in the physical form where only demat deliveries are permitted. The Exchange settles such transactions under the Exit Route Scheme announced for scrips in compulsory demat delivery for all investors. The transactions of this type, which are executed in "C" group at the Exchange system, are settled on Trade-to-Trade basis, i.e., without netting of buy and sell position in the same scrip.