NHPC notice on transfer of unclaimed shares to IEPF Authority

NHPC published a newspaper notice on July 22, 2026 in Business Standard informing equity shareholders that shares whose dividends have remained unpaid or unclaimed for seven consecutive years (since FY 2018-19 final dividend) will be transferred to the IEPF Authority. Individual notices were already dispatched on July 13, 2026. Shareholders must claim unpaid dividends by October 28, 2026 to avoid the transfer. NHPC also urged shareholders to update KYC details (PAN, address, bank, nomination, mobile, email) and highlighted a special window open until February 4, 2027 for re-lodging physical share transfer deeds dated before April 1, 2019.