Tag: securities and exchange board of india (sebi)

Investors are expected to open demat account with Depository Participants and deposit their share certificates for the purpose of converting them to the electronic format. Demat account can be defined as an account to buy and sell of listed securities in electronic form, that is, through internet. It is opened by an investor through depository participant. It reduces paper work.

Rematerialization is the process by which electronic shares of an investor are converted to physical certificates in the investor's account. Rematerialization can be defined as a process by which a client can get his electronic holdings converted into physical certificates.