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Ms. Fernandes wants to convert her demat holdings of a listed company back into physical certificates. Which term describes this process?

The process is rematerialisation, where electronic securities in a demat account are converted back into physical certificates. The client applies to the DP using a Rematerialisation Request Form, and the issuer then prints and dispatches the certificates.

  1. ARematerialisationCorrect
  2. BDematerialisation
  3. CImmobilisation
  4. DTransmission

Explanation

Converting electronic holdings back to physical certificates is rematerialisation, requested by a Rematerialisation Request Form (RRF) to the DP. Dematerialisation is the opposite, immobilisation refers to holding certificates in custody, and transmission is transfer on death or similar events.

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