Old Radico Khaitan Shares: What They Are Worth and How to Recover Them
Certificates may carry the name: Rampur Distillery & Chemical Company Limited (renamed in 1997)
Reviewed 22 September 2026
In short
A certificate issued by Rampur Distillery & Chemical Company Limited is a Radico Khaitan holding: the company changed its name in 1997. Because the old name is unfamiliar today, these certificates are among the ones families most often assume are worthless.
Corporate actions that changed the holding
- 1997Name changeRampur Distillery & Chemical Company Limited became Radico Khaitan Limited. A name change does not affect the shares themselves.
Radico Khaitan’s bonus, split and other corporate actions are not listed because we have not verified them against company records. The registrar can confirm what a folio holds today.
Who to write to
Check the company’s current registrar before you write
- Where to look
- The investor or shareholder section of the company’s website, and the general shareholder information section of its latest annual report
- Why it matters
- Registrars merge and change hands — TSR Consultants became Link Intime, which became MUFG Intime — so an address on old correspondence is often out of date
We have not verified this company’s current registrar against a company or registrar source, so we are not naming one here.
Registrars change. Confirm the current one on the company’s investor page before posting anything, and see how to find a company’s registrar.
How the shares are recovered
- The shares are in your name and you have the certificates
Update KYC on the folio if needed, then dematerialise them so they can be sold.
- The shareholder has died
The nominee, surviving joint holder or legal heirs claim through transmission.
- You bought the shares on paper before April 2019
SEBI's special window, open until 4 February 2027, lets you complete the transfer.
- The certificates are lost or damaged
The registered holder or heirs apply for duplicates, credited to demat.
- The shares or dividends were transferred to IEPF
Claim them back from the IEPF Authority with Form IEPF-5.
- The certificate is in an old or merged company name
The holding may now sit with a renamed or successor company.
Questions we are asked about Radico Khaitan shares
I cannot find Rampur Distillery on any stock exchange.
That is because it was renamed Radico Khaitan in 1997. The company is the same legal entity, so the old certificate still represents shares in it.
How do I confirm the holding?
Write to the company’s registrar with the folio and certificate numbers and the holder’s name. We do that check free of charge before any engagement.
The original shareholder died decades ago.
The claim runs through transmission, and where a generation was skipped, through each death in turn. Old cases are common and solvable; the order of the evidence matters.
Sources
Free valuation of old shares
Send us the company name and folio number from the certificate. We work out what the holding is worth today, after bonuses, splits and mergers.