This presentation discusses depository receipts, which allow investors to hold shares in foreign companies. There are three main types: American Depository Receipts (ADR), which trade on US exchanges; Global Depository Receipts (GDR), which trade on European exchanges; and Indian Depository Receipts (IDR), which trade on Indian exchanges. The presentation provides details on the process for issuing and trading depository receipts and lists several major Indian companies that have ADRs and/or GDRs. It explains that IDRs provide benefits like increased access to capital and global visibility for companies while allowing foreign companies opportunities to raise funds for Indian business needs.

1. A Presentation on Depository
Receipts
Presented By:
Jyoti Agrawal
Puneet Agrawal
Riya Chhabra
Jagriti Singh
Ashish Jaiswal
Nikahat Nisha

2. Depository Receipts
• A DR is a type of negotiable (transferable)
financial security traded on a local stock
exchange but represents a security, usually in
the form of equity, issued by a foreign,
publicly-listed company.
• The DR is a physical certificate that allows
investors to hold shares in equity of other
countries.

3. Types Of Depository Receipts
1. American Depository Receipt:
One of the most common types of DRs is the
American depository receipt (ADR), which has been
offering companies, investors and traders global
investment opportunities since the1920s.
2. Global Depository Receipt:
Since then, DRs have spread to other parts of the
globe in the form of global depository receipts
(GDRs).

4. • ADRs are typically traded on a US national stock
exchange, such as the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) or the American Stock Exchange.
• GDRs are commonly listed on European stock
exchanges such as the London Stock Exchange.
• Both ADRs and GDRs are usually denominated
in US dollars, but can also be denominated in
Euros.

5. 3. Indian Depository Receipt:
• IDRs are transferable securities to be listed on Indian stock
exchanges in the form of depository receipts.
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has
introduced guidelines for foreign companies to raise capital
here by issuing Indian depository receipts.
• It has set a minimum size of the IDR float at Rs 50 crore and
the minimum investment limit at Rs 2 lakh per investor.

6. How Depository Receipts Work
A depositary receipt typically requires a company to meet a stock exchange’s
specific rules before listing its stock for sale. For example, a company must transfer
shares to a brokerage house in its home country. Upon receipt, the brokerage uses
a custodian connected to the international stock exchange for selling the
depositary receipts. This connection ensures that the shares of stock actually exist
and no manipulation occurs between the foreign company and the international
brokerage house.
A typical ADR goes through the following steps before it is issued:
• The issuing bank in the U.S. studies the financials of the foreign company in detail
to assess the strength of its stock.
• The bank buys shares of the foreign company.
• The shares are grouped into packets.
• Each packet is issued as an ADR through an American stock exchange.
• The ADR is priced in dollars, and the dividends are paid out in dollars as well,
making it as simple for an American investor to buy as the stock of a U.S.-based
company.

7. Company ADRs GDRs
Bajaj Auto No Yes
Dr. Reddys Yes Yes
HDFC Bank Yes Yes
Hindalco No Yes
ICICI Bank Yes Yes
Yes YesInfosys
Technologies
ITC No Yes
L&T No Yes
Which Indian companies have
ADRs and/ or GDRs

8. Company ADRs GDRs
MTNL Yes Yes
Patni Computers Yes No
Ranbaxy
Laboratories No Yes
Tata Motors Yes No
State Bank of India No Yes
VSNL Yes Yes
WIPRO Yes Yes
Which Indian companies have
ADRs and/ or GDRs

9. Benefits of Issuing IDRs to Companies
• IDRs lead to increased access tocapital.
• Are a means of increasing global visibility and trade,
• Allow increased liquidity and an international
shareholder base.

10. Why Foreign Companies issue IDRs
• Any foreign company listed in its home country and
satisfying the eligibility criteria can issue IDRs.
• Typically, companies with significant business in
India, or an India focus, may find the IDR route
advantageous.
• Similarly, the foreign entities of Indian companies
may find it easier to raise money through IDRs fore
their business requirements abroad.

11. How are IDRs different from GDRs
• GDRs and ADRs area among the most commonly
used DRs.
• When the depository bank creating the
depository recipt in the US, the instruments are
known as ADRs.
• Similarly,other depository Receipts, based on the
location of the depository bank creating them,
have come into existence, such as the GDR , the
European depository Receipts, International
depository Receipts & Indian depository Receipts.

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