The document discusses depositary receipts, which allow foreign companies to have their shares traded on domestic exchanges. A depositary receipt is issued by a bank and represents shares of a foreign company that are held in custody overseas. There are two main types: American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which trade on US exchanges, and Global Depository Receipts (GDRs), which trade internationally. The document then provides details on the meaning and features of ADRs and GDRs, where they are listed, and which banks commonly issue them.

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DEPOSITORY RECEIPTS

2. A depositary receipt is a negotiable financial
instruments issued by a bank to represent a foreign
company’s publicly traded securities. With a depository
receipt, a custodian bank in the foreign country holds the
actual shares, often in the form of an American depository
receipt(ADR), which is listed and traded on exchanges based
in the United States, or a global depositary receipt GDR,
which is traded in established non-U.S. markets such as
London and Singapore.
DEPOSITARY RECEIPT

3. When a foreign-listed company wants to create a depositary receipt
abroad, it typically hires a financial advisor to help it navigate regulations, a
domestic bank to act as custodian and a broker in the target country to list shares
of the firm on an exchange, such as New York Stock exchange (NYSE), in the
country where the firm is located.
ADRs typically trade on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX), the
NYSE or the NASDAQ. ADRs provide investors with the benefits and rights of
the underlying shares, which may include voting rights, and open up markets
investors would not have access to otherwise. For example, ICICI Bank Ltd. Is
listed in India and is typically unavailable to foreign investors. However, the bank
has an ADR issued by Deutsche Bank that is traded on the NYSE, which most US
investors can access.
BREAKING DOWN 'DEPOSITARY RECEIPT'

8. MEANING OF ADR
ADR is a negotiable security that represents securities of
a non-us company that trade in the US financial markets.
Securities of a foreign company that resented by an ADR are
called American Depository Receipt

22. It may be converted into number of shares
 GDR holders do not have a voting right.
It has less exchange risk as compared to
foreign currency loan.
GDR investors may cancel his receipt by
advising the depository.
It is listed and traded in stock exchange
FEATURES OF GDR

23. It may be converted into number of shares
 GDR holders do not have a voting right.
It has less exchange risk as compared to
foreign currency loan.
GDR investors may cancel his receipt by
advising the depository.
It is listed and traded in stock exchange
FEATURES OF GDR

24. FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE (FTSE)
LUXEMBOURG STOCK EXCHANGE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
SINGAPORE STOCK EXCHANGE
US OTC BY FULFILLING RULE 144A
WHERE GDR LISTED

25. JP MORGAN CHASE
CITIGROUP
DEUTSCHE BANK
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
WHICH BANK ISSUE GDR

26. If for example an Indian company which
has issued ADRs in the Americal market
wishes to further extend it to other
developed and advanced countries such as
Europe, then they can sell these ADRs to
the public of Europe and the same would
be named as GDR
USAGE OF GDR