Tag: Depository Receipts
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The Growth of Unsponsored American Depository Receipts of Indian Companies
[The following guest post is contributed by Dhanush. M, a 5th year student at the Jindal Global Law School] On October 10, 2008, amendments to section 12g3-2(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 became effective. The amendment allowed a foreign private issuer to have its equity securities traded in the U.S. over-the-counter market without registration under
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Indian Companies Issuing Securities Overseas
Historically, Indian companies have issued equity instruments in the form of depository receipts (either American depository receipts (ADRs) or global depository receipts (GDRs)) or convertible debt instruments in the form of foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs). Of late, such overseas securities issuances have reduced quite significantly. Now, the Government has revamped the legal regime for
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Depository Receipts and Voting Rights
SEBI has written to the Ministry of Finance and the Reserve Bank of India to curb the practice whereby holders of ADRs/GDRs pass on their voting rights to boards or managements of the companies in which they hold these instruments. As the Economic Times reports: The Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has recommended
