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Page 1: International Trade Finance - Equity Markets 16-20

Ty

pe

s o

f D

ep

osi

tory

Re

ceip

ts:

Page 2: International Trade Finance - Equity Markets 16-20

Sp

on

sore

d A

DR

s:

•In

a s

po

nso

red

DR

issu

e,

the

co

mp

an

y s

oli

cits

de

po

sito

rie

s to

iss

ue

an

d li

st

DR

s in

a f

ore

ign

co

un

try

exc

ha

ng

es.

Th

e D

Rs

are

iss

ue

d b

y t

he

act

ive

p

art

icip

ati

on

of

the

co

mp

an

y. S

po

nso

red

DR

s a

lso

co

me

in

th

ree

dif

fere

nt

typ

es:

Le

ve

l I,

Lev

el

II,

Lev

el

III

an

d b

ase

d o

n R

ule

14

4A

. T

he

iss

uin

g c

om

pa

ny

an

d t

he

d

ep

osi

tori

es

en

ter

into

“d

ep

osi

tory

ag

ree

me

nt”

be

fore

th

e D

Rs

are

iss

ue

d.

Th

e d

ep

osi

tory

re

ceiv

es

the

bu

lk a

mo

un

t o

f d

ivid

en

d i

n t

he

fo

reig

n

com

pa

ny

’s h

om

e c

urr

en

cy o

n b

eh

alf

th

e D

R in

ve

sto

rs a

nd

co

nve

rts

the

d

ivid

en

d in

to t

he

in

ve

sto

rs’

ho

me

cu

rre

ncy

an

d t

he

n s

en

ds

the

se t

o t

he

re

spe

ctiv

e D

R h

old

er.

Th

e d

ep

osi

tori

es

als

o a

rra

ng

e D

R h

old

ers

to

exe

rcis

e

voti

ng

rig

hts

. Fo

r a

ll p

ract

ica

l p

urp

ose

, th

e d

ep

osi

tory

act

s a

s th

e f

ron

t o

f th

e D

R is

suin

g f

ore

ign

co

mp

an

y. I

t is

ve

ry im

po

rta

nt

to n

ote

he

re t

ha

t th

ere

ca

n b

e o

nly

on

e d

ep

osi

tory

fo

r a

sp

on

sore

d D

Rs

issu

e.

Th

e

dif

fere

nce

am

on

g L

eve

l I,

Le

vel

II,

Leve

l II

I a

nd

Pri

vate

ly P

lace

d a

re

dis

cuss

ed

aft

er

the

un

spo

nso

red

DR

s a

spe

cts

ha

ve b

ee

n d

iscu

sse

d.

Page 3: International Trade Finance - Equity Markets 16-20

Un

spo

nso

red

DR

s:

•U

nsp

on

sore

d D

Rs

are

iss

ue

d b

y o

ne

or

mo

re d

ep

osi

tari

es

in r

esp

on

se t

o m

ark

et

de

ma

nd

, b

ut

wit

ho

ut

a f

orm

al

ag

ree

me

nt

wit

h t

he

co

mp

an

y. F

or

un

spo

nso

red

DR

s, d

ep

osi

tori

es

are

no

t re

qu

ire

d t

o t

ake

pe

rmis

sio

n o

r e

ven

in

form

th

e f

ore

ign

com

pa

nie

s b

efo

re i

ssu

ing

th

e u

nsp

on

sore

d D

Rs.

•In

an

un

spo

nso

red

AD

R i

ssu

e,

the

de

po

sito

ry b

uys

th

e s

ha

res

of

fore

ign

co

mp

an

y

an

d d

ep

osi

ts t

he

se s

ha

res

into

a c

ust

od

ian

. T

he

n i

t is

sue

s D

Rs

wh

ich

in

vest

or

can

inve

st.

He

nce

th

ere

co

uld

be

mu

ltip

le u

nsp

on

sore

d D

R p

rog

ram

s fo

r a

giv

en

com

pa

ny.

•Fo

r e

xam

ple

, D

ep

osi

tory

1 b

uys

le

t u

s 5

0,0

00

sh

are

s S

uzl

on

Ind

ia a

nd

iss

ue

s 2

5,0

00

AD

RS

wit

h e

ach

AD

R r

ep

rese

nti

ng

2 e

qu

ity

sh

are

s o

f S

uzl

on

. D

ep

osi

tory

2 b

uys

10

0,0

00

sh

are

s o

f S

uzl

on

an

d i

ssu

es

10

0,0

00

AD

Rs

wit

h e

ach

AD

R r

ep

rese

nti

ng

1

un

de

rly

ing

sh

are

. H

en

ce A

DR

s is

sue

d b

y t

he

se t

wo

de

po

sito

rie

s a

re c

om

ple

tely

dif

fere

nt

wh

en

th

ou

gh

bo

th A

DR

s re

pre

sen

t S

uzl

on

.

Page 4: International Trade Finance - Equity Markets 16-20

•A

lso

th

e d

ivid

en

d d

istr

ibu

ted

to

US

in

vest

ors

ma

y v

ary

de

pe

nd

ing

o

n t

he

da

y o

n w

hic

h t

he

de

po

sito

rie

s co

nve

rt I

nd

ian

Ru

pe

e

div

ide

nd

to

US

D.

Fo

r e

xam

ple

, S

uzl

on

cre

dit

s th

e I

nd

ian

Ru

pe

e

Div

ide

nd

to

bo

th D

ep

osi

tori

es

on

Ju

ly 1

5th

20

10

.

•D

ep

osi

tory

1 c

on

vert

s th

is a

mo

un

t to

US

D o

n l

et

us

say,

on

17

th J

uly

2

01

0.

De

po

sito

ry 2

ma

y c

on

vert

th

e d

ivid

en

d o

n 2

0th

Ju

ly.

•T

he

re c

ou

ld b

e b

ig d

iffe

ren

ce i

n I

NR

/US

D r

ate

be

twe

en

17

th a

nd

2

0th

Ju

ly.

He

nce

th

e d

ivid

en

d r

ece

ive

d b

y b

oth

se

ts o

f d

ep

osi

tori

es

ma

y v

ary

sig

nif

ica

ntl

y.

•B

oth

de

po

sito

rie

s m

ay

ch

arg

e d

iffe

ren

t se

rvic

e f

ee

to

th

e A

DR

in

vest

ors

th

us

ma

kin

g t

he

ma

tte

r e

ven

mo

re c

on

fusi

ng

.

Page 5: International Trade Finance - Equity Markets 16-20

Lev

el

I, I

I, I

II a

nd

Pri

va

tely

Pla

ced

DR

s:

•Le

ve

l I:

Sp

on

sore

d L

eve

l I

De

po

sita

ry R

ece

ipt

pro

gra

m i

s th

e e

asi

est

wa

ys t

o l

ist

DR

s.H

en

ce L

eve

l 1

DR

s a

re t

he

fa

ste

st g

row

ing

se

gm

en

t a

mo

ng

all

sp

on

sore

d D

R

pro

gra

ms

all

ove

r th

e w

orl

d.

In a

Le

vel

I D

Rs,

th

e c

om

pa

ny

ca

nn

ot

rais

e a

ny

fu

nd

b

y i

ssu

ing

ne

w s

ecu

riti

es

as

DR

s.C

om

pa

nie

s is

suin

g L

eve

l I

DR

s d

o n

ot

ha

ve t

o

ab

ide

by

th

e l

isti

ng

re

qu

ire

me

nts

se

t b

y t

he

re

gu

lato

ry b

od

y. T

he

se D

Rs

no

rma

lly

tr

ad

e i

n t

he

OT

C (

Ove

rth

e-C

ou

nte

r) m

ark

et.

Le

vel

I D

RS

are

su

bje

ctin

g t

o e

asy

/no

li

stin

g r

eq

uir

em

en

t. I

n f

act

, Le

vel

1 A

DR

s d

oe

s n

ot

req

uir

e t

he

iss

uin

g c

om

pa

ny

to

re

cast

its

acc

ou

nti

ng

sta

tem

en

t a

s p

er

US

GA

AP

(Ge

ne

rall

y A

cce

pte

d A

cco

un

tin

g

Pri

nci

ple

) a

nd

pro

vid

e f

ull

SE

C d

iscl

osu

re.

Fo

r e

xam

ple

, T

he

Sa

rba

ne

s O

xle

y A

ct is

n

ot

ap

pli

cab

le t

o c

om

pa

nie

s is

suin

g L

eve

l I

AD

Rs.

•S

arb

an

es

Ox

ley

Act

20

02

wa

s e

na

cte

d b

y t

he

SE

C o

f U

SA

aft

er

som

e h

igh

tic

ket

corp

ora

te f

ail

ure

( E

nro

n,

Wo

rld

com

, Ty

co I

nte

rna

tio

na

l, A

de

lph

ia e

tc)

du

e t

o

mis

rep

ort

ing

of

act

ua

l fa

cts

an

d f

igu

re a

bo

ut

com

pa

nie

s. T

his

act

is

als

o k

no

wn

as

Pu

bli

c C

om

pa

ny

Acc

ou

nti

ng

Re

form

an

d I

nve

sto

r P

rote

ctio

n A

ct a

s w

ell

as

po

pu

larl

y S

OX

AC

T. T

he

act

ma

de

all

pu

bli

c li

ste

d c

om

pa

nie

s in

USA

mo

re

acc

ou

nta

ble

an

d c

ove

red

a g

am

ut

of

issu

es

like

au

dit

or

ind

ep

en

de

nce

, co

rpo

rate

g

ove

rna

nce

, in

tern

al

con

tro

l a

sse

ssm

en

t, a

nd

en

ha

nce

d f

ina

nci

al

dis

clo

sure

.