The company was incorporated at Mumbai on December 12, 1997 as ‘Central Depository Services (India)’ (CDSL), a public limited company under the Companies Act, 1956. The company obtained its certificate of commencement of business from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on December 19, 1997. The company was initially registered by way of a certificate of registration on August 19, 1998 by SEW under the Depositories Regulations and subsequently obtained its certificate of commencement of business as a depository under the Depositories Regulations on February 8, 1999.

The company is the leading securities depository in India by incremental growth of Beneficial Owner (BO) accounts over the last three fiscals and by the total number of registered Depository Participants (DPs). However, in terms of market share, it is the second largest depository in India. Its revenue from operations includes transaction charges, account maintenance charges and settlement charges paid by DPs and annual fees, corporate action charges and e-voting charges paid by companies whose securities are admitted to its systems.

The company commenced its depository business in 1999 with the objective of providing convenient, dependable and secure depository services at affordable cost to all market participants. It was initially promoted by the BSE which subsequently divested a part of its stake to leading Indian banks. It has connectivity with clearing corporations of all the leading Indian stock exchanges including the BSE, National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India.

Business area of the company

CDSL operates as a securities depository in India. It offers various services, such as account opening, dematerialization, processing delivery and receipt instructions, account statement, re-materialization, pledging, nomination, transmission of securities, change in address, bank account details and SMS services for depository participants.

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Market Cap	12,702 Cr		EPS	26.8		High	1248.9
Stock P/E	45.4		Net Profit Margin	41.7		Low	1230.2