Independent Registratorsky Company (IRC)

Joint-stock company "Independent registratorsky company of R.O.S.T." (JSC NRK-R. O.S.T.) is a professional participant of security market. The company provides complete solutions to issuers of securities, their shareholders and also management companies and owners of apartment houses.

The company works at the stock market since 1996 and is one of the largest registrars in the Russian market providing services in maintaining the shareholder register.

History and performance indicators

2020: The Central Bank of the Russian Federation registered "HPK-P.O.C. T." as the first operator of crowd funding

On June 3, 2020 the Central Bank of the Russian Federation registered the first operator of crowd funding. Company "HPK-P.O.C. T." it was included in the register of operators of investment platforms, says the regulator.

The head "NRK - R.O.S.T." Oleg Zhiznenko in a conversation with Interfax explained that the status of the operator of the investment platform gives to the registrar the chance to register additional share issues of the non-public joint-stock companies on the closed subscription. "NRK is R.O.S.T." will offer clients an opportunity of registration of an additional share issue on the closed subscription at the registrar", he added.

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation included the first company in the register of operators of investment platforms

According to Kommersant with reference to the investment director of StartTrack Sergey Chetverikov, under the law "About the Investment Attraction using Investment Platforms …" all operators of the existing platforms should get in the register till July 1 and if are not in time that to suspend activity.

In 2019 in the Russian Federation the law on the investment attraction using investment platforms is adopted (it was originally introduced to the State Duma with the name "About Crowd Funding"). Under the law both physical, and legal entities can be investors. At the same time for investment a number of rules and restrictions is established.

So, the Russians who do not have the status of the qualified investor can invest no more than 600 thousand rubles a year through such platforms. In turn, individual entrepreneurs and the companies can attract through investment platforms no more than 1 billion rubles  a year.

According to Oleg Zhiznenko, registrars do not treat trade infrastructure, but the law on investment platforms gives new opportunities, in particular on powers regarding additional share issues of non-public joint-stock companies. Zhiznenko noted that there are serious restrictions at placement through the platform – both on attraction volume, and on the amount of investment.^[1]

2019: Completion of joining of AO NRK to JSC NRK-R. O. S. T.

The JSC NRK-R. O. S. T. company announced completion of accession of JSC Independent Registratorsky Company (IRC).

On February 4, 2019 in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities record about reorganization of JSC Independent Registratorsky Company was made. Since February 5 all clients of NRK are serviced in JSC NRK-R. O. S. T. which is a legal successor of NRK by all rights and obligations and continues maintaining registers and rendering all registratorsky services in the agreements which are earlier signed by NRK.

Accession to JSC NRK-R. O. S. T. will become the next stage of reorganization of the company JSC PTsRK which the group expects to complete in 1 half-year 2019. The strategy of the company after completion of reorganization is still aimed at reliability assurance and safety of maintaining registers, improvement of client service, technologies and services.

For February 4 the NRK group - R.O.S.T. integrates JSC Independent Registratorsky R.O.S@ Company. T., JSC St. Petersburg Registration Company and NRK company the Stock market performing broker and depository activity. Experience in the market of the companies of group exceeds 20 years, the number of the serviced issuers as of 1/1/2019 makes 11 thousand companies.

2017: Income exceeded 1.8 billion rubles

The gross annual income of registrars of the NRK Group — R.O.S.T. in 2017 exceeded 1.8 billion rubles, including AO NRK'S income — 700 million rubles.

The total quantity of registers of joint-stock companies on service of Group as of 12/31/2017 made 10,449, or 18.3% of all joint-stock companies serviced by the Russian registrars.

2016: Formation of NRK Group is R.O.S.T.

In December, 2016 JSC Independent Registratorsky Company and JSC Registrar ROST belonging to one group of independent investors formed NRK Group — R.O.S.T. V NRK Group - R.O.S.T. also enters NRK Fondovy Rynok LLC performing broker, depository activity and activity of specialized depositary of investment funds, mutual investment funds and non-state pension funds and the St. Petersburg central registration company.

For March, 2016 the companies of the NRK group offer a range of financial services (registratorsky, depository, broker, etc.) for the Russian joint stock companies.

2015

Till October 6, 2015 JSC Independent Registratorsky Company (IRC) carried the name of Kompyyutersher Registrator (JSC).