The National Depository
for Securities (KDPW S.A.)


4 Książęca Street
00-498 Warsaw, Poland
T. +48 22 537 93 43
F. +48 22 627 31 11
kdpw At kdpw.pl

Operations

1. Services for issuers:

  • Assistance with the preparation of the issuer's prospectus (in the scope of services offered by KDPW)
  • Registration of the securities issue
  • Assigning an ISIN number to the securities issue
  • Performance of issuers - obligations to securities owners, including:
    • dividend payments,
    • interest payments and redemption of bonds, including mortgage bonds,
    • processing of rights from convertible bonds, bonds with priority rights, or subscription warrants to subscribe to shares of a new issue,
    • processing of priority rights for shares of a new issue (subscription rights),
    • exercise of warrants,
    • redemption of investment certificates,
    • cancellation of investment certificates following the liquidation of an investment fund,
    • expiry of investment certificates
  • Corporate Actions, including:
    • exchange of securities,
    • assimilations,
    • withdrawal of securities from the depository,
    • securities conversions,
    • exchange of shares following the merger or separation of public companies,
    • subscriptions to securities of a new issue,

2. Services for clearing institutions for which KDPW manages depository and securities accounts:

  • Management of depository accounts and securities accounts,
  • Clearing and settlement of transactions executed in the regulated market, and outside the regulated market,
  • Clearing and settlement of transactions executed on the basis of an order from an entity not holding a securities account in a brokerage office and related settlement between a participant with the status of brokerage office or representative, and another participant,
  • Clearing and settlement of repo and sell/buy-back transactions,
  • Clearing and settlement of transactions in exceptional situations,
  • Clearing and settlement of transactions executed in the derivatives market,
  • Securities lending and borrowing,
  • Exercise of rights arising from securities held on the accounts of clearing members,
  • Management of the Settlement Guarantee Fund, as well as other financial assets of participants.

Details:

[+] Rules of KDPW

[+] Detailed Rules of KDPW

[+] Timetable of the settlement day in the multibatch system (excluding derivatives).

[+] Timetable of the settlement day in the real-time settlement system.