Founded in Australia in 1978, Computershare has grown (largely through overseas acquisitions) to become the world's largest share registry business. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

The company now has a presence in:

• Australia
• the UK
• Ireland
• the US
• Canada
• the Channel Islands
• South Africa
• Hong Kong
• New Zealand and
• Germany

Computershare's UK operations are the result of the company's 1997 acquisition of the Royal Bank of Scotland's registrars department, which in turn had previously been bought from NatWest (this earlier acquisition had occurred some years prior to the Royal Bank of Scotland Group's 2000 takeover of NatWest). ... The Channel Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Normandy, France, in the English Channel. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Royal Bank of Scotland LSE: RBSis one of Scotlands four national clearing banks and one of the oldest in the UK, founded in Edinburgh in 1727 by Royal Charter. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Computershare primarily provides stock registration and transfer services to companies listed on stock markets, but also offers other facilities such as technology services for stock exchanges, investor services for shareholders and employee share plan management. A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or company (including a corporation), that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a joint stock company. ...

With the recent acquisition of Equiserve, Computershare is now one of the largest share registry providers in the US.

The company is publicly traded on the Australian Stock Exchange under the symbol CPU. In North America, CPU ADRs trade under the symbols CMSQF and CMSQY. The Australian Stock Exchange, or ASX, is the organisation responsible for the operation of Australias primary stock exchange. ... An American Depositary Receipt (ADR) is how the stock of most foreign companies trades in United States stock markets. ...

The chief executive of Computershare is Christopher Morris.

External link

• Official site