We are a de-mutualised multi commodity association and were incorporated on April 19, 2002 under the name Multi Commodity Exchange of India Private Limited. The subscribers to the Memorandum of Association were V.Hariharan and Rinsy Ansalam. Further allotments were made to La-Fin Financial Services Private Limited, Sajit Dayanandan, Dewang Neralla, Ajay Narsimhan and Manjay Shah on April 22, 2002. Subsequently, on May 16,2002, we were converted into a public company and consequently our name was changed to Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited. We received a fresh certificate of incorporation from the RoC pursuant to the change in our name on May 28, 2002. All the then existing shareholders transferred their shares to FTIL, our Promoter, on August 25, 2003. We received permanent recognition from the Government of India for facilitating online trading,clearing and settlement operations for commodity futures markets across the country on September 26, 2003. Online futures trading commenced on MCX in November 2003. We received non-promoter equity participation for the first time in the year 2004 when Bank of India, Union Bank and Corporation Bank invested in the Equity Shares of our Company. Since then, we have received equity participation from various banks and financial institutions, including State Bank of India in July 2004, HDFC Bank Limited in March 2005, the NSE in May 2005 and NABARD in June 2005. Fidelity Funds-India Focus Funds (FID Funds (Mauritius) Limited) also invested in our Company by subscribing to 3,600,000 Equity Shares of face value Rs. 10 each on February 3, 2006. During Fiscal 2008, our Promoter, FTIL, sold 1,953,770 Equity Shares of Rs. 10 each to each of Citigroup Strategic Holdings Mauritius Limited and Merrill Lynch Holdings (Mauritius), 1,563,016 equity shares of face value of Rs. 5 each to GLG Financial Funds, 2,344,524 equity shares of face value Rs. 5 each to Passport India Investment (Mauritius) Limited, 2,476,190 equity shares of face value Rs. 5 each to ICICI Trusteeship Services Limited, 296,000 equity shares of face value Rs.5 each to ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited, 3,907,540 equity shares of face value Rs. 5 each to IL&FS Trust Company Limited, 781,508 equity shares of face value Rs. 5 each to each of New Vernon Private Equity Limited, Kotak Mahindra Trusteeship Services Limited and Alexandra Mauritius Limited. In June 2008, FTIL sold 3,907,540 equity shares of face value Rs. 5 each to Euronext N.V. Some of the key milestones of our Company are as follows: - 2002 Our Company was converted into a public limited company and our Company`s name was changed to Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited 2003 Our Company received permanent recognition from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India First day of trading for our Company Online futures trading during evening session and through Internet trading facilities was pioneered 2004 MoU entered into between FTIL and NAFED to create a national level agricultural spot exchange. 2005 Launch of composite commodity futures index (MCX-COMDEX) by our Company Commodity Suchana Kendra`, a joint initiative between our Company, Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB?) and NSEAP to link up all Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC?) markets, was launched at the Agriculture Produce Market Committee, Navi Mumbai. Our Company entered into a license agreement with London Metal Exchange (LME?) for the use of the LME`s official prices as the basis for settlement of certain futures contracts Our Company entered into a MoU with the University of Mumbai for creating a chair in its department of economics. 2006 Our Company signed a license agreement with NYMEX Our Company teamed up with the Department of Posts, Government of India, to launch Gramin Suvidha Kendra in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, for information dissemination and query redressal on agricultural issues to farmers using the Indian postal network. Our Company signed an agreement with Euronext.LIFFE 2007 Our Company obtained ISO/IEC 27001: 2005 certification 2008 Our Company was granted membership to the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). Launch of futures in CER (Certified Emission Reduction) by our Company Launch of the Gujarati and Hindi version of website mcxindia.com by our Company Our Company was awarded the ?Golden Peacock Eco-innovation award 2008? by the Institute of Directors Our Company was recognized as ?India`s First Green Exchange? by Priyadarshini Academy Our Company received the ?Best Bullion Exchange of the Year? award from the Bombay Bullion Association 2009 Our Company released India`s first Yearbook on Indian Commodity Ecosystem in collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers Our Company launched ?Exchange of Futures for Physicals? (EFP) transactions Our Company received the ?Sankalp Award? for Agriculture and Rural Innovation. 2010 Our Company signed an MoU with Shanghai Futures Exchange Our Company was recertified to ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System standard by Bureau Veritas Certification (India) Our Company released Commodity Insights Yearbook 2010 in collaboration with PwC Our Company entered into an MoU with Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) to develop commodity futures market in India Our Company received the NASSCOM Foundation Social Innovation Honours 2010 Our Company received the FICCI Socio Economic Development Foundation (SEDF) Corporate Social Responsibility Award 2009-10 Our Company received the Best Commodity Exchange of the Year award from the Bombay Bullion Association 2011 Our Company recorded its highest daily turnover since inception of Rs. 1,116.66 billion Our Company is the world`s fifth largest commodity futures exchange among all the commodity exchanges considered in the Futures Industry Association survey in terms of the number of futures contracts traded during the period January to June 2011 Our Company received the Financial Inclusion Award 2011 from the SKOCH Foundation Our Company won the Indy`s award under the category Best in Corporate Social Responsibility practices. Our Company was selected as a Business Superbrand for the year 2010 - 2011 Our Company won Bombay Bullion Association`s Best Commodity Exchange of the Year award. 2012 -MCX launches IPO to raise Rs 750 crore by month-end -MCX shakes hands with New York Institute of Finance to offer certification courses in India -MCX set to become full-fledged bourse as SEBI approves equity trading proposal. 2013 -Highest daily turnover of INR 1,19,941 crore achieved on April 15, 2013. 2014 -MCX entered into the Master Amendment to Principal Agreements (Agreement) with Financial Technologies (India) Limited (FTIL) to continue availing of technology support & managed services from FTIL on such terms & conditions as contained therein. 2015 -MCX Signs MoU to establish an international exchange with India's first International Financial Services Center (IFSC) at GIFT City -MCX signs MoU with Chitkara University, Punjab -MCX joins hands with Amity Business School, Noida -MCX Launches Gold Global Futures Contract -MCX inks MoU with Christ University 2016 -MCX - MCX and Mozambique Commodities Exchange sign MoU for strategic co-operation -MCX wins the Best Bullion Exchange Award from ASSOCHAM -MCX wins Best Exchange of the Year in Bullion Industry Award -MCX wins Best Commodity Exchange Award -MCX signs MoU with Mandsaur University (Madhya Pradesh) 2017 -Sunteck Realty Ltd. - Sunteck Realty wins two awards at Realty Plus excellence awards - 2017. -Sunteck Realty jumps over 5% on biz expansion plan. -MCX and Thomson Reuters Join Hands to launch co-branded Commodity Indices. -MCX launches trading in Black Pepper Futures. -MCX launches India's first Commodity Options on futures today. 2018 -MCXCCL Becomes a Member of Asia-Pacific Central Securities Depository Group (ACG). -MCX Expands Gold Contracts' Footprint in India. -MCX partners with WIRC of ICAI for Strengthening Commodity Risk Management Practices. -MCX signs MoU with Indian Cotton Federation (ICF). -MCX Inks MoU with Indian Bullion and Jewellers Association (IBJA). 2019 -MCX Launches New Index Series on Commodity Futures. -MCX Gold Petal contract witnesses successful delivery of 2000 one gram coins. -MCX signs MoU with Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange. -MCX Successfully Completes First Physical Delivery Cycle in Copper & Lead Futures Contracts. -MCX Successfully Completes Its First Physical Delivery of Aluminium Futures Contract. 2020 -MCX launches futures trading in natural rubber. -MCX launches futures trading on MCX METLDEX, India's first real-time Base Metal Index. -MCX BULLDEX futures clocks record monthly turnover of Rs. 6140 crore. 2021 -SEBI, MCX launch World Investor Week 2021. -MCX launches futures trading on MCX ENRGDEX, India's first real-time Energy Index. -MCX signs MOU with European Energy Exchange for Electricity Derivatives. -MCX to Conduct Workshop Series on Commodity Price Risk Management for Corporates. -MCX empanels 2 Indian Refiners for good delivery of Gold.2022-MCX - Collaboration With Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), Bangladesh. 2023-Migrated to new Commodity derivatives platform on October 16, 2023-Launched an Online Web based Platform for Arbitration and Appellate Arbitration on January 10, 20232024-Inked an MoU for knowledge sharing and regional development with Jakarta Futures Exchange (JFX) on February 26, 2024-Launched Steel Rebar Futures Contracts on January 15, 20242025-Launched Options on MCX BULLDEX on October 27-Nickel Futures Contract launched on August 18, with differential trading and delivery units-Launched India's first Electricity Futures Contract on July 10-Launched Cardamom, Gold (10grams) Futures Contracts-Introduced monthly Gold and Silver options on bimonthly underlying futures2026-The Company has splits its face value from Rs. 10/- to Rs. 2/-.