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1899 |
State of Delaware adopts
the Delaware General Corporation Law - landmark legislation that
simplified the legal process of incorporation and granted certain
tax advantages to corporations.
Otho Nowland, President of Equitable Guarantee & Trust Company,
shares an idea with Christopher Ward, a young Wilmington lawyer.
Nowland proposes that Ward establish an agency to assist with outside
counsel in organizing corporations and acting as their local registered
agent. Ward agrees and, with an initial investment of $1,500, he
launches the Delaware Incorporators' Trust Company.
Josiah Marvel, a well-respected attorney and leader of the American
Bar Association, Delaware Bar Association, and Delaware State Chamber
of Commerce, pioneers a similar idea. |
1920 |
Ward and Marvel, both visionaries in
their efforts to shape Delaware's future as America's corporate
capital, combine their two companies under the name Corporation
Service Company®. |
1920s - 1970s |
CSC continues to serve only Delaware
corporations. Business grows mainly from word-of-mouth referrals.
CSC prospers and so does Delaware's reputation as "The Corporate
State." |
1975 |
Daniel R. Butler joins CSC as part-time
president, when CSC has only a dozen employees. |
1976 - 1979 |
Under the direction of its new president,
CSC embarks on a period of accelerated growth, devoting more time
and money to advertising, marketing, and increasing the size of
its sales force.
CSC grows from a small, regional service provider to one of the
industry's leading privately held companies while achieving record
annual sales increases. |
1980 - 1985 |
CSC's growth continues and is refueled
by the sale of its successful subsidiary, Delaware Charter Guarantee & Trust
Company. |
1990 |
CSC acquires Florida-based Corporate
Information Services (CIS). This acquisition marks the first in
a series of regionally based acquisitions designed to broaden CSC's
marketplace beyond the state of Delaware. |
1990 - 1998 |
CSC continues to prosper, acquiring
nine respected service providers including the most notable - Prentice
Hall Legal & Financial Services - in 1995 and Entity Service Group,
LLC in 1998.
CSC now has numerous offices, including CSC service centers, in
key locations throughout the United States. |
2000 |
CSC launches two new Internet companies
- AccountStreet.com and ComplianceWatch.com - while expanding its
opportunities to provide incorporation and registered agent services
to targeted small business sectors.
A new trust company is created - The Capital Trust Company of Delaware
- providing corporate trustee services for both personal and Delaware
business trusts. |
2002 |
CSC acquires Powerbrief®'s
litigation management application, providing lawyers and their
clients with affordable litigation and matter management services.
Corporate Domains, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of CSC becomes
an ICANN accredited registrar managing domain names for many Fortune
500® Companies.
CSC launches RecordsCenterSM,
a comprehensive, online suite of integrated Compliance, Governance
and Intellectual Property services. |
2003 |
CSC completes another major acquisition
by purchasing LexisNexisTM Document
Solutions, resulting in even more depth to lead the industry in
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), secured lending, and motor vehicle
services. |
2004 |
CSC becomes the market leader in assisting
new company formations in Delaware.
Two of CSC's services achieve significant milestones: RecordsCenterSM becomes
the most frequently installed entity management system and PowerBrief® reaches
over 5,000 legal professional active users, over 200 legal departments
and more than 5 million case files. |
2005 |
CSC continues to strengthen product
offerings through several key acquisitions. The purchase of both
Diligenz, Inc. and US Corporate Services enhances and expands CSC's
UCC services. Acquiring eBrandSecure expands CSC's global name
management services.
CSC, already a majority owner, completes the full acquisition of
Entity Services, the largest and most respected non-bank, full
service Passive Investment Companies (PIC) service provider.
CSC introduces CSC SameDay SOPSM,
the revolutionary new service for receiving, processing, and distributing
Service of Process (SOP), enabling the same day electronic delivery
of SOP to our registered agent clients. |
2006 |
CSC acquires Register.com’s Corporate
Services Division and clearly positions CSC as the world’s
leading provider of corporate domain name management and brand
protection services. |
2007 |
CSC acquires NameProtect, expanding
CSC’s IP expertise even further to become the leading provider
of trademark, domain and Internet solutions. |
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