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Investors relations
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Financial disclosures
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Annual
June 30th Public meeting / Press release
shareholders’ meeting
! CFO and IRO analyse the results ! CEO, CFO and IRO will then disclose the
and define the “official” message information
! Their aim is to identify and address every potential risks on the quality of
\ Risk of fraud
their internal control
\ Risks of uncontrolled cash & payment policy
\ Industrial risks, people protection, environmental respect procedures
\ Risk concerning credibility and corporate image
\ Financial risks: credit, exchange rate, cash…
! Auditors certify that financial statements are true and fair, based on:
\ Random controls of the different accounting processes for the company and its subsidiaries
\ Meetings with the accounting teams and company management, on any technical or
strategical aspect
\ And they engage their responsibility
! The Board bears the ultimate responsibility for approving financial statements
\ It is the legal institution liable toward shareholders
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Common organisation of an IR Team
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CFO
Head of IR
! Financial Communication
\ Designing and editing financial documents : press release, annual report, financial web site
\ Managing the dissemination of the financial communication
! Investor Relations
\ Main contact for Investors and analysts
\ Organisation and attendance to analysts meeting, road-show, conference
\ Individuals shareholders : letters, meetings, club …
\ Organisation of the AGM
! Others
\ Preparation of Board Meeting
\ Communication on Sustainable Investment issues
\ ...
! Integrity ! Equality
\ Honest and ethical conduct, including \ Equal access to information for all
the ethical handling of actual or categories of audience
apparent conflicts of interest between \ Simultaneous disclosure of any
personal and professional relationships; information that may impact the
\ Full, Fair, Accurate, Timely and valuation
Understandable Disclosures
\ Consistency and comparability of the ! Responsibility
released information \ Compliance with Laws and Regulations
\ Accurate risk management and
procedures of control
! AT&T (telecoms)
http://www.att.com/gen/investor-relations?pid=5595
! CBS (media)
http://investors.cbscorporation.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=99462&p=irol-
govConduct
! Conflict of interest
! Insider information
! Price manipulation