Relations with Shareholders
The Company is committed to maintaining good communications with investors. Each of Derek Mapp as Chairman and Dr Pamela Kirby as Senior Independent Director provides the Board with feedback on any issues raised with them by shareholders.
The Executive Directors have frequent discussions with institutional shareholders on a range of issues, including governance and strategy, affecting the Group’s performance. Meetings are also held with the Group’s largest institutional shareholders on an individual basis following the announcement of the Group’s interim and annual results and on other occasions. In addition, the Group responds to individual ad hoc requests for discussions from institutional shareholders. Following meetings held with shareholders after the interim and annual results announcements, the Board is provided with feedback from the Executive Directors, the Group’s brokers and its public relations advisers on investor perceptions. The Company’s brokers’ reports on the Group are also circulated to all Directors, as are monthly reports of significant changes in the holdings of larger investors.
The AGM, for which at least 20 working days’ notice is given and where shareholders are invited to ask questions during the meeting and are able to meet with the Directors after the meeting, is normally attended by all the Directors. The number of proxy votes for, against or withheld in respect of each resolution is disclosed at the AGM and a separate resolution is proposed for each item.
The Group’s corporate website at www.informa.com provides a wide range of information about the Group which is of interest to both institutional and private investors. This includes all announcements made by the Company to the FSA as well as video recordings of the interim and annual presentations made to analysts, and details of the Group’s business and sectors in which it operates.