MAYNARD, Mass. -- Newest Generation IR Website Delivers Corporate Transparency and Personalization to Engage Investors; Exceed Sarbanes-Oxley Disclosure Mandates
Shareholder.com, a leading provider of shareholder communications and intelligence services for publicly traded companies,
"Sarbanes-Oxley has firmly entrenched transparency within the corporate vocabulary and repositioned the Investor Relations Department as its biggest champion," said Doug Ventola, president of Shareholder.com. "The innovations we built into the WebCenter/360 platform allow issuers to clearly illustrate their commitment to openness, creating a very engaging and convenient online experience for their shareholders."
Transparency tools for shareholders include:
--Quarterly results section automatically aggregates all earnings related information - earnings announcement, press release, webcast, financial tables - into one area
--Advanced usability and navigation allow shareholders to quickly drill-down to the specific level of detail that they need for their research
--Event-centric stock chart displays and links news, earnings announcements and other key events in the context of share movement
--"Spam-conscious" email alerting let shareholders define personalized parameters that match their specific research criteria, eliminating unnecessary email
--Interactive charting of financial data allow shareholders to select and display side-by-side comparisons of annual and quarterly data
--Comprehensive keyword and phrase search of entire IR website and all financial documents
New tools for Investor Relations Departments:
In addition to delivering online tools to investors, WebCenter/360 simplifies many of the tactical tasks of shareholder communications, allowing issuers to concentrate on uncovering strategic opportunities.
"Webcenter/360 provides the necessary tools for customizing and maintaining our IR site on demand, stated Suzanne Checketts, Web-Content Coordinator Questar Corp. "In conjunction with Shareholder.com's outstanding customer service, managing content has never been easier."
Additionally, WebCenter/360 allows shareholders and analysts to opt-in and personalize their online experience as well to allow IR to synchronize this customization and unique website activity with other key market information available from Shareholder.com. This creates a full, real-time picture of each identified shareholder and analyst to help IR departments greater understanding of their shareholders needs and qualify the new opportunities to advance the company's valuation.
WebCenter/360 and its synchronization with Shareholder.com's contact management and targeting solution, Pinpoint Intelligence, are available now.
About Shareholder.com
Since 1992, Shareholder.com has facilitated communications between listed companies, their shareholders and the investment community. Shareholder.com provides a comprehensive suite of investor relations services, including creating and managing customized investor relations websites, audio/video webcasts, conference call services, institutional targeting tools, annual report conversion, synchronous news dissemination, global fulfillment services, and Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower hotlines.
Over 1,000 companies around the world including Adaptec, ABN Amro, FedEx, Johnson and Johnson, Kellogg's, Legal and General, Microsoft, Netflix, The Royal bank of Scotland, and Yahoo! have relied on Shareholder.com for vital communications with shareholders and analysts. Headquartered in Maynard, Mass., the company has sales and service offices in Amsterdam, Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Richmond VA, Toronto, San Francisco and West Palm Beach FL. Shareholder.com is a wholly own subsidiary of The Nasdaq Stock Exchange.
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