The Company places a high degree of importance on maintaining good relationships and communications with institutional investors and private investors and ensures that shareholders are kept informed of significant Company developments. The Company achieves this in a number of ways:
- An ongoing programme of dialogue between the executive directors and institutional investors and analysts.
- The announcement of interim management statements, trading updates, half-year and annual results, which provide opportunities for the Company to answer questions from analysts covering a wide range of topics.
- Visits for investors to Experian operations, including in the US and the UK.
- Ongoing release of Company news and regulatory announcements
To assist members of the Board to gain an understanding of the views of institutional shareholders, the Board receives an investor relations and media report at each of its meetings, which covers a wide range of matters including a commentary on the perception of the Company and views expressed by the investment community, media reports, share price performance and analysis. Through this process, the Board is kept appraised of key issues.
The Company Secretary, on behalf of the Board, oversees communication with private shareholders. The Company communicates with its private shareholders at the Annual General Meeting, by issuing (or notifying about the availability of) the Annual Report, by issuing a ‘Shareholder Questions’ card with the Annual General Meeting documentation and by use of this website, which is an important method of communication.