The Company seeks to maintain and enhance good relations with its shareholders and analysts. The Group’s Interim and Annual Reports are supplemented by regular webinars and published presentation and RNS/RNS Reach updates to investors on commercial progress. All investors have access to up-to-date information on the Group via its website, www.angleplc.com, which has an investor relations section providing contact details for investor relations queries, details on the Company’s share price, share price graphs and share trading activity. The Company also distributes Group announcements electronically. Shareholders and other interested parties wishing to receive announcements via email are invited to sign up to the “Email Alert” facility in the Investor Relations, Regulatory News section on the Company’s website.
The Directors seek to build on a mutual understanding of objectives between the Company and its shareholders, especially considering the specialist and medium-term nature of the business. Institutional shareholders, private client brokers and analysts are in contact with the Directors through a regular programme of briefing presentations and meetings to discuss issues and give feedback, primarily following the announcement of the preliminary and interim results, but also throughout the year as required. The Board also uses and receives formal feedback through the Company’s stockbroker, financial public relations advisor and other advisors. Investor forums, presentation seminars and shows provide other channels of communication to shareholders, analysts and potential investors. Individual shareholders are welcome to and regularly make contact with the Company via email or telephone. The Company held a number of non-deal roadshows in the UK and US and also presented at a number of face-to-face and virtual investor events, both for institutional and retail investors.
All shareholders are encouraged to make use of the Company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) to vote on resolutions (see Principle 10) and to raise any questions regarding the strategy, management, operations and corporate governance of the Group. The Chairs of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees are available to answer any questions from shareholders at the AGM.
Berenberg acts as broker and NOMAD to the Company, to further improve the quality and quantity of investor relations activities.
The ongoing development of a Corporate Responsibility Report on pages 34 to 41 of the Group’s Annual Report and Financial Statements 2023 is in response to shareholder requests to better understand how the Group deals with sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters.
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