- facilitating open and transparent dialogue with our investor audience
- maintaining accurate financial records which transparently and honestly reflect the financial position of our business
- striving to meet the expectations of our shareholders by maximising share holder value and providing competitive returns
- fostering an open, co-operative relationship with our regulators.
Investor relations activity includes regular presentations and meetings with key audiences, including institutional and private shareholders and analysts. These are conducted in a manner that ensures the protection of price-sensitive information which has not already been made available to all shareholders.
Over the past 12 months the Exchange met with over 80 major UK and overseas investors. As well as London-based meetings, investor contact involved visits to various financial centres, including New York, Boston, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Milan, Edinburgh and the Nordic region. The effectiveness of the communication programme is monitored directly through feedback to the company and indirectly through periodic third party perception audits.
Our financial reporting has always sought to comply with each of the requirements we are set. Additionally, transparency in the detail of what we report continues to be an overriding objective.