14th Mar 2005 09:53
Bodycote International PLC14 March 2005 14 March, 2005 Bodycote International plc Wins PLC Awards 'Best Investor Communications' Category Bodycote International plc is honoured to announce that it won the PLC Awards 'Best Investor Communications' category at the awards ceremony at Le MeridienGrosvenor House Hotel, London. John Hubbard, Chief Executive, Bodycote International plc, said; "We are delighted to have won this prestigious award. Bodycote has devoted agreat deal of time, effort and resource to enhancing our communications andincreasing our transparency with investors, analysts and the business media inrecent years. "This award is recognises all our efforts to communicate our strategy, highlightthe strengths of the business and demonstrate our commitment to deliveringshareholder value." Bodycote was nominated to the 60 member 'long-list' earlier this year, which wasthen reduced to 15 companies. Each submitted a concise supporting statement,which was reviewed by an independent panel of investment experts to produce a 4strong shortlist. The eventual result was determined by online and postalvoting. Bodycote's supporting statement included the following points; • Best practice compliance through regular market updates at keytrading periods - preliminary and interim results and pre-close trading updates • Comprehensive investor roadshows held following results and recentrights issue process - one to ones, group lunches and presentations • Successful rights issue greatly assisted by compelling rationale andclear and visible strategy for future growth in earnings • Analyst visit held in Scotland, December 04, to specificallyhighlight and further explain the group's Materials Testing business and itsfuture prospects. One-to-one site visits in place to accommodate UK and overseasinvestors • Easy and frequent access to board level, divisional and regionalmanagement. • Regular salesforce presentations to enable management to deliverinvestment story direct to brokers' sales team • Frequent monitoring of Multex, First call, JCF, Hemscott etc... toensure accuracy and visibility of third-party consensus forecast data • Website contains information in the local tongue of businesslocations • Well established website with clear links to business units, investorrelations and contact information • Investor relations on web site contains downloadable and HTML annualreports, regulatory news announcements, analyst presentations, share price andcorporate governance information • Devised clear and simple examples of the applications of Bodycote'sprocesses to help make the group's operations more easily understood by Cityaudiences, including journalists. • Financial calendar easily accessible on website giving outlinecalendar for year ahead • Annual report dispatched to shareholder within fortnight ofpreliminary announcement; interim report on day of announcement • Welcome letters to all new private shareholders The Group's website www.bodycote.com also contains a webcast of the recentpreliminary results. For further information, please contact; Jon Simmons / Sally LewisFinancial Dynamics Tel: 020 7831 3113 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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