formerly Shareholder Notice & Access Symposium

Reducing Financial and Environmental Costs While Improving the Shareholder Experience

October 6-7, 2009 • Hyatt Regency O'Hare • Chicago, IL

Public companies today have both compelling reasons and tremendous opportunities to reduce the costs of their shareholder communications while simultaneously delivering more value to their shareholders.

The Shareholder Communication Symposium (SCS) is an exclusive forum dedicated to helping investor relations and shareholder communications professionals achieve these twin goals, equipping them to balance cost and service, and gain additional benefits in the form of environmental stewardship and improved brand equity.

SCS is the gathering place for shareholder services professionals across corporate governance, investor relations, proxy solicitation, and corporate communications.

Encompassing both a live event and a year-round business networking community, SCS allows smart executives to continually meet, engage with, and learn from scores of their corporate peers and dozens of recognized experts in shareholder communications and sustainability.

They know they must find ways to save money and improve the shareholder experience both at the same time, and that any advantages they secure now will pay huge competitive dividends going forward. Consequently, they consider SCS to be one of their most strategic assets.

Come gain access to the latest thinking about summary prospectus, e-proxy, virtual shareholder meetings, XBRL, CD&A, and other issues related to effective, efficient, and environmentally-friendly communications!

Core Coverage

SCS participants will gain proven methods for determining whether, when, and how to reduce printing, and how to dramatically reduce the environmental impact of the remaining mailings. To foster meaningful discussion and to facilitate deep-dives into specific issues, coverage will be focused on three core concerns as follows:

• Reducing Costs: Best-practices in summary prospectus design. Eliminating paper through on-line consent management. Leading techniques for proxy distribution and voting tabulation. The ability of plain language to mitigate costs and reduce risk.
• Understanding Regulations: Understanding Summary Prospectus, changes to Rule 452, the SEC’s “Notice Equals Access” Rules and state and international equivalents. Anticipated timetable for voluntary reporting programs to become mandatory. Recommendations for achieving readiness.
• Achieving Sustainability: Key choices that impact your firm’s carbon footprint. Effective measurement strategies and techniques. Linking sustainability policy and brand value. Deciding when to print and when not to. The “greenest” printing technologies. Impact of the virtual boardroom.

Come Join Us!

Whether you are focused on process, procurement, policy or sustainability, the Shareholder Communication Symposium has value for you! Have a look at the program agenda and our previous event – then register online or call or email us (800-886-2196 / infoinsightforums.com) to secure your registration. (Ask about our low group rates!) Thank you!

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