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Expertise: Investor Relations

Overview
The economic environment, competitive landscape, investors' attitudes and marketplace dynamics have changed dramatically for public companies during the past decade. To succeed in today's environment, companies must differentiate themselves by building investors' confidence in their ability to create measurable value. The foundation to a company's corporate reputation among investors is to clearly define and articulate the business model.

Our approach
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide offers clients a wide range of investor relations capabilities. As a full service agency, Ogilvy PR's approach is comprehensive; we capture insight from important investment decision makers and influencers in order to convey our clients' story and messages. The principal investor relations objective is to develop and implement a financial communication program that effectively communicates a company's long-term strategic vision. It is the business strategy, if properly understood, that creates credibility for the future-value proposition of the corporation. Ogilvy PR helps its clients communicate their economic proposition, while establishing, enhancing and protecting management's credibility. We help our clients shape perceptions so they accurately reflect a company's performance, corporate reputation, goals and strategies.

By taking this approach that effectively combines analysis and research with strong experience providing strategic counsel, Ogilvy PR helps clients achieve measurable results from their financial communications efforts. This approach not only broadens the base of long-term investors, it helps maximize shareholder value and reduce the company's overall cost of capital. Our ultimate goal is to build the company's corporate brand so that it is recognized as the leader in its industry.

Ogilvy PR's financial communications team brings a diversity of experience in investment banking, corporate finance, public policy, government affairs, corporate communications, journalism, academia and law that help clients tackle unique situations. Our group of skilled professionals can help you with all phases of your communications efforts—whether you're speaking to the shareholders, media or employees. Our investor relations team has particular expertise through our work with public companies and some of the world's leading investment management firms and securities research organizations.

Capabilities
•  Investor relations programming and execution
•  Financial and business media
•  Initial public and secondary offerings
•  ADR listings and global programs
•  Corporate governance counseling
•  Crisis communications
•  Employee communications
•  Transaction communications
•  Internal educational seminars
 
Services
•  Research, including perception studies, internal process review and peer analysis
•  Gathering/analyzing market intelligence
•  Strategic counseling
•  Investment positioning and message development
•  Institutional and sell-side targeting
•  Retail and individual investor programs
•  Cross border investor relations
•  Investor/Analyst meetings
•  Financial and business media relations
•  Crafting investor presentations
•  Conducting investor presentation/media training
•  Developing internal communications policies
•  Conducting company-wide disclosure seminars
•  Developing employee communications
•  Designing/enhancing corporate/investor relations Web sites
•  Drafting/editing corporate materials (including annual and quarterly reports, earnings and corporate development releases, fact sheets, conference call scripts, 10Qs, 8Ks etc.)

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