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PERENNIAL REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LIMITED
Annual Report 2015
INVESTOR AND MEDIA RELATIONS
Perennial Real Estate Holdings Limited (“
Perennial
”) is
committed to regular, effective, fair, timely and transparent
communication with its shareholders (“
Shareholders
”),
as well as analysts, fund managers, the media and various
stakeholders (together, the “
Investment Community
”).
To uphold these commitments, Perennial has a dedicated
investor relations and corporate communication (“
IRCC
”)
team that reports to the Chief Executive Officer (“
CEO
”)
to effectively execute Perennial’s IRCC Policy, a copy
of which is made available on Perennial’s website
(
).
The IRCC team proactively communicates with
Shareholders and the Investment Community to keep
them abreast of Perennial’s strategic plans, financial and
operating performance, and key developments. This will
enhance Shareholders' understanding of Perennial and
help investors to make informed investment decisions.
It also allows management to better understand
stakeholders’ perception of Perennial.
All material and price sensitive information about Perennial
is made publicly available via announcements, press
releases and presentations issued through the SGXNET
and also made available on Perennial’s website. With the
proliferation of mobile devices, Perennial’s website was
upgraded with mobile responsive capability so as to
enhance the Shareholders’ and Investment Community’s
ease of access to online information on Perennial.
Shareholders and the Investment Community can also
subscribe to email alerts via the website to be updated
on the latest announcements and events.
As part of Perennial’s structured IRCC programme,
the IRCC team engages regularly with Shareholders
and the Investment Community via various platforms
and channels. These include emails, conference calls,
one-on-one meetings, group meetings, luncheons and
conferences. Perennial is also a participating company
in the Securities Investors Association (Singapore)
Shareholder Communication Services Programme to
further augment its outreach to existing and potential
retail Shareholders. Site visits are also conducted for
Shareholders and the Investment Community to gain
insights into the operations and development progress of
Perennial’s Singapore and China assets.
In 2015, Perennial privatised Perennial China Retail Trust
via a Voluntary Offer (“
VO
”) exercise. During the VO period,
Perennial’s management and the IRCC team conducted
a series of one-on-one and group meetings to explain the
transaction rationale and address unitholders’ feedback.
The IRCC team also promptly addressed any queries
raised by unitholders’ through email and telephone.
At statutory meetings with Shareholders, such as
Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary General
Meeting (“
EGM
”), the full Board of Directors, CEO
and key management team have been present
to engage with Shareholders and attend to their
queries. In addition to financial results briefings,
Perennial also conducts ad-hoc briefings to update
the analysts and the media on major corporate
announcements. On 3 July 2015, following Perennial’s
announcement that it was expanding its business into the
EGM at Capitol Theatre
Mr. Pua engaging with Shareholders
