The
past year was another test of IDGC of Centre, with which the Company
coped brilliantly. Keeping the main priority in ensuring high-quality
and reliable power supply, IDGC of Centre continued its policy of
disclosure and continuous interaction with shareholders and
investors.
In 2015 we used every opportunity to maintain a dialogue with our
investors and analysts. The Company continued to search for the
optimal format to communicate with the investment community. In April
2015 IDGC of Centre held a meeting with representatives of the
investment community within the "Analyst’s Day" in its
office, during which the management commented on operational and
financial results of the Company for 2014 and guidelines for 2015.
The company's predicted results in 2015-2016 and the medium term
aroused great interest with analysts. In May 2015 the Company’s
management took part in the first annual investment road-show
AccEssMeeting China-Russia, which was held in Beijing from 28 to 29
May. As part of the road-show there were several meetings held in the
format of direct dialogue with potential Asian partners. The main
result of the participation of the delegation of IDGC of Centre in
the investment road-show was establishment of business contacts with
representatives of the Chinese business, acquaintance with financial
products, forms of cooperation and criteria for selection of
investment projects by private and public investment funds and
financial and banking institutions in China while financing projects
abroad.
In 2015 the work of the IR-Division continued to increase
liquidity of shares of the Company, including with services of a
market-maker. The result of the consistent work is the leading
position of the Company on the share trading turnover among
distribution companies and stable market making for securities of
IDGC of Centre in the highest quotation list of the Moscow Stock
Exchange.
A special place in the activities on interaction with shareholders
was taken by preparation and conduct of the Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders. In 2015 the meeting was held on 25 June 2015 and was
attended by persons owning more than 89% of votes of persons entitled
to participate. Shareholders of IDGC of Centre at the annual meeting
participated in the discussion and voting on sixteen items on the
agenda, among other things, they approved a new Board of Directors
consisting of 11 persons. For the second year in a row Oleg Isaev,
CEO of the Company, was elected to the Board of Directors. For his
nominee shareholders gave the maximum number of votes among all
candidates, indicating high confidence of minority shareholders to
Oleg Isaev and the Company’s management as a whole. Also at the
meeting dividends on the results of 2014 were approved, which
amounted to 831 693 thous. RUB. (0.0197 RUB per placed share), or
25.01% of net profit under RAS.
Throughout 2015 we continued to improve the
specialized site section "Investors and Shareholders",
which serves as the main information resource for the placement of
relevant, reliable and useful information for shareholders, investors
and analysts. The subsection "Performance" was
significantly modified for better reflection of the Company's
progress made in terms of financial and operating results, which is
updated on a quarterly basis. Under the subsection "Dividend
Policy" a special tool for shareholders was introduced -
"Dividend Calculator". With it you can calculate the
approximate value of the dividend payable to a specified shareholder
of the company. The site is an important tool to improve the
information transparency of the Company.
In October the Annual Report of IDGC of Centre for 2014 was
recognized as the winner of the XVIII Annual Contest of Annual
Reports in the main category "Best Annual Report of the company
with a market capitalization of up to 30 billion rubles". The
organizers of the contest were the Moscow Stock Exchange and the
media group RCB. High appreciation of the Annual Report confirms the
effectiveness of approaches used by the Company in cooperation with
the investment community and shareholders.
At the end of 2015 with the efforts of the IR-Division a
perception study was conducted on the results of the Company’s
operations and separately for the Office for Interaction with
Shareholders. In general, respondents appreciated the disclosure
policy of IDGC of Centre in comparison with peers. They also marked
such strengths of IDGC of Centre as the desire of the management to
continue to communicate with the investment community and the overall
operation of the IR-Service. The total aggregate score, the
respondents evaluated the work of the Office for Interaction with
Shareholders of IDGC of Centre - 9.22 out of 10, is higher than the
previous year (9.06 out of 10).
The Company plans in 2016, no matter how difficult it may be, to
continue its consistent efforts to improve the investment
attractiveness and disclosure to meet the highest standards of
corporate governance. An action plan on cooperation with
representatives of the investment community has already been approved
for the next year, which can also be found on our website under the
section «Investor’s
Calendar».
More information about the interaction of IDGC of Centre with
investors and shareholders can be found on the website under the
section «Investors and
Shareholders».
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