IR training: Understanding and shaping your share register

Looking to learn more about your shareholder base? Want to know what an ‘ideal’ share register looks like or how to best communicate with potential new buyers?

These questions and more will be answered in the first in a new series of ‘Get IR fit’ training days from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in association with IR Magazine. Click here for more information or to book your place at the ‘Understanding and shaping your share register workshop’ at the LSE in London on November 23.

Agenda

8.45 am
Coffee and registration

9.00 am 
Welcome and introduction to course objectives

9.10 am 
An introduction to share registers

What is the link between share trading and your share register?
What does your share register tell you?

9.30 am 
Understanding your shareholders

How do you identify your shareholders?
What information do you really need to know?
What is a shareholder? Why are they important?
What are the major types of shareholders?
What are the legal requirements regarding communicating with your shareholders?

10.15 am 
Coffee

10.30 am 
The ideal share register 

What does an ‘ideal register’ look like?
How do you identify risks and opportunities within your existing share register?
Can you influence the shape of your register?

11.30 am 
Identifying potential investors

How do you identify and communicate with potential investors?

12.00 midday 
Integration with your IR plan

How do these activities fit within your IR calendar?

12.30 pm 
Course ends

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