A strategic, best practice approach to all aspects of corporate reporting, through multi-media solutions tailored to the needs of the company stakeholder base. The result: turning investors into shareholders and building successful and effective relationships with stakeholders. KBU Website statement: One of the major challenges for every public company today is ensuring the financial and investment market is assessing their business performance accurately. Many companies are often frustrated because the financial and investment community makes the wrong assessments due to a lack of understanding of the company’s business plans, strategies and results. Companies don’t receive the depth or frequency of analysis they deserve and are therefore undervalued, underreported and even ignored. Designate works with clients to influence the market’s decisions by taking a strategic approach to reporting communications through a multi-channel reporting process moving from a simple product - a single, static, supply-driven, printed report - to a flexible, demand-driven, continuous reporting process utilising the communications opportunities of the internet and print. We call this approach “Total Reporting Solutions.” Solutions Total Reporting Solutions Analysis As per current Annual Half Yearly & Quarterly Reports Designate understands an Annual Report is about much more than just design. It’s about effective communication, a smooth and efficient process, an experienced team bringing their expertise to the project and delivering a final product of the highest quality. It’s about delivering Annual Reports that will comprehensively satisfy your needs. Designate Reports will articulate your company’s vision, highlight your goals, explain your performance and outline your future plans. Designate Reports clearly communicate your legal reporting requirements, your company governance and the increasingly extensive and often complex financial information of your business. Designate Reports communicate to all your stakeholders, supporting your brand and image and assisting your business success. Online Reports Online reporting is the most significant business communications opportunity for companies today. Designate are leaders in Online Reporting, having developed and implemented an innovative range of online report solutions, planned and designed by Designate Reporting and implemented through Designate IT Systems. The advantages include information being relevant, immediately available, accessible, flexible, economical and environmentally sustainable. A professionally designed and produced online report enables companies to reach their entire stakeholder base quickly and effectively. Shareholder & Annual Reviews With the traditional printed full Annual Report no longer legally required, many shareholders are choosing not to receive the weighty document. For companies wanting to communicate their messages directly to their stakeholders, rather than relying on the media or even competitors, this is a challenge. But it is also an opportunity: an opportunity to provide an Annual Review - a far more innovative, effective and easy-to-read business report that enables your company to communicate your message and corporate performance in a compelling and persuasive way. Investor Updates & Communications Investor communications is a specialised and highly regulated field. Designate believes that investor communications should encourage continued dialogue and information exchange between your company and your investors to secure their brand advocacy. Designate combines our corporate reporting experience and our customer marketing knowledge to develop powerful, integrated contact strategies to deliver the right messages to each of your shareholder communities. Designate also integrates all media channels according to investor needs, including roadshows, email and newsletters, print and online. Sustainability Reports Today OH&S, environmental management and social responsibility are becoming almost as important as exemplary corporate governance, financial management and technical development. With sustainable principles in all aspects of operations collectively contributing to the ongoing viability of the company, performance reporting on sustainability is essential for any business that values its stakeholders - shareholders, employees, the communities in which they work, customers and not least future generations. Whether it’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports, sustainable development reports, health, safety, environment and community reports, or triple bottom line reports, Designate has the expertise and experience to create, design, produce and deliver, online or in print. Best Practice Guidance Designate has developed a professional reporting standards review, Benchmark, to provide a comprehensive analysis and review of your Annual Report against international and Australian reporting standards. In the review special attention is given to current topics and new reporting criteria. Benchmark is designed to significantly improve your company’s Annual Report. “The Professional Reporting Standards Review provides Australian companies with the analysis they need to produce World Class Annual Reports.” - Arthur Delbridge, Deputy Chairman, Australasian Reporting Awards Inc., Chair Awards Committee Corporate & IR Websites As the investor community becomes increasingly dependent on the web for immediate access to market information, it is vital for every company to have a site that provides easy to access current information for investors and all other stakeholders. Designate develops, designs and builds specialised IR websites to meet the communication needs of stakeholders. Whether designing a site that will be within or separate from a corporate website, our philosophy is to ensure it builds a stronger relationship between your brand and its audience, and delivers clear, concise, timely and relevant information according to the visitors' needs. Performance Measurement An Annual Report is a central component of your overall corporate communications mix, and, just as with any other communication, its effect should be measured. ShareInfo, Designate’s online report statistical analysis, is a unique report provided to clients which allows visibility and analysis of online user behaviour through the measurement of visitor statistics provided by a selected online site during a defined time period, building a comprehensive user analysis. AGM Packs & Presentations It is critical that all aspects of stakeholder communications are consistent and powerful. Designate understands that the Annual Report only forms part of the overall contact, and so we provide AGM presentation services as well as the design and project management of the suite of material for the AGM Pack, including Notice of Meeting and Proxy Forms all in line with the message of your Annual Report.