New York, N.Y.
and Maynard, MA
— The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ®”; OTCBB: NDAQ) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Shareholder.com to provide NASDAQ listed companies with access to Shareholder.com's suite of shareholder communications services through the NASDAQ Corporate Services NetworkSM.
“NASDAQ-listed companies will be able to use Shareholder.com services to voluntarily create and execute progressive shareholder communications strategies,” said Marcia Barris, vice president, The NASDAQ Stock Market.
“In today's globally competitive capital markets, the stock markets and companies that earn the greatest investor confidence will enjoy the lowest cost of capital,” said Ronald Gruner, president of Shareholder.com. “NASDAQ has a long and solid history of encouraging shareholder communications, and as a result has created one of the world's most trusted and successful stock markets.”
NASDAQ's agreement with Shareholder.com gives its issuers access to simple, turnkey shareholder communications solutions to help them comply with today's regulatory disclosure requirements. Shareholder.com's services include IR Web site development and hosting; webcasting of earnings conference calls, shareholder meetings, analyst presentations and pre-IPO roadshows; corporate governance; investor intelligence and institutional targeting; transcripts, online annual report conversion; and Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower hotlines. These services will be accessible to NASDAQ issuers via the NASDAQ Corporate Services Network website www.NASDAQ.net.
About NASDAQ: NASDAQ is the largest U.S. electronic stock market. With approximately 3,300 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market. It is home to companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology. NASDAQ is the primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks. For more information about NASDAQ, visit the NASDAQ Web site at http://www.nasdaq.com or the NASDAQ Newsroom at http://www.nasdaq.com/newsroom.
About Shareholder.com: Since 1992, Shareholder.com has facilitated communications between listed companies, their shareholders and the investment community. Shareholder.com provides a comprehensive suite of investor relations services, including creating and managing customized investor relations websites, audio/video webcasts, conference call services, institutional targeting tools, annual report conversion, synchronous news dissemination, global fulfillment services, and Sarbanes-Oxley Whistle blower hotlines. Over 1,000 companies around the world have relied on Shareholder.com for vital communications with investors and analysts. The privately held company, based in Maynard, Mass., has offices in Amsterdam, London and San Francisco, and has been profitable since 1994. For more information, please visit http://www.shareholder.com .
Note: All value-added services available to NASDAQ issuers via the NASDAQ Corporate Services Network are provided by third party service providers. NASDAQ makes no representations and disclaims all liability and all warranties with regard to these services. The use of these services does not assure compliance with NASDAQ's listing standards.
