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The Board also engages with stakeholders through news
releases and stock exchange announcements on a wide
range of matters, including regular trading updates,
half-year and full-year results reports and accompanying
presentations, changes to the Board, key leadership
appointments, material shareholdings, re昀椀nancing and
corporate transactions, acquisitions, contract awards and
losses, and operational updates from across the Group.
These news releases and stock exchange announcements
drive ad hoc engagement with stakeholders and are
available on the Company’s website.
Details of the Group’s key stakeholders, their key
concerns, and how the Board engages with them are as
follows.
OUR SHAREHOLDERS
Engagement with and receiving the support of our
shareholders is a key factor in achieving our ambitions.
We seek long-term relationships based on transparency,
honesty and clarity – all of which are critical for building
trust.
Our shareholders are concerned with a broad range of
issues, including how the Company has responded to and
is a昀昀ected by:
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Con昀氀icts and geopolitical events
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Sustainability of our business
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Capital return through share price appreciation and
distributions
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Evidence of good governance, positive contribution to
society and protection of the environment
Impact of economy-wide forces such as price in昀氀ation
Other operational and 昀椀nancial performance issues
Developments in our markets
Regulatory developments and the execution and
delivery of our strategy
Shareholders receive regular updates in addition to the
half-year and full-year results reports and accompanying
presentations. The Chief Executive O昀케cer and Chief
Financial O昀케cer meet with shareholders to discuss
relevant developments in the business at our post-results
roadshows, via attendance at investor conferences, and
on an ad hoc basis. We also consult with investors and
fund managers to seek their views and actively engage
with proxy advisors and ESG analysts to provide feedback
on speci昀椀c topics.
In October 2023, we held an Arti昀椀cial Intelligence (AI) and
technology-focused teach in event for shareholders and
analysts. It was attended by the Chief Executive O昀케cer,
the Chief Financial O昀케cer, and other members of the
Executive Team. This included a series of presentations
and Q&A sessions to demonstrate how the Group has
been pursuing the strategy set out at its Capital Markets
Day in 2022, with a speci昀椀c focus on opportunities to drive
both growth and e昀케ciency through its unique range of AI
and technology products, its AI-oriented services and its
operating platform, as well as live demonstrations of the
Group's Language Weaver, Trados, Tridion and TrainAI®
o昀昀erings.
The AGM provides a valuable opportunity each year for
private shareholders to hear from the Board, and for
the Board to hear from our private shareholders. The
feedback received from the meetings with shareholders
is provided to the Board as part of the rolling agenda of
matters to be considered by the Board and Committees
throughout the year. This year’s AGM will be held on
22 February 2024, at the o昀케ces of Slaughter and May,
One Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8YY.
Impact RWS has on the communities we serve and the
environment in which we operate
SUSTAINABILITY
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