36 <strong>Hamon</strong> Annual Report 2012 36 000 warrants were also proposed in 2008, as part of the stock option plan. Of this amount, 22 550 stock options were subscribed by managers. Fortis Investment Management is an institutional investor which has purchased shares in <strong>Hamon</strong> for its investment funds. Financial calendar The statutory date of the Annual General shareholders Meeting was changed at the Extraordinary General Meeting of 27 May 2008; from this date on, it will take place on the fourth Tuesday of April. Annual General shareholders Meeting of 2013 23.04.2013 Publication of the quarterly Trading Update Q1 2013 23.04.2013 Publication of the results of the 1st half year 2013 30.08.2013 Annual General shareholders Meeting of 2014 22.04.2014 Investor relations and financial information Bernard Van Diest, Group Financial Director Telephone : +32 10 39.04.22 Fax : +32 10 39.04.16 Email : bernard.vandiest@hamon.com All financial information, including annual reports and press releases, are also available on our website: www.hamon.com 2. Relations with our other stakeholders Our development depends on our customers. We want them to be fully satisfied, as per our Corporate Governance Charter (see sections Vision, Mission and Values in the Group Profile section). We are always interested in hearing from them, be it via our sales people, our project managers, those working on-site, or day-to-day, via our participation in industry meetings, our website or our other means of communication. We pay particular attention to their pre-selection criteria in order to meet their demands as preferred suppliers: criteria relating to finance, quality, certification, health & safety and the environment. We must be attentive to our customers in order to promote best practices across the whole value chain of our products and services, and by passing them on to our suppliers. Our employees are the heart of our business. They represent our most valuable resource. It is thanks to their commitment, their know-how, their experience, and their professional and human values that <strong>Hamon</strong> derives added value. The section “Social Responsibilities” in this report details our commitments in this area. Our suppliers enhance our added value chain. Over time, we are building preferred relationships with some of these suppliers. We want to ensure a global sourcing for the whole Group. This strategy enables us to develop stable relationships with our suppliers around the world, by providing guaranteed quality at a competitive price. On an annual basis, we audit several suppliers. As well as an audit in the strictest sense of the word, it is the opportunity to exchange points of view and to have in-depth and constructive dialogues with these suppliers. Lastly, the financial community helps us to achieve our development: ■ Banks for our financial needs (bank loans and guarantees, and other commercial banking tools). ■ Financial analysts who measure our performance. Several times per year, we organize analyst meetings to give them an overview of the Group’s evolution and to enable them to interact with us directly. <strong>Hamon</strong> is aware that the contribution of each stakeholder adds to its success and performance. Establishing a permanent dialog in order to improve our understanding of their expectations is the first step towards corporate social responsibility. For this reason, we welcome comments, aspirations and other views from all our stakeholders. ■ Our staff can raise their comments with the personnel department, with the enterprise committees (for the largest subsidiaries), with senior managers or with the Compliance Officer. ■ Other stakeholders can offer their comments via their contacts at <strong>Hamon</strong>, via our website www.hamon.com or via the contacts mentioned in the General Information section at the end of this report. We would like to thank all our stakeholders for their active contribution to <strong>Hamon</strong>’s success in 2012.
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