Annual report 20108.31 MB - Boskalis

Boskalis at a glanceShareholder informationWe are committed to open and transparent dialog with our financial stakeholders. We ensure that they areprovided with accurate and timely information, to enable them to assess our performance in relation todevelopments and prospects in our markets.Reclamation of land by mega trailing suction hopper dredger the Queen of the Netherlands on Velidhoo island in the Maldives.Open dialogWe provide clear and accessible communicationsto our financial stakeholders, including existingand potential shareholders, institutional investors,financial analysts and the media. The Boskalisshare is covered by all the major Dutch as well as anumber of global brokers and their analysts. Theyplay a key role in providing investors with informationabout our company and developments inthe maritime markets which are relevant to us. Wetherefore make every effort to punctually provideour stakeholders with complete information aboutour corporate strategy and policy, and the resultingfinancial performance. Questions from stakeholdersare answered candidly and wherever possible wetake the initiative when it comes to raising importantissues. We maintain regular contact with majorinvestors and analysts, partly by organizing annualvisits to project sites. Meetings with investors andanalysts are held using publicly available presentations(www.boskalis.com) and price-sensitiveinformation is only discussed if publicly available.WebsiteThe Boskalis corporate website provides aconstantly updated source of information about ourcore activities and ongoing projects. The websiteunderwent a complete overhaul at the start of 2011.Annual reports, starting with this Annual Report, willbe made available as interactive HTML reports fromnow on to increase their accessibility.The Investor Relations section offers informationabout our share and other information relevant toshareholders, as well as the latest and archivedpress releases and analyst and companypresentations.22 Annual Report 2010