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44COMMUNICATION WITHSHAREHOLDERS(Principles 14 and 15)The Company believes in regularand timely communication withshareholders as part of the Group’seffort to help shareholders betterunderstand its businesses.The Group has a comprehensiveinvestor relations programme aimedat providing existing and potentialinvestors with comprehensive andprompt information, to enable themto have a better understanding ofthe Group’s businesses, directionand performance. ST Engineeringmaintains a regularly updated websitewhich provides a chronology of thelatest press releases and highlights ofcorporate events of each sector andits capabilities.In 2007, ST Engineering’s investorrelations team held over 350 investormeetings in over 25 major cities,participating in 13 investor roadshowsand conferences in Australia, Canada,Europe, Hong Kong, Japan and the US.ST Engineering is committed to timelydisclosures to ensure that the investingcommunity receives a balancedand updated view of the Group’sperformance and businesses.Board members attended the AGMand EGM in 2007 where shareholderspresent were given an opportunityto seek clarification or question theBoard on issues pertaining to theresolutions proposed before theywere voted on. The external auditorswere also present at the AGM toassist the directors in answeringquestions on audit related matters fromshareholders. The Group fully supportsthe Code’s principle to encourageactive shareholder participation. Moreon Investor Relations can be found onpages 50 to 51.Financial and other information aremade available on the Company’swebsite at http://www.stengg.comand these are regularly updated.