{"id":7621,"date":"2009-04-23T22:35:51","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T21:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/blog\/?p=7621"},"modified":"2009-04-24T10:11:34","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T09:11:34","slug":"setting-the-debate-tone-via-investor-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/setting-the-debate-tone-via-investor-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting The Debate Tone Via Investor Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are varying schools of thought when it comes to dealing with potentially unfavorable information. One school advocates simply ignoring such information, or at best, only reporting or mentioning it when absolutely necessary.\u00a0 Another school holds that sooner or later such information will find its way to the right (wrong?) people and blow up anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the rate at which information moves these days, the idea of simply hoping for the best is becoming ever more quaint.\u00a0 While certain facts may have been known for a long time, there is a difference between \u201cout there\u201d and being widely publicized by important media outlets or public figures.\u00a0 Even worse is the fast word-of-mouth spread of information that may or may not be correct, all with no single person or entity to point to with corrections or defenses.\u00a0 In these instances, often called \u201cviral news\u201d, companies are left with no way to counter either misinformation, or just out of context inferences.<\/p>\n<p>Much like vaccines that only work before one is infected, information to counter the various types of \u201cviral\u201d dissemination can only be effective if it exists before the negative information starts to spread.\u00a0 A contrary opinion, useful fact, or even just an acknowledgment of something as a problem, but not one you are concerned about can be enough to nip such PR blow-ups in the bud.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IR and the Corporate Information Castle Defenses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Consider the recent failure of US investing giant, Lehman Brothers.\u00a0 Subsequent investigations and reporting have shown that the failure of Lehman Brothers was caused by the refusal of lenders to extend their traditional overnight lines of credit to the company as the banks had routinely done prior for Lehman Brothers and other investing companies.\u00a0 The reason for this refusal was the fear that Lehman Brothers was running out of cash.\u00a0 Ironically, from all available evidence, it seems that no such shortage ever existed.\u00a0 Whether bad sources, mistaken calculations, media failures, or poor company response caused the rumor is up for debate.\u00a0 What is not, is that in the days the firestorm grew, nothing Lehman said was worth anything because it was too late to counter the whirlwind.<\/p>\n<p>While Lehman Brothers is an extreme example and no amount of IR information may have made a difference, it is certain that stopping bad information from starting is the best strategy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pqRight\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/consolenergy-280.jpg\" alt=\"Consol Energy\" title=\"Consol Energy\" width=\"280\" height=\"186\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 280\/186;\" \/><\/div>\n<p>CONSOL Energy, a large US energy provider, and mining operation, has conspicuously posted its \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/phx.corporate-ir.net\/phoenix.zhtml?c=66439&amp;p=irol-riskfactors\" target=\"_blank\">Risk Factors<\/a>\u201d in plain view on its website.\u00a0 Each risk, ranging from current economic conditions, to the impact of various government action, is delineated and then given a frank response by the company.<\/p>\n<p>While each of these items is properly titled a \u201cRisk Factor\u201d what they really are, are possible investor concerns, raised either by the investors themselves, or by some outside source.\u00a0 A happy CONSOL Energy investor living in California, for example, may have no idea that the state of Pennsylvania is considering a severance tax on natural gas.\u00a0 But, a single forum post, or investor group comment might cause the investor considerable distress.<\/p>\n<p>However, instead of having to rely on any unverifiable information floating around the Internet, or on whatever info comes out of the brokerage house, the investor could simply scroll through the list of risk factors and determine that while such a tax could impact the company\u2019s operations, the investor might take solace in the information that 12% of production was from Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>While not an insignificant number, it may be much less than any viral report declares the percentage to be.\u00a0 Indeed, if our intrepid investor were to perhaps reply to the same forum post that caused him so much worry, by saying that although such a tax would be a concern, the fact that it affects just 12% of production made him comfortable with keeping his investment.\u00a0 Such information injected at the beginning of any potential blow-up might nip it in the bud as 12% is nowhere near as dramatic as say 33% or even 50%!\u00a0 Thus, IR averts a PR problem without even knowing it existed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IR Best Practices<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While it may be impractical for IR to respond to every possible concern, or even to go to the level that CONSOL Energy has managed to do, it is feasible for companies to address their investor\u2019s biggest concerns and potential concerns in an easily accessible and retrievable format instead of relying on the text buried inside of last year\u2019s annual report to provide solace to the concerned.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, placement on the company website adds an important dimension to the information, linkability.\u00a0 On the Internet, nothing is worth the screen it is displayed on until it is linked.\u00a0 An investor citing the company response in an annual report might be met with an \u201cI\u2019ll believe it when I see it,\u201d attitude from skeptical users, while the same investor who is able to cite a particular web address might be given more benefit of the doubt.<\/p>\n<p>As always, the more public information that Investor Relations can provide, the better.\u00a0 Consider adding a Risks or Concerns section to your IR site.\u00a0 Include a form or link that investors can use to contact you about these concerns or other concerns.\u00a0 If the number of contacts from such a form is significant, you\u2019ll know that you\u2019ve hit the nail on the head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are varying schools of thought when it comes to dealing with potentially unfavorable information. 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