Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Computershare takes markets registry into electronic age

Having won the CAL Bank Limited registry business in December 2010, Computershare is now offering CAL and its shareholders value-added web-based solutions in the form of self-service registry applications that are accessible at any time of day or night from anywhere in the world.

With Computershare as its new registrar, CAL Bank and its shareholders have access to all the registry information that concerns them at their fingertips immediately they want it! Gone are the days of having to call or visit the registrar for registry information and then having to wait for a response.

With speed of responsiveness being critical in today’s capital markets, CAL’s investor relations function will find Issuer Online a tremendous aid as it will give CAL the ability to respond to investor and analyst queries immediately. Such responsiveness ultimately reflects in the attractiveness of listed companies to investors.

Investor Centre has been built to ensure that Computershare maintains accurate shareholder registers and satisfied shareholders for its issuer clients. The reason being shareholders who access this secure application will be able to check a host of personal details and inform Computershare when there are updates to be effected.

A version that can actually be edited to a controlled to some extent by the shareholders themselves, with changes immediately reflecting in the register will be introduced in Ghana.

Beyond these two solutions, Computershare now also has available to listed companies in Ghana a web-based application for the electronic submission of forms of proxy and electronic voting technology during shareholder meetings. Both take corporate governance to a higher level.

Kojo Adomakoh, Country Director of Computershare Pan Africa Ghana Limited, states that: “It has always been Computershare’s objective to support the attractiveness and competitiveness of Ghana’s capital markets, and we certainly believe that as we unpack appropriate solutions into Ghana, this will enhance the investor relations efforts of companies listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange and lend confidence to local and foreign investors as the years progress.”

Frank Adu, Managing Director of CAL Bank Limited, states: “We were delighted to sign on a full service share registry company that provides the requisite tools which include a myriad of online solutions (Investor Centre being one) that are accessible to all our shareholders worldwide and to the issuer itself (through Issuer Online). We look forward to very fruitful engagements with our shareholders through our registrar.”

Computershare (ASX:CPU) is a global leader in share registration, employee equity plans, proxy solicitation and other specialised financial, governance and communication services.

Many of the world’s largest companies employ our innovative solutions to maximise the value of their relationships with investors, employees, customers and members.

Computershare has over 11,000 employees across the world, and serves 17,000 corporations and 100 million shareholder and employee accounts in 17 countries across five continents.

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