INVESTOR RELATIONS & CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH SHAREHOLDERS ESR believes in cultivating strong and sustainable relationships with its stakeholders. ESR’s senior management, Group Investor Relations (IR) and Group Corporate Communications teams place great importance on developing good relations with our shareholders, investors, analysts, fund managers, the media and members of the public through providing regular and relevant information on its corporate and business developments. During the year, ESR’s senior management and IR team actively engaged with shareholders and the investment community throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and United States. During the year, ESR’s management and IR team have participated in 15 virtual conferences and connected with over 650 investors through conferences, non-deal roadshows and one-on-one investor updates. ESR’s annual general meeting (“AGM”) was held virtually and limited to a smaller capacity in its physical meeting in Hong Kong in June 2021. Attended by all the ESR’s Board of Directors and senior management, the AGM provided virtual interaction with shareholders. In August 2021, ESR announced its proposed acquisition of ARA Asset Management. ESR’s management and IR team worked with various brokerages in its investor outreach and education, upon the announcement of the acquisition, and following the announcement of the Circular. An extraordinary general meeting (“EGM”) was held in November 2021 whereby shareholders voted more than 90% approval on the acquisition. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS During the year, in recognition of our outstanding efforts in embracing the challenges of the past year with perspicacity and resourcefulness, ESR was accorded the “IR Magazine’s choice award for innovation in IR” in the prestigious IR Magazine Greater China Awards 2021. The IR team also received the “Best Hong Kong Stock Connect Company” award at the “6th Golden Hong Kong Stock Awards” (第六屆金港股), organised by Zhitong Caijing (智通財經) and Tonghuashun (同花順財經). INCLUSION IN KEY INDICES With effect from 15 March 2021, ESR has been a constituent of the Hang Seng Composite Index, and was included in the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programmes. ESR remains committed to upholding high standards of disclosure and transparency. To help investors and shareholders better understand our business, we provide updates on our financial performance and operations through various platforms. Official announcements are submitted to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. ESR has a dedicated IR webpage with our announcements, IR policies and materials relating to our financial results and annual reports. Investors and members of the public can also sign up online to receive email alerts on updates published on the website. ESR continues to actively engage investors through its interim and full-year results briefings, post-results luncheons, conferences, meetings and site visits, which enable us to gain a better understanding of investors’ concerns and market perceptions through these engagements and dialogues. RESEARCH ANALYST COVERAGE As at 31 December 2021, we grew the number of sellside research coverage to 14 houses, mainly from: • Bank of America • China International Capital Corporation • CITIC Securities • Citigroup Global Markets • Credit Suisse • DBS Vickers • Deutsche Bank • Goldman Sachs • HSBC Research • Hua Chuang Securities Co., Ltd • Morgan Stanley Research • SWS Research • UBS • UOB Kay Hian FINANCIAL CALENDAR Results announcement for the financial year ended 31 December 2021 24 March 2022 Annual General Meeting 1 June 2022 Interim results announcement for the half-year ending 30 June 2022 August 2022 R E A C H I N G N E W H E I G H T S 56 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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