AkzoNobel provides shareholders and other parties in the financial markets with equal and simultaneous information about matters that may influence the share price.  Contact between the Board of Management on the one hand, and investors and analysts on the other, are carefully handled and structured. The company will not engage in any acts that compromise the independence of analysts in relation to the company and vice-versa.

AkzoNobel communicates with its investors and analysts by organizing or attending meetings such as the Annual General Meetings of shareholders, roadshows and broker conferences. The company also publishes an annual report, quarterly reports and press releases.

Briefings are given to update the market after each quarterly announcement via group meetings or teleconference and are accessible by telephone or via this website. Meetings with investors (bilateral and general) are held to ensure that the investment community receives a balanced and complete view of the company’s performance and the issues it faces, while always observing applicable rules concerning selective disclosure, equal treatment of shareholders and insider trading.

In the period preceding the publication of the results of that quarter, AkzoNobel will be in a “closed period”. During this time, we will not hold meetings with analysts or investors, make presentations at broker conferences or hold discussions/conference calls with investors and analysts.

Analysts’ reports and valuations are not assessed, commented upon or corrected, other than factually, by the company. We do not pay any fee(s) to parties for carrying out research for analysts’ reports or for the production or publication of analysts’ reports, with the exception of credit rating agencies. Contact with capital markets is managed by members of the Board of Management, AkzoNobel’s investor relations professionals and, from time to time, other AkzoNobel personnel specially mandated by the Board of Management.