Corporate disclosure refers to information that public companies and corporate insiders are legally required to disclose to the public. This includes annual reports, insider transaction reports, and prospectuses. Various industries and professionals can benefit from reviewing corporate disclosure filings, including those in marketing, sales, investor relations, finance, legal, and client services. The information in filings can provide industry awareness, competitive intelligence, and support strategic decision making, business development, and other functions.

1. Corporate Disclosure

2. What is Corporate Disclosure?
 Corporate disclosure is information public companies, mutual funds
and corporate insiders must disclose to the investing public.
 Who cares? The government! It’s a legal requirement.
 Some examples of documents include:
 10K / Annual Reports
 3, 4, 5 / Insider Transactions
 425A / Prospectuses
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3. What Information Can You Get From Filings?
 Industry Awareness
 Competitive Intelligence
 Strategic Decision Making
 Business Development
 IFRS Reporting / Transition
 Financial Reporting Examples / Trends
 Note Disclosure Examples
 Best Practices
 Investor Relations
 Risk Management
 Precedent Research
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4. Which Industries Does Corporate Disclosure Affect?
 Financial Services
 Investment
 Government
 Resource Sector
 Legal
 Corporate
 Accounting
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5. Who Benefits from
Corporate Disclosure Filings?

6. Who Benefits from Corporate Disclosure Filings?
 Marketing
 Who: Communications Experts
 What: Press Releases
 Why: Benchmarking
 Sales & Business Development
 Who: Sales Experts & Analysts
 What: Targeted Prospect Lists
 Why: Create quick, easy, accurate and targeted lists
 Investor Relations
 Who: VPs, Analysts, Associates, Managers
 What: Mergers, Acquisitions, Financing, Press Releases
 Why: Real-time alerts and instant notification
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7. Who Benefits from Corporate Disclosure Filings?
 Corporate Actions
 Who: VPs, Project Managers
 What: Plans of Arrangement, Take-Over Bids, Director’s Circulars
 Why: Real-time alerts and instant notification
 Finance
 Who: CFOs, VPs, Controllers, Analysts, Accountants, Auditors
 What: Financial Statements / Note Disclosures
 Why: Benchmarking
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8. Who Benefits from Corporate Disclosure Filings?
 Legal
 Who: Managing Partners, Associates, Paralegals, Articling
Students, Librarians, Knowledge Management Teams
 What: Precedents & Alerts
 Why: Draft agreements, database of precedents and monitor prospects
 Client Services
 Who: Managers, Associates
 What: Reports, Contracts, Agreements
 Why: Monitor clients and track documents
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9. Learn More
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