Sponsors

• Broadridge
  Broadridge

  Sponsors

  Broadridge, a global fintech leader with $4 billion in revenue, provides communications, technology, data and analytics. We help drive business transformation with solutions for enriching client engagement, navigating risk, optimizing efficiency and generating revenue growth. We power the entire investment lifecycle, from trading, portfolio management and financial advisory to omni-channel communications. Part of the Canadian financial services community for three decades, our footprint spans the big five banks, one-third of North American wealth management firms and 75 percent of the mailboxes in North America. We are uniquely positioned to help clients get ahead of today’s challenges and capitalize on what’s next.

  Broadridge also delivers a single-source solution to help corporations simplify securityholder management, efficiently navigate regulatory and compliance communication requirements and gain insights to effectively serve and engage securityholders. Our smart, simple and strategic solutions for public companies and alternative investments, such as REITs help you build your brand and engage your securityholders. Our communication tools help gain efficiencies, cultivate goodwill toward your brand, educate and influence securityholders and increase participation. We simplify the annual meeting process by streamlining proxy communications that improve your annual meetings with solutions to efficiently, and effectively reach all of your securityholders and support your goals and priorities. We help you drive a successful proxy outcome with data-driven, predictive insights based on securityholder voting patterns. Our data and insights help you gain a greater understanding of securityholder behaviours and trends so you can make smart decisions that support good governance practices.

   

  For more information please visit: www.broadridge.com

• CIBC
  CIBC

  Sponsors

  For more information please visit  www.cibc.com/en/personal-banking.html

• Corbin Advisors
  Corbin Advisors

  Sponsors

  Corbin Advisors is a specialized investor relations advisory firm that partners with C-suite and IR executives to drive long-term shareholder value. We bring third-party objectivity and best practice knowledge as we collaborate with our clients to design and execute sound, effective investor communication and engagement strategies.

  Our proven methodology, proprietary analytics database, trusted reputation and in-depth experience generate a foundation of unique insights. This marriage of research and rigor delivers comprehensive, actionable recommendations for internal and external value creation.

  From research-based insights to actionable strategies that differentiate our clients, Corbin unlocks thoughtful, positive change. We start by asking the right questions, providing candid, well-founded counsel and executing on proven strategies that drive results.

  Advisory Services

  * Perception Studies

  * Investor Presentations

  * Investor Days

  * Investor Targeting & Marketing

  * Specialized Research

  * Retainer Consulting

  Client Value Proposition

  * Capital markets and investor relations subject matter expertise; thought leadership

  * Proven methodology and execution track record that generate results

  * Objective, research-based approach and candid advice

  * Dedicated, seasoned team with extensive C-suite, board and IR executive advisory experience

  Inside The Buy-side®

  For over a decade, we have surveyed global investors on the equity markets, world economies and business climate. At the start of every quarter, we publish our leading-edge research report, “Inside The Buy-side®”, which captures real-time investor sentiment and trends. Our unique approach to market research and experienced perspective informs public company C-suite and IR executives as they prepare for earnings season and beyond.

  To learn more about Corbin’s actionable insights, visit www.CorbinAdvisors.com

• Craib Design & Communications
  Craib Design & Communications

  Sponsors

  Craib Design & Communications (Craib) is an industry-leading, full-service design and communications agency specializing in Investor Relations (IR) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). For over four decades, Craib has been delivering creative and award-winning integrated IR and CSR solutions for some of North America’s most notable companies. Our experience has helped to inform “The Craib Difference”, our expert approach to communications, strategy, planning, design and implementation.

  Craib’s team consists of leading designers, IR strategists, CSR specialists, editors, account managers, production specialists, developers and proofreaders. We are detail oriented, solution focused and dedicated to executing amazing results.

  Our services draw upon a wide range of expertise across many industry sectors to help you deliver one-off projects or complete integrated solutions across all forms of print and digital media. The following outlines our group of IR and CSR products and services:

  Investor and CSR Communications:

  • Annual reports

  • Sustainability reports

  • Websites & online reports

  • Investor and AGM presentations

  • Quarterly reports

  • Roadshow materials

  • Proxy, MIC, and shareholder materials

  • Fact sheets

  • Strategic writing and editing

  www.craib.com

   

   

• Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN)
  Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN)

  Sponsors

  Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE: DFIN) provides software and services that enable clients to communicate with confidence in a complex regulatory environment. With 3,500 employees in 61 locations across 18 countries, we provide thousands of clients globally with innovative tools for content creation, management, and distribution, as well as data analytics and multi-lingual translations services. Leveraging advanced technology, deep- domain expertise, and 24/7 support, we deliver cost-effective solutions to meet the evolving needs of our clients.

  For more information, please visit www.dfsco.com

• Kingsdale Advisors
  Kingsdale Advisors

  Sponsors

  “Being the best in our field means reliably delivering the results our clients want— no matter the challenge. With offices in Toronto and New York, Kingsdale Advisors is the leading advisor to public companies on all shareholder, governance, and transaction related matters having acted on the largest and highest profile proxy fights, transactions, and other special situations. Our track record of success is backed by our unparalleled expertise and culture of 24/7 client service. Regardless of what your needs are—from governance advisory, corporate communications, shareholder identification, environmental and social advisory (E&S), depositary, to full proxy solicitation for any type of voting matter—Kingsdale has the complete solution for you. There’s a reason why we’re engaged on more proxy contests than all others combined: We win.

  Our Services Include: Strategic & Defensive Advisory, Governance Advisory, Environmental and Social (E&S) Advisory, Compensation Advisory, Communications, Proxy Solicitation, Depositary Agent, Voting Analytics, Information Agent & Debt Services, Asset Reclamation, M&A and Creative Services.

  For more information about Kingsdale Advisors  click here.

• National Bank Financial Markets
  National Bank Financial Markets

  Sponsors

  National Bank Financial Markets is committed to supporting and advancing the practice of investor relations in Canada’s capital markets. Our Corporate Access program draws on the expertise of seasoned professionals to design customized outreach strategies that connect companies to the right institutional and retail investor prospects. With a full-suite of roadshow services, our investor relations team brings comprehensive, value-add resources to the marketing process. For more information, please visit https://nbfm.ca.

   

• OTC Markets Group
  OTC Markets Group

  Sponsors

  OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates the OTCQX Best Market, the OTCQB Venture Market, and the Pink Open Market for 10,000 U.S. and global securities. Through OTC Link ATS, we connect a diverse network of broker-dealers that provide liquidity and execution services. We enable investors to easily trade through the broker of their choice and empower companies to improve the quality of information available for investors.
  To learn more about how we create better informed and more efficient markets, visit www.otcmarkets.com.

• The Works Design Communications
  The Works Design Communications

  Sponsors

  The Works Design Communications Ltd is an award-winning integrated communications company. Providing a full range of in-house services, including strategy, writing, design, multimedia development and print production, The Works has developed annual reports and Corporate Social Responsibility reports for many well-known and well-respected international organizations. We help our clients define their objectives, sharpen their messages and connect with their most important audiences.

  For more information, please visit www.worksdesign.com

Corporate Sponsors

• Agnico Eagle Mines
  Agnico Eagle Mines

  Corporate Sponsors

  Company Profile
  Agnico Eagle is a senior Canadian gold mining company that has produced precious metals since 1957.  Its eight mines are located in Canada, Finland and Mexico, with exploration and development activities in each of these countries as well as in the United States and Sweden.  The Company and its shareholders have full exposure to gold prices due to its long-standing policy of no forward gold sales.  Agnico Eagle has declared a cash dividend every year since 1983. For more information, please visit www.agnicoeagle.com

• CN
  CN

  Corporate Sponsors

  CN is a true backbone of the economy, transporting approximately C$250 billion worth of goods annually for a wide range of business sectors, ranging from resource products to manufactured products to consumer goods, across a rail network spanning Canada and mid-America. CN – Canadian National Railway Company, along with its operating railway subsidiaries — serves the cities and ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.

  For more information on CN, visit the company’s website at www.cn.ca

Supporting Sponsors

• Business Wire
  Business Wire

  Supporting Sponsors

  Business Wire is the global leader in press release distribution and regulatory disclosure.  Canadian investor relations professionals rely on Business Wire to accurately distribute market-moving news, submit documents to SEDAR and host press release content on corporate web sites.  Business Wire supports the Canadian investor relations community with its long-term commitment to CIRI as a National Strategic Partner and is recognized by the Toronto Stock Exchange as an approved newswire service.

  Learn more about Business Wire’s Canadian Disclosure Services here.