Title: Commitment to China
1 www.theruthgroup.com
Commitment to China
Raising U.S. Visibility
2TRG Model Relationships and Partnerships
- IR and PR programs customized to clients U.S.
capital goals - Thorough understanding of U.S. institutional and
retail investor expectations - Extensive relationships ensure clients matched
with optimal prospective investors - Specialized sector teams provide daily insights
and counsel - Dedicated to understanding clients business
- Full-time commitment allows long and successful
partnership - Capital markets advisory and intelligence on
clients and peer stocks
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3Proactive Partnering Approach
- Strong client track record building visibility
for Chinese companies and their business models - 24/7 TRG team availability for Asian clients
- 21 client-to-team professional ratio
- Dedicated Mandarin speaker for each client
- Regularly scheduled team calls (agendas
distributed prior) - IR calendar aimed to maximize corporate
developments - Advice and counsel directly from U.S. IR experts
- TRG closes time zone gap as U.S. IR / PR Contact
- Continuous schedule of deliverables and news flow
calendar
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4China Experience
SHANGHAI CHLOR-ALKALI CHEMICAL CO
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5 Best-in-class Program Design - Strategies -
Objectives
Investor Relations Program
Proactive Investor Targeting Buy
Sell-side Analyst Targeting Investor
Conferences Web Site Fact Sheets Market
Intelligence
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6Program Objectives
- Establish tailored investor contact database for
all outbound communications - Provide earnings calendar of key dates and
deliverables - Target institutional investors and sell-side
analysts - Secure investor conference opportunities
- Arrange regular non-deal road shows
- Maximize exposure for major corporate
developments - Support IR program with financial/business media
exposure - Serve as point of contact for investors and media
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7Initial Activities
- Develop/edit investor presentation
- Coordinate outreach to U.S. shareholders and
potential investors - Secure invites to investor conferences
- Plan non deal road shows with targeted
institutional investors, retail brokers and
sell-side analysts - Work to supplement conference one on-one
meetings - Coordinate logistics presentation, meeting
schedule, media kit, corporate fact sheet, etc. - Provide briefing book with background on
institutions and contacts at each meeting - Prepare and rehearse QA prior to investor
meetings/conferences - Develop milestone calendar and strategic plan
- Create IR database of investors, media, and
analysts - Provide six month calendar of IR and PR
objectives and deliverables - Monitor select peers on day-to-day basis
8Contact Database
- Foundation for investor and media communications
- Current investors and prospective investors
- Targeted sell-side analysts
- Underwriters
- Screening based on TRG relationships and
proprietary database - Corporate fundamentals matched with portfolio
investment parameters - Sell-side analysts covering Chinese companies
- Living document updated on real-time basis
- New contacts added after each meeting
- Post-meeting feedback used to fine-tune targeting
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9Maximizing Quarterly Reporting
- TRG partners with management for reporting
process - Develop earnings release
- Consider holding investor conference call
- TRG provides earnings calendar with due dates for
key deliverables - Release
- Conference call script
- Sample QA
- Feedback from shareholders / conference call
participants - TRG to arrange logistics for day of release
- Disseminate release over wire and to email
contact lists - Arrange conference call
- Screen participants for QA session through
online call management interface
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10Buy-Side and Sell-Side Investor Targeting
- Institutional investor targeting
- Identify specialty investors interested in high
growth stories - Evaluate peer shareholder base for top holders
and key trends - Target investors with interest in China
- Prepare customized buy-side target list
- Add targets to investor database
- Arrange introductory conference call / meeting
with top targets - Research analyst targeting
- Approach analysts covering China and sector
oriented - Prepare customized sell-side target list
- Add targets to investor database
- Arrange introductory conference call / meeting
with top targets
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11Collateral Development
- Develop corporate fact sheet
- Two-page overview
- Proactive investor/analyst marketing
- Investor packages
- PDF for Website
- Compile kits / folders to include
- Fact sheet
- Recent press releases
12Corporate Web Site
- Use key messaging to refine content
- Compile detailed outline and site map
- Draft copy to portray compelling opportunity
- Interface with web site designers on layout
- Ensure transparency in-line with U.S. industry /
IR practices - Leverage TRG experience creating user-friendly
websites
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13TRG Team Bios
14Carol Ruth, Founder, CEO
- Founded TRG in 1999 to provide clients strategic
counsel and high level of service - A veteran of IR profession established industry
ethics for National Investor Relations Institute - Established culture of client partnership and in
depth familiarity with client business model - Counseled the first five Chinese companies that
completed a U.S. listing - Founder and CEO of Dewe Rogerson, Inc. and built
Chinese client portfolio of over 25 companies - 1968 1986 Senior Vice President at Hill and
Knowlton - Prominent in National Investor Relations
Institute (NIRI) policy development / Reg FD - Contact Info cruth_at_theruthgroup.com (p)
646.536.7004
15Joseph Villalta, Vice President
- A six year member of The Ruth Group
- Heads TRGs technology practice
- Seasoned IR professional in executing investor
relations programs and extensive experience
counseling Asian clients - Experienced in working with clients to build U.S.
Institutional visibility and following - Daily contact with portfolio managers focused on
Asia and emerging companies - Contact Info jvillalta_at_theruthgroup.com (p)
646.536.7003
16Sara Ephraim, VP, Investor Relations
- Heads TRGs healthcare practice
- Extensive knowledge of institutional investment
community including hedge funds and
biopharma-specific investors - Strong sense of broader capital markets through
experience providing market intelligence to small
cap biotech companies - Buy-side and sell-side targeting expertise based
on relationships with biopharma financial
community and institutional knowledge - BS Management, Finance and Marketing, Tulane
University - Extensive scientific coursework completed
- Contact Info sephraim_at_theruthgroup.com (p)
646.536.7002
17Yi (Teresa) Zhao, AE, Investor Relations
- Tours U.S. with China-based, Mandarin-speaking
clients to ensure clear and accurate message to
investors and effective responses to questions - Translates Mandarin marketing materials, web
sites and presentations into effective English
versions and translates English documents, news
releases into Mandarin to ensure consistency with
original communications strategy - Handles in-bound and out-bound communications
with Mandarin-speaking shareholders - MBA and Masters of Science degrees in Marketing,
University of Rochester - Bachelor of Economics, Shanghai Normal University
- Contact Info tzhao_at_theruthgroup.com (p)
646.536.7008
18Yan Jin (Linda) Ni, AE, Investor Relations
- Extensive experience in developing and executing
investor relations programs for
China-headquartered, US-publicly traded companies - Broad knowledge of different facet of investor
relations inclusive of market research, investor
and analyst targeting, coordinating and executing
road shows, and investor perception - Client experience includes Shengda Tech Inc.,
Zhongpin, Inc, China Education Alliance, China
Water and Drinks, China Green Agriculture and
Sinoenergy Corporation, China Display
Technologies, Genesis Pharmaceutical Enterprises,
Inc, Fuda Faucet Works, Lotus Pharmaceutical - BS from the School of Management of Binghamton
University, with concentrations in Finance and
Marketing, minor in East Asia Studies - Native Mandarin speaker
- Contact Info lni_at_theruthgroup.com (p)
646.536.7013
19Jason Rando, SVP, Media Relations
- Highly skilled in developing and implementing
high-level corporate communications programs for
clients - Strong relationships with reporters at top-tier
national business publications and trade media - Previously member of Morgen-Walkes life sciences
and business services divisions - 1999 PR Week Award finalist
- Contact Info jrando_at_theruthgroup.com (p)
646.536.7025
20Strategic Investor Relations and Public Relations