IR policy
Key principles
- Transparent, clear, proactive and up-to-date information
- Consistent level of information on both positive and negative issues
- Equal treatment of all shareholders
- Commitment of top management and dedicated IR team
Main tasks
- To provide accurate and relevant information to the capital market for the fair valuation of Outokumpu
- To secure investors' confidence and shareholder value
Silent period
Outokumpu applies a 30-day silent period before full-year and interim result announcements. During those periods we do not meet with capital market representatives nor comment on result forecasts.
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Dialogue with the markets
Outokumpu’s share is a so-called people’s share in Finland, with households and private investors owning approximately a quarter of its outstanding shares. The largest shareholder is Solidium Oy, the Finnish-state owned investment company, which owned 15.5% of the outstanding shares at year-end. The share of international institutions’ ownership slightly decreased during the year and reached a level of 28.2% at the end of 2023.
Outokumpu continued its regular and active communication with investors and analysts throughout the year. Key topics in 2023 were Outokumpu’s strategic considerations, capital allocation, shareholder returns, weaker market environment, stainless steel price development, energy market, cost inflation, sustainability, and decarbonization.
During the year, Outokumpu participated in seven conferences or roadshows, and, in addition to IR activities, management met investors in 44 one-on-one or small group meetings. On top of that, we arranged four breakfast seminars for Finnish institutional investors after every quarterly result and four pre-silent conference calls, which were hosted by CFO Pia Aaltonen-Forsell and were open to everyone to participate.
In the Reputation & Trust among investors survey, arranged by Finnish company T-Media, Outokumpu improved its ranking significantly, by more than 20 places. Improving from 57th place to 35th, Outokumpu was one of the companies with the best improvement.