Who is doing what?

64% of December year end FTSE100 companies produced an HTML report in 2008, up from 43% in 2007. The number of FTSE100 companies producing an image-based report fell from 21% to 17% in 2008

Source: Investis research

Interactive HTML annual reports are the second most important addition to the IR website.

Source: IR Yearbook survey, 2007

100% of analysts and 60% of private shareholders visit company online annual reports as a matter of course to seek key facts and a clear overview of the business

Source: Smiths Partnership research

But it is not only the biggest companies that are affected. Shareholders, analysts and other stakeholders increasingly expect online annual and interim reports, whatever the size of your company.

What do investors want?