Consti’s investor communication aims to provide reliable and timely information in support of a fair valuation of the company’s shares. Consti welcomes contacts from investors, analysts and financial media. Communication with the capital markets is primarily taken care of by the CEO and CFO.
Consti’s official reporting language is Finnish. All material under disclosure obligation of a listed company is published in English as well.
Financial information
Consti reports financial information and key figures for all of the Group’s business as one reporting segment.
Consti may give guidance on its financial outlook as well as estimates development of its annual revenue or profit in its financial statements bulletin. interim reports. The outlook or the profit estimate may be numerical or verbal and it may relate to revenue, operating profit, balance sheet or cash flow. The estimates presented by the Company are based on the future outlook view at the time of publication and in general concerning the current financial year. A published estimate may be specified during the financial year in connection with interim reports.
Consti publishes regularly its financial statements bulletin, financial statements as well as quarterly interim reports.
Information regarding the publication of interim reports, the financial statement bulletin and financial statement are made public with a stock exchange release prior to the end of the previous fiscal year, disclosing the week during which the full financial statement will be complete and available.
The results of the fiscal year and interim reports may be presented at a press conference for capital market and financial media representatives at the discretion of the Group.
Disclosure thresholds
Consti discloses customer contracts, corporate transactions, profit warnings, litigation issues and authority proceedings according to the following principles, in compliance with Finnish legislation, and regulations and instructions of the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority and of NASDAQ Helsinki:
Customer contracts
Significant projects, as well as service and maintenance agreements are disclosed once the decision has been made to commence the project, or the maintenance or service agreement has been signed. Some contracting projects can remain confidential if agreed so with the customer. Projects and contracts can be disclosed when they are financially significant or due to strategic reasons, for example when operations are expanded geographically or relate to a new service.
Corporate transactions and/or expanding services
Consti discloses significant acquisitions or sales of companies or business units. Criteria for determining significance includes, in addition to fiscal magnitude, operational scope or expansion into new customer segments or geographic areas where Consti has not previously had substantial operations, or a new important service.
Press releases can be used to disclose customer contracts, corporate transaction and other information that does not fulfil stock exchange release criteria, but which are deemed generally of interest for investors, customers or other stakeholders. A press release may be issued only in Finnish.
Changes in management
Consti discloses changes in the Board of Directors and Management Team and changing auditors with a stock exchange release.
Commenting on market speculation
In general Consti does not comment on rumours concerning the Company; except if a rumour is being spread in the market deliberately to harm the Company. If it is apparent that profit estimates are clearly based on misinformation, they will be corrected.
Silent period and closed window
The Company observes a silent period of 30 days prior to publication of its financial results, during which Company representatives do not meet with capital markets representatives or financial media and do not correspond with them in any other manner.
Consti has a 30-day closed window before the disclosure of interim reports and financial statements, during which persons discharging managerial responsibilities in the Company are prohibited from trading Consti shares. Consti applies the silent period also to persons who act in the informative core of the Company. Such persons include e.g. management team members of Consti's subsidiaries as well as persons dealing with preparation of financial reporting. The trading prohibition also applies to the day when results are published.
Consti abides by Finland’s current legislation and decrees in its operations. The Company’s governance is based on the Finnish Companies Act, Securities Market Act, other laws, Articles of Association, and NASDAQ Helsinki exchange's rules for communications and insider management. Consti also abides by the Corporate Governance Code for Finnish listed companies published by the Securities Market Association.