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Our Business

Computershare is a long standing presence in the global market, and has earned the reputation of a respected pioneer. Our success stems from building and aligning group-wide services and capabilities to meet your broad business objectives, and to create more value for clients by removing barriers that hinder efficient servicing of their stakeholders.



Investor Services


The world’s leading provider of integrated investor services, incorporating register management, corporate actions expertise, company meetings logistics, payments, and full contact centre and online services. [more]

Georgeson


Global corporate proxy solicitation firm, with expertise in M&A advisory, canvassing and corporate governance consulting services [more]

Plan Managers


Specialist employee equity plan management and administration solutions, with over three million employees under our management worldwide. [more]

Communication
Services


Specialised one-to-one communication solutions that cover the full spectrum of communication needs, including ecommunications and edelivery with printed transactional materials.[more]

Funds Services


Fully-outsourced managed funds administration services, including unit registry, investment administration, fund accounting and regulatory reporting. [more]

Global Capital Markets Group


Develop solutions that help clients access international investment channels, and navigate through capital market structures. [more]

IML
Audience Response


Established in the UK, IML are manufacturers of the award winning Communicator - a sophisticated wireless keypad for audience participation and voting. [more]

Governance
Services


Helps companies manage critical corporate data in compliance with legal, tax, financial and regulatory agencies, through the use of our Global Entity Management System (GEMS). [website]

Electoral management


Electoral Management Services is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of electoral management software, providing Electoral Registration Officers with unique access to fully integrated technology and print solutions. [website]

Technology Services


Our in-house technology division meets the support and development needs of Computershare’s global operations.

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Idee:

suche nach cash-flow-intensiven Firmen, die wachsen können, ohne in capital-goods investieren zu müssen

hier gegeben, aber sehr teure Aktie; also auf Gelegenheiten warten

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Computershare profit down 9.3%

Computershare profit down 9.3%

Computershare Limited (CPU) reported a net profit of $255.7 million for FY09, down 9.3% on the previous year’s profit. The company said it achieved earnings per share growth of 1% to 52.11c, its sixth consecutive year of growth.

The results were on the back of a 4% fall in revenue to $1,511.6 million. Operating cash flows fell 2% to $341.5 million.

Computershare said significant falls in interest rates, particularly in the northern hemisphere, and reductions in equities markets trading volumes hit several transactional revenue lines.

“Much lower levels of IPO and M&A activity cut into corporate actions and proxy solicitation revenues,” the company said.

“However the falls were more than offset by increased revenues from secondary fund-raisings such as rights issues.”

Improved results were seen in the UK, Australia, Ireland and South Africa, while the US, Canada, India, Hong Kong and Russia could not meet the performances of FY08.

Computershare said businesses acquired during FY09 generally performed better than anticipated with the Busy Bees voucher administration business and the Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC bankruptcy administration business both delivering excellent results.

The group was able to keep EBITDA margins throughout FY09 above 30%, with the UK business leading the margin improvement.

CEO, Stuart Crosby said it had been a challenging year and that the largely non-discretionary nature of many of the services the company provide underpins what has proven to be a very resilient enterprise.

“Our continued focus on costs and efficiency, which unfortunately has resulted in redundancies in many places around the globe, assisted the organisation in maintaining operating margins while continuing to enhance the quality of our service delivery,” Mr Crosby said.

”If market conditions remain as they are at present, we anticipate delivering a similar result this year.”

Meanwhile, Computershare announced a final dividend of 11 cents per share, 50% franked, payable on 23 September 2009. This takes the total dividend for the year to 22 cents, up 5% on FY08.

As at close of trade yesterday, Computershare shares were trading at $9.94.

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26.10.2009 14:53
Computershare Acquires HBOS Employee Equity Solutions From Lloyds Banking Group

LONDON, October 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Computershare Limited (ASX:CPU) has today agreed terms for the acquisition of HBOS Employee Equity Solutions (HBOS EES) from Lloyds Banking Group with an expected completion date in December 2009, subject to regulatory approval. HBOS EES is a leading UK based employee share plans provider.

HBOS EES provides a full range of employee share plan administration solutions in more than 100 countries for over 400 clients, covering around 1 million employee shareholders. The acquisition will result in Computershare becoming the market leader in employee plans administration in the UK market.

Stuart Crosby, Computershare's President and CEO said: "The opportunity to acquire this business and integrate it with our existing plans business is an exciting one. Our ability to successfully integrate businesses using our proprietary software systems has been proven in the past and we are confident that our new clients will experience enhanced service."

The integration of HBOS EES with Computershare's business will be managed by Martyn Drake, Managing Director of the UK Employee Share Plan business, who commented: "Having been closely involved with the share plans industry for over eight years, I am delighted to have the opportunity to deliver Computershare's world leading technology solutions to the clients of HBOS EES, building a combined business of unrivalled quality."

Martyn will lead an integration team that will include existing senior staff from Computershare UK and HBOS EES, augmented by specialist Computershare staff drawn from around the globe.

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Computershare earnings soar

From: AAP January 19, 2010 11:40AM


SHAREregistry Computershare Ltd says first-half earnings will rise 20 per cent, SHARE registry, Computershare, says its first half management earnings per share in fiscal 2010 will be 20 per cent higher than in each half of fiscal 2009.

It sent Computershare shares to a record high and prompted the company, the world's biggest share registry, to reassess its outlook.

The company is going through a revised forecasting process to assess whether large one-off projects, which drove the increase in first-half profit, will be repeated in the second-half.

Chief executive Stuart Crosby says the company needs to go through the forecasting process to get a clearer picture for the full year.

"Whether it's IPOs (initial public offerings) in Hong Kong, mutual fund solicitation in the US or rights issues around the world ... we're not sure until we run through our forecasting process the extent to which there will be similar things in the second half,'' Mr Crosby said.

"All we're trying to do is put out a marker that says 'don't just put a straight line through this that assumes the full-year number is double the first-half'''.

"We're not telling them not to either.''

Management earnings per share for the six months to December will be 20 per cent higher than in each half of fiscal 2009, Melbourne-based Computershare said in a statement.

At the annual general meeting in November, Mr Crosby told shareholders he was confident the 2009/10 profit would exceed the previous year.

Basic earnings per share declined 8.2 per cent to 46.02 cents per in the 12 months to June 30, 2009.

The company will provide an updated outlook for full-year earnings per share when it releases first-half result on February 10.

Shares in Computershare jumped 9.1 per cent, or $1.04, to $12.50 by 12.26pm and earlier reached a record $12.59.

The stock has gained 54 per cent over the past two years, a period that included the worst of the global financial crisis.

Over the same time, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index fell 12.5 per cent.

Mr Crosby said the company benefitted as long as there were transactions in the market.

"If you look around the world, whether markets are good or bad, as long as they're volatile, then there is work for us to do,'' he said.

"There's been a lot of balance sheet repair and recapitalisation, transactions that have protected us.''

He said there was now increased talk of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) which might mean more work for Computershare.

"Being a naturally cautious person, I'd like to actually see the transactions before I get too excited about that.''

Mr Crosby also said capital raisings in India and China, which were more about funding growth than bolstering balance sheets or reducing debt, were starting to get going again.

"Their capital raising engines had been stalled and their starting to work again,'' he said.

Computershare had been record keeper for about 90 per cent of the capital raised in Hong Kong, much of it for mainland Chinese companies, Mr Crosby said.

The company also hold 25 per cent of the registry market in India.

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08.02.2010 12:16
Computershare Completes Acquisition of HBOS Employee Equity Solutions From Lloyds Banking Group

LONDON, February 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Computershare Limited (ASX:CPU) has today completed the acquisition of HBOS Employee Equity Solutions (HBOS EES) from Lloyds Banking Group.

The acquisition means Computershare is the global leader in employee plans administration, providing a full range of employee share plan administration solutions in more than 130 countries for over 500 clients, covering around 1.4 million employee shareholders.

Stuart Crosby, Computershare's President and CEO said: "We're pleased that the acquisition has closed as planned and that we can get on with integrating the two businesses. We have a proven track record of successful integrations and I am confident that clients on both sides will see benefits in the near future. Computershare Plan Managers should be the first point of call for any business looking to review or launch an employee share plan."

The integration of HBOS EES with Computershare's business is being managed by Martyn Drake, Managing Director of the UK Employee Share Plan business, using a dedicated integration team that includes existing senior staff from Computershare UK and HBOS EES, augmented by specialist Computershare staff drawn from around the globe.

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Updated Tuesday, April 20, 2010 12:17 am TWN, Bloomberg


Computershare said to hire ANZ, NAB for US$600 million in loans

SINGAPORE -- Computershare Ltd., the world's biggest share registrar, hired Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. and National Australia Bank Ltd. to help it borrow US$600 million, according to three people familiar with the matter. The loans are in two parts of US$300 million each, with the first, three-year facility paying about 180 basis points more than the London interbank offered rate and the second, four-year loan paying about 200 basis points more than Libor, two of the people said, asking not to be identified as the details are private. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point.

Computershare, based in Melbourne, reported first-half profit of US$170 million on Feb. 10 after raising its earnings per-share forecast for the period on Jan. 19. It has US$550 million in loans maturing this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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Computershare Falls Most in Seven Years on Forecast for Decline in Profit
By Adam Le - Aug 11, 2010 11:37 AM GMT+0200

Computershare Ltd., the world’s biggest share registrar, fell the most in more than seven years in Sydney trading after it said profit may drop as takeovers and initial public offerings decline.

The stock plunged 11 percent to A$8.94 as of the close on the Australian Securities Exchange, the biggest decline since Nov. 7, 2002, on a closing basis. Earnings per share in the year ending June 2011 may fall as much as 10 percent, the company said today in a statement of its annual earnings.

Computershare, which earns fees for processing share transactions, and rivals such as Bank of New York Mellon Corp., U.K.-based Equiniti and Melbourne-based Link Market Services Ltd. face a drop in financial transactions that generate revenue, Ivor Ries, an analyst at EL & C Bailieu Stockbroking Ltd., said.

“IPO issuance and M&A volume, relative to global market cap, is pretty close to the lowest level it’s been in 20 years,” Ries said today by phone from Melbourne. He said he expects Computershare stock to rebound because the company has a dominant position in the share registry and investor relations business. He has a “buy” rating on the company.

Profit Outlook

Computershare, which reports earnings in U.S. dollars, said management earnings per share, which adjusts for restructuring charges and other items, for this fiscal year will be 5 percent to 10 percent below the 57.8 cents reported today for the year ended June 30.

Net income was $124.9 million in the six months ended June 30, unchanged from the previous year. Second-half figures were calculated by subtracting first-half profit from the $294.8 million full-year net income the company announced today. The annual result missed the $326 million average of five analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

“It is not clear when transactional activity will return to more typical levels,” Computershare Chief Executive Officer Stuart Crosby said in today’s statement.

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NEW YORK and TORONTO, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Computershare Limited , a leading financial services provider for the global securities industry, today announced it is acquiring a 20% stake in Solium Capital Inc. ("Solium") (TSX: SUM), a leading, global provider of web-based stock option plan administration technology and services and a publicly traded company listed on the Toronto exchange. Additionally, Solium will acquire the assets of Computershare's North American employee stock option plan and Transcentive businesses.

"After careful assessment of the stock option marketplace, we determined that the best way to continue serving our clients from an innovation and technology perspective would be to offer our options-related clients one of the most advanced solutions in the business and Solium has that," said Steven Rothbloom, President and CEO of Computershare's US region.

"This transaction illustrates Computershare's long-term commitment to the employee plans business worldwide. By acquiring a 20% stake in Solium - along with Computershare's strong employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) business - Computershare remains a leader in the equity compensation plan administration industry while more effectively bringing superior service to its clients," said Wayne Newling, President and CEO of Computershare's Canada region.

Computershare will continue to evolve, acquire, diversify and form strategic agreements so it can optimize service and offerings to clients.

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Habe leider den Dip im Herbst ungenutzt verstreichen lassen; da ich inzwischen sehr vom Geschäftsmodell überzeugt bin, am Freitag aufgestockt...

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AAP February 09, 2011 10:24AM


GLOBAL share registry Computershare has reported a 31.2 per cent decline in first half net profit but has maintained earnings predictions for the full year.

Computershare said net profit for the six months to December 31, 2010, came in at $US116.87 million ($A115.42 million), down from $US169.88 million in the prior corresponding period.

Management earnings per share (EPS) was 26.96 cents, down 14.1 per cent from 31.38 cents a year earlier, Computershare said on Wednesday.

At November's annual general meeting, Computershare president and chief executive Stuart Crosby told shareholders the company was expecting a five to 10 per cent decline in management earnings per share for the full 2010-11 year.

But in a statement accompanying the financial results, Mr Crosby said full year guidance was unchanged.


"Equity market and general economic conditions, while perhaps less volatile than they have been in recent years, are still relatively unfriendly to Computershare's business model,'' Mr Crosby said.

"Interest rates are low, market and M&A transactional activity is slow, and the expected second wave of US bankruptcies has not yet hit.

"That said, strong annuity revenue continues to underpin our performance, and fundraising in Asia has been something of a bright spot.''

Computershare said in a slide presentation that transactional revenue continued to be subdued.

"We have limited visibility of when the cycle will turn,'' it said.

"Revenue lines affected include corporate actions, mutual fund proxy solicitation, bankruptcy administration and trading.''

The company said cost management would remain a key focus, with operational transformation and cost projects to continue across its global business.

Mr Crosby said Computershare was well-placed to "take full advantage of the inevitable upturn in the cycle, whenever that arrives''.

"We also continue to explore a broad range of acquisition and other growth opportunities, both in our current business lines and in new verticals,'' Mr Crosby said.

"However, any acquisition or increase in transactional activity is unlikely to have a material impact this year and so we continue to anticipate management EPS being five per cent to 10 per cent lower in FY11 than it was in FY10.''

Revenue fell 3.2 per cent to $US774.92 million ($A765.32 million), Computershare said.

The company declared an interim dividend of 14 Australian cents, 60 per cent franked.

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Computershare akquiriert Italiens führenden Dienstleister für Emittentenservices

DGAP-News: Computershare Deutschland GmbH&Co. KG / Schlagwort(e): Firmenübernahme Computershare akquiriert Italiens führenden Dienstleister für Emittentenservices

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München, 05. April 2011 - Die internationale Computershare Gruppe bestätigt die Übernahme von Servizio Titoli SpA, Italiens führendem Dienstleister für Emittentenservices, von der London Stock Exchange Group plc.

Servizio Titoli wurde 1995 gegründet und beschäftigt knapp 50 Mitarbeiter in Mailand, Turin und Rom. Das Unternehmen betreut über 50% der börsennotierten Unternehmen Italiens in den Bereichen Aktienregisterführung und Hauptversammlungsmanagement.

'Die Akquisition erfolgt im Zuge unserer Expansion in Kontinentaleuropa, die wir kürzlich mit der organisatorischen Trennung von UK und Irland von den restlichen europäischen Ländern vorbereitet haben.' so Stuart Crosby, CEO der Computershare Gruppe. 'Unsere global operierenden Kunden erwarten von uns, ihnen Dienstleistungen in der ganzen Welt anbieten zu können und die Übernahme stärkt unser Angebot in Italien maßgeblich. Wir unterstützen unsere Kunden in über 20 Ländern auf fünf Kontinenten.'

Steffen Herfurth, Group Regional Director Continental Europe bei Computershare: 'Wir freuen uns sehr, mit dieser Akquisition unsere Präsenz in Kontinentaleuropa weiter auszubauen. Als der führende Anbieter im italienischen Markt ist Servizio Titoli der optimale Zugewinn für unser Geschäft und passt perfekt in unsere Strategie, hochwertige Services in den wichtigen kontinentaleuropäischen Ländern anzubieten.'

Die Computershare Gruppe ist in Italien bereits durch den Dienstleister Georgeson vertreten, einen der weltweit führenden Anbieter von Proxy Solicitation Services.

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On Thursday 28 April 2011, 16:29 EST
Australia's Computershare Ltd has made its largest acquisition yet, agreeing to a $US550 million ($A509.85 million) purchase of the shareowner services business of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation.

Computershare chief executive Stuart Crosby described the all-cash acquisition as "meaty and meaningful" and in Computershare's "core space".

The news pushed shares in Melbourne-based Computershare, a global share registry group, to a two-month high.

They were up 69 cents, or 7.73 per cent, at $9.62 on Thursday.

The business to be acquired provides transfer agency and employee equity plan services to US publicly listed companies, and had revenues of $US291 million ($A269.76 million) in calendar 2010.

"I guess this day has been a long time coming," Mr Crosby said in a market briefing.

"We have been keen on the BNY Mellon shareowner services business for a long time."

Mr Crosby said the acquisition would provide a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate Computershare's technology and processing capabilities to a new group of clients.

"It also provides Computershare with additional opportunities to participate in the inevitable upturn in corporate actions and global interest rate cycles," he said.

Computershare expects the acquisition to add to management earnings per share from the first year following completion and to obtain cost savings as the business is integrated.

Management earnings per share includes adjustments for restructuring and redundancy provisions, intangible assets amortisation, acquisition costs and adjustments on derivatives.

Savings would come from technology rationalisation, premises consolidation and integration of business, operations and services.

Computershare expects the transaction to generate synergies of at least $US70 million ($A64.6 million) by the third year after the transaction.

Computershare said the acquisition would be funded from available cash resources and new credit lines.

Two of Computershare's banking partners had committed to provide up to $US550 million bridging finance.

The bridging finance would be replaced with a longer-term solution once regulatory approval for the acquisition is granted.

The acquisition requires US regulatory approval under anti-trust laws, and if that is not forthcoming within 12 months, Computershare will pay BNY Mellon a break fee of $US30 million ($A27.68 million).

"Obviously that means we are meaningfully confident that we will get the approval that we need to be able to proceed," Mr Crosby said.

He said Computershare had obtained legal advice that gave it confidence of obtaining regulatory approval.

Mr Crosby said there were a range of active and aggressive competitors in the market in question, which had even taken clients from Computershare.

The target business has about 950 transfer agent clients and about 200 employee equity plan clients, with operations at a range of locations.

It also provides "back office" services for BNY Mellon's American Depository Receipt business.

The business is headquartered, with its major processing centre, in Jersey City, across the Hudson River from New York City.

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Karvy Computershare to acquire majority stake in Bahrain co
Published on Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 15:14 | Source : PTI
Updated at Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 17:10


Financial services firm Karvy today said one of its group companies will acquire a majority stake in Bahrain Shares Registering Company WLL (BSRC), the Gulf country's biggest securities registry.
Karvy Computershare Private Limited, the 50:50 joint venture between Karvy and Australia's Computershare, have entered into a "definitive agreement" with KPMG Fakhro to acquire a majority stake in its affiliate, Bahrain Shares Registering Company WLL, a release issued here said.

The 35-year-old BSRC is the largest player in the securities registry business in Bahrain, serving 90% of listed companies in Bahrain, and the acquisition is part of Karvy Computershare's Middle East expansion strategy, it said.

"This acquisition would help us create a path-breaking process for servicing investors in the (Middle-East) region," the company's Chief Executive, V Ganesh, said.

Karvy Computershare provides registrar services to mutual funds and corporates across India, servicing 67 million investors across 500 corporate and 29 mutual funds at nearly 500 locations.

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solide Jahresergebnisse; konstante Dividende, derzeit rund 4%

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NEW YORK, Nov. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Computershare Limited (ASX: CPU), a leading financial services provider for the global securities industry, announced today that early termination has been granted under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, for the proposed acquisition by Computershare of the Shareowner Services business of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. The parties are now free to close the acquisition.

"This is a huge step in one of the most important acquisitions in Computershare's history," said Stuart Crosby, CEO and President of Computershare Limited. "Now we can concentrate on closing this transaction and commence the integration of BNY Mellon's Shareowner Services business into Computershare."

Computershare anticipates closing on or around Jan. 1, 2012. Before close of the acquisition, Computershare will be working with BNY Mellon leaders to ensure that all stakeholders will be satisfied and comfortable when the transaction is finalized.

The eventual acquisition will bring together two high-performance, world-class shareholder services providers and will offer clients and their shareholders the best of both organizations. BNY Mellon Shareowner Services has highly talented people with deep operational and industry experience that will help Computershare realize innovation, cost and service synergies from all parts of the business model - from integration and consolidation to adopting best practices.

Computershare has a successful and proven approach with acquisitions and conversion programs. "We will continue to deliver high quality service levels without compromise throughout any business integration," said Steven Rothbloom, CEO and President of Computershare's US region.

"Today's announcement is fantastic news for our clients and employees, who are that much closer to working with and being part of Computershare, an industry leader in shareholder servicing," said Samir Pandiri, CEO of BNY Mellon Shareowner Services.