BTS Research Sheet
Company Name: ____________________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________________________
City: __________________________ State: ____________ Zip: _________
Telephone: ________________ Fax: _____________
Stock Ticker Symbol: _______ Industry: ________________________________
Authorized: _____________ Restricted: _____________ Issued: _____________
Preferred: _____________ Conversion Ratio: ________ Warrants: _____________
S8: _____________ Convertible Debentures: _____________ 504's: ____________
Market Sector: (sector name only): ________________________________
In House IR Contact Information:
IR Director: __________________________________________________________
IR Direct Phone #: __________________ IR Direct Fax #: __________________
Toll Free Phone #: ___________________ # of employees: ________________
Corporate Web Address: http://_________________________________________
Corporate E-mail: _____________________ IR E-mail: _____________________
Web site contains Investor Relations Department information: _______
IR Department is out-sourced to: ________________________________________
Phone #: __________________ Fax #: ___________________
IR Department employees are required to have special training
Training Description: ________________________________________
How long have each of the following held their positions (in years)and who are they:
CEO: ________________________________________________________________
President: ____________________________________________________________
Chair of the Board: _____________________________________________________
IR Director: ___________________________________________________________
Years CEO has been with the company? : _______ CEO's Age: ___
Degree's held by CEO / Management and Universities attended: __________________
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Year Company Founded: __________ Year Publicly Traded: ________
Who handled IPO? _____________________________________________________
Legal Counsel: ________________________________________________________
SEC Counsel: _________________________________________________________
Transfer Agent: ________________________________________________________
Class action litigation lawsuits or shareholder litigation filed against the company or management:
in the last 3 years ___________________________________________________
2 yr. ago _____________________________________________________________
1 yr. ago _____________________________________________________________
Currently _____________________________________________________________
Has the company or management received regulatory body sanctions in the last 3 years Sanctions:
What Exchange is your company traded on?
NYSE: ___ AMEX: ___ NASDAQ (National Market System) : ___
NASDAQ (Small Cap) : ___ Other: ___ N/A: ___
Percentage of company held by insiders: ___ % Percentage held by institutions: ___ %
What information is contained in your investor kit?
10 K's: __ 10 Q's: __ Annual Report: __ News Releases: __ Proxy Statements: __
Other: ___
How do you distribute investor kits? Express Service: ___ U.S. Priority Mail: ___
U.S. Regular Mail: ___ U.S. Bulk Mail: ___
How many times a year does your company conduct open conference calls for
individual investors? 0 times: ___ 1 time: ___ 2-3 times: ___ 4 or more: ___
If conference calls are conducted, when do they usually occur? (After earnings
releases, quarterly, etc.) ________________________________________________
Do you supply a replay number, transcript or audiotape for all interested parties ___
Do you utilize C-Call, First Call or any other service for dissemination of your
conference calls ________________
Date of the annual shareholder meeting and where: __________________________
If your corporate headquarters are outside the USA, what is stock listed American
Depository Receipt ________________
Fiscal Year Ends: (mm/dd/yyyy) : ________________
(If applicable): Latest Dividend Record Date: (mm/dd/yyyy) : ________________
Latest Ex-Dividend Date: (mm/dd/yyyy) : ________________
Latest Dividend Payment Date: (mm/dd/yyyy) : ________________
Services: ____________________________________________________________
Products: ____________________________________________________________
Future Lines/Products:__________________________________________________
Which two publicly held firms are your greatest competitors? (List stock ticker symbols only, please.) : ________________ : ________________
In your opinion, which two publicly held companies are most comparable to yours based
on revenues, employee count, as well as line of products and services? (List stock
ticker symbols only, please.) : ________________ : ________________
Does one customer or account represents more than 20% of your business: ________
Whom and what percentage? ______________________ : ___ %
Do you have a customer retention program : ________________
Percent of core management team that has remained in place over last 2 years: ___ %
Percentage of company that is unionized: ___ %
Percentage of business that is international: ___ %
International business is: Increasing ___ Decreasing ___ Remaining the Same ___ N/A
Length (months) of your typical Research and Development Cycle to bring a new product or service to market __________________
Please identify where in the Industry Life Cycle you judge your company to be.
Pioneering Development ___ Rapid Accelerating Growth ___ Mature Growth Stabilization and Market Maturity ___ Deceleration of Growth and Decline ___
How do you rate the following Competitive Forces with your firm's industry?
Bargaining Power of Buyers Medium ___ Low ___ High ___ N/A
Bargaining Power of Suppliers Medium ___ Low ___ High ___ N/A
Rivalry Among Competitors Medium ___ Low ___ High ___ N/A
Threat of Substitutes Medium ___ Low ___ High ___ N/A
Threat of New Entrants Medium ___ Low ___ High ___ N/A
Do you have patents or approvals pending __________________________________
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What amount annually is budgeted for the following (use figures from last fiscal year):
R&D $__________ Investor Relations $ __________ Advertising $ __________
Member Of:
Dow Jones Industrial Average ___ Dow Jones Transportation Average ___
Dow Jones Utilities Average ___ S & P 100 Index ___
S & P 500 Index ___ Nasdaq Composite Index ___ Nasdaq 100 Index ___
Russell 2000 Index ___ Wilshire 5000 Index ___ S&P 600 Index ___
What is the BUSINESS OBJECTIVE: _______________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
DYNAMIC MARKET: ____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Business Overview: ____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Marketing: ____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
MAGAZINE ADVERTISING ______________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
FSI COUPONS _________________________________________________________
MEDIA ADVERTISING ___________________________________________________
INTERNET ____________________________________________________________
WHERE TO BUY ______________________________________________________
FUTURE EVENTS _______________________________________________________
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