BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Annual Report
- a document prepared each year to give a true and fair view of a company's state of affairs.
Annual reports are issued to shareholders and filed at the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the provisions of company legislation. Contents include a profit and loss account and balance sheet, a cash flow statement, directors' report, auditor's report, and, where a company has subsidiaries, the company's group accounts.
The financial statements are the main purpose of the annual report, and usually include notes to the accounts. These amplify numerous points contained in the figures and are critical for anyone wishing to study the accounts in detail.
Additional Resources
- Wipro Makes Annual Report Available Online
- EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Pursuant to the NYSE listing regulations which permit Companies to make available the annual report to shareholders on or through the company's website, the annual report of the Company is being posted on the website. The annual report has also been filed with the Securities and...
- Research articles 2008-06-12
- Can the annual report be improved?
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- Research articles 1993-06-22
- How do you play the annual report game?
- how do you play the new annual report game? Corporate America spends a reported US $5 billion each year on the annual report. Yet opinion is divided on who the annual's readers are. Perhaps because it hasn't settled on the annual's purpose. Corporate America also doesn't...
- Research articles 1990-09-01
- Dr. Reddy's Releases Annual Report for Fiscal 2007-08
- HYDERABAD, India -- Dr. Reddy's today announced that in consideration of the recent SEC/NYSE rule changes on the Annual Report distributions, the Company's Annual Report for fiscal 2007-08 is available on the Company's website http://www.drreddys.com/investors/pdf/annualreport2008.pdf effective from June 30, 2008. This Annual Report has also been filed with the Securities...
- Research articles 2008-06-30
- Analyzing Company Reports: Reading Annual & Quarterly Reports
- A company is required by law to provide its shareholders with information about its operations. An annual report satisfies this obligation. An annual report is a brief profile on the health of a company. Annual report is comprised of the elements like - a letter from the chairman on the...
- White papers 1999-01-01
- Hecla's 2006 Annual Report Available on Web Site
- COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) has furnished copies of its annual report to shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2006, to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The annual report, along with the proxy statement, is being mailed to shareholders in conjunction with the Annual Meeting...
- Research articles 2007-04-16
- Delta revises its 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-16 September 2004-DELTA AIR LINES: Delta revises its 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-KC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09152004 ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today filed a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC to make changes in...
- Research articles 2004-09-16
- Prana Announces Filing of Annual Report, Dated September 25, 2008
- Prana Biotechnology Limited (NASDAQ: PRAN) (ASX: PBT), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the research and development of treatments for neurodegenerative disorders, today announced that it has filed its annual report containing audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The...
- Research articles 2008-09-29
- Dunk's Annual Report On Annual Reports: New Reports Focus On Innovation and Transformation
- CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 22, 1999-- William Dunk Partners, Inc. released today its new 1999 Annual Report on Annual Reports entitled "Revolution From Above: Innovation, Transformation, and the Need to Turn Things Upside Down." Every year, William Dunk comments on the major themes leading public companies emphasize in...
- Research articles 1999-04-22
- Nasdaq distributes first annual report.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-7 May 2002-NASDAQ: Nasdaq distributes first annual report C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05062002 New York, N.Y. -- The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. today distributed its first annual report to shareholders, issuers, employees and other key constituencies for the...
- Research articles 2002-05-07
- CNinsure Posted its Annual Report to Shareholders
- GUANGZHOU, Sept. 2 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CNinsure Inc. , a leading independent insurance agency and brokerage company operating in China, today announced that it has posted a copy of its annual report to shareholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 on its investor relations website. The annual report...
- Research articles 2008-09-02
- CompuCredit Online Annual Report Honored
- Business Editors ATLANTA--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 7, 2000 CompuCredit Corporation (NASDAQ: CCRT) is pleased to announce that the 1999 CompuCredit online annual report received the Finalist Award in the Financial Services category from the International ARC Awards, the largest international competition honoring excellence in annual reports. "It is especially...
- Research articles 2000-08-07
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. - 2005 Annual Report
- OMAHA, Neb. -- Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s 2005 Annual Report to the shareholders will be posted on the Internet on Saturday March 4, 2006, at approximately 9:00 a.m. eastern time where it can be accessed on the Internet (berkshirehathaway.com). The Annual Report will include Warren E. Buffett's annual letter to shareholders...
- Research articles 2006-02-27
- Interlink Electronics Announces New Timing for Its Annual Meeting
- CAMARILLO, Calif. -- Interlink Electronics, Inc. (Pink Sheets:LINK), a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of human interface products and technologies, today announced that it will postpone its Annual Meeting until after it has filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005,...
- Research articles 2006-05-31
- Annual Report
- ANNUAL REPORT A document published by public corporations on a yearly basis to provide stockholders, the public, and the government with financial data, a summary of ownership, and the accounting practices used to prepare the report. Annual reports measure a corporation's financial health. They focus on past and...
- Research articles 2005-10-25
- Sasol Limited - Sasol issues 2008 Annual Financial Statements and files Annual Report on form 20-F with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
- JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sasol's annual report, containing its financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2008, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, has been issued and has been posted on the Sasol website at http://www.sasol.com/. An abridged report will not be published...
- Research articles 2008-10-08
- Harley-Davidson Selected as Winner of 14th Annual Triad Annual Report Awards Competition
- CHICAGO -- The 14th Annual Triad Annual Report Program today announced that Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE:HDI) of Milwaukee, Wis. has won the competition's 2004 award for the best annual report. Selected from the annual reports of 630 companies in the Midwest, Harley-Davidson is a repeat winner, having won the Triad Award...
- Research articles 2004-11-10
- Senate defeats measure to produce an annual report on the cost of
- The Utah Tax Commission will not be required to submit an annual report of the cost of tax exemptions, after a bill requiring the report failed in the Senate. The Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee tabled SB208 by a 3-2 vote Tuesday, a bill that would have led...
- Research articles 2006-02-15
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. News Release
- OMAHA, Neb. -- Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s 2006 Annual Report to the shareholders and its Form 10-K will be posted on the Internet on Thursday March 1, 2007, at approximately 3:00 p.m. central time where it can be accessed on the Internet (berkshirehathaway.com). The Annual Report will include Warren E. Buffett's...
- Research articles 2007-02-26
- To keep its licence fee, the BBC needs to stop being so shy
- BBC ANNUAL REPORT It may reveal the sums paid to the senior executives but the real shame of the annual report is its failure to show why it is actually worth our money, says Will Wyatt Somewhere in Broadcasting House and down the road in...
- Research articles 2008-07-07
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