Strategic Communications

Hintons has the experience and capability to assess clients’ needs and opportunities. We review and develop communications strategies for Boards and senior management both for particular purposes and on a standing support basis.

Our services include:

  • Review and analysis of clients’ corporate communications function, activities and potential
  • Development of high level strategies for Boards and senior management for specific or standing assignments
  • Provision of day to day advice, support and communications task implementation as required
  • Development of stakeholder, government and media engagement plans and programs
  • Development of critical communications materials and supporting materials as required.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Supporting shareholder value

Hintons has a unique strength in the M&A area, having managed communications for numerous Australian and cross-border transactions.

Our services include the following:

  • Targeted communications to support deal objectives
  • Anticipation and management of issues, target behaviour, regulatory hurdles, valuation and shareholder issues
  • Announcement preparation and implementation
  • Development of materials – messages, ASX announcements, media/market presentations, shareholder letters, telemarketing scripts, website, employee communications
  • Preparation of senior management for media and investor briefings
  • Management of press conferences and investor briefings
  • Targeting, briefing and backgrounding of media
  • Monitoring and analysis of media and analyst coverage

IPO’s & Capital Raising

Attracting  investor interest, and creating a sustainable secondary market

Hintons has successfully managed communications for many IPOs and capital raisings.

Our services include:

  • Communications to support broker marketing and achieve best outcomes for vendors
  • Anticipation and management of issues – market conditions, investor take-up of offer, competitive influences, etc.
  • Development of materials, marketing themes and materials –ASX announcements, media/market presentations, shareholder letters, telemarketing scripts, website, employee communications
  • Concept development and implementation of campaign launch
  • Rehearsal of senior management for media and investor briefings
  • Targeting, briefing and backgrounding of media
  • Monitoring and analysis of media and analyst coverage
  • Advice on secondary market positioning and ongoing investor relations

Issues Management

Protecting reputation, brands and valuation

Hintons has the experience to anticipate issues and manage communications to protect and promote a company’s reputation, brands, people and valuation in special situations such as:

Board issues

  • Restructuring, succession, appointments/departures, disclosure issues, shareholder meetings
  • Board and board member communications

 

Share market and activist issues

  • Share register raids, proxy campaigns
  • Activist defence support

 

Financial issues

  • Write downs, forecast adjustments, accounting policy changes

 

Corporate and management issues

  • Corporate restructuring, succession, appointments/departures
  • Investigations
  • Industrial relations
  • Operational and product crises
  • Employee communications

 

Small to Medium-Cap

Meeting the needs of small to mid-cap companies

Small to mid-cap companies have unique communication needs, including developing consistent company narratives and messaging,  striking relationships with the media, and executing major marketing exercises and other communication campaigns.

Hintons works with small and medium cap companies to assist with media and investor relations, issues management and takeovers.

Investor Communications

Supporting shareholder value through clear communication to stakeholders

Hintons specialises in developing communications for financial markets. We understand share market audiences and regulatory requirements, and have a wide range of experience in dealing with complex shareholder issues.

Hintons services range from development of communications strategies, messages and detailed communication plans, to drafting and production of materials and full-scale implementation.

We offer:

  • Advice on, or management of, market and media communications
  • Interim and full year results, including forecasting and expectation management
  • Preparation of senior management for briefings
  • Presentations, annual reports, letters, newsletters, websites