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HOW MANY ANNUAL REPORT PRODUCERS VOICED
SUPPORT OF THE NYSE BROADSIDE? NONE

November 2, 2005

ANNUAL REPORT MONITOR
SENSES WEATHER-RELATED WOES

September 15, 2005

MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF AN ANNUAL REPORT
TO SHAREHOLDERS? ITS COVER: EXPERT

July 14, 2005

MORE ANNUAL REPORTS
GO THE 'DOWN-AND-DIRTY' ROUTE: EXPERT

June 10, 2005

ANNUAL REPORT WEBSITE
COMPLETES NEARLY NINE YEARS

April 8, 2005

LAST YEAR'S VULCAN MATERIALS
REPORT BELATED ADDITION TO ‘WORLD-CLASS' LIST

February 1, 2005

WALGREEN ANNUAL REPORT
HAILED IN LONG-RUNNING NEWSLETTER

January 1, 2005

EIGHTY PERCENT FEWER
BOARDS EXCLUDE WOMEN, MINORITIES

November 8, 2004

IS THERE A FUTURE FOR THE PRINT ANNUAL REPORT?
CORPORATE BIGGIES SAY ‘YES!’

October 11, 2004

NEWSLETTER ON ANNUAL REPORTS
BEGINS 22ND YEAR; SINCE 1983

September 1, 2004

CHICAGO-BASED GRAPHIC DESIGN
FIRM’S BODY OF WORK HAILED

August 1, 2004

A HUMOROUS ANNUAL REPORT:
WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE?

July 1, 2004

250 ISSUES OF
ANNUAL REPORT NEWSLETTER

June 1, 2004

ANNUAL REPORT WEBSITE
COMPLETES EIGHT YEARS

May 1, 2004

2003 CORPORATE ANNUAL REPORTS
ONLY 'HALF SO POSITIVE' AS YEAR EARLIER

April 1, 2004

'WHERE THE PROBLEM LIES:
WITH A CONFUSED SEC...RECALCITRANT CEOs'

March 1, 2004

EARLY 2003 ANNUALS:
'NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT'

February 1, 2004

EARLY 2003 ANNUALS:
SO MUCH FOR GOVERNMENT MEDDLING

January 1, 2004

MONITORING ANNUAL REPORTS
CAN BE ‘DOWNRIGHT DEPRESSING’: EXPERT

November 28, 2003

‘COMMON FOLK’—CORPORATE EMPLOYEES—ARE
ALLOWED TO REMAIN UNIDENTIFIED IN THREE OF FIVE ANNUALS

November 1, 2003

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS
ENDORSE FULL-BODIED ANNUAL REPORTS

October 1, 2003

SARBANES-OXLEY NO BOON TO STOCKHOLDERS
September 3, 2003

WHERE DO MOST MEDIA INTERVIEWS EMANATE?
July 7, 2003

CASUAL ATTIRE INVADES CORPORATE SUITE:
ANNUAL REPORT MONITOR

June 1, 2003

SO FAR, SARBANES-OXLEY IS A FLOP:
ANNUAL REPORT MONITOR

May 1, 2003

THREE MORE 2002 ANNUALS
ACHIEVE ‘WORLD-CLASS’ STATUS

April 1, 2003

ALCOA ANNUAL REPORT
ACHIEVES ‘WORLD-CLASS’ STATUS

March 1, 2003

HAIL 2002 ANNUAL REPORTS OF
ANDREW CORP., TYSON FOODS

February 1, 2003

THE 2002 CROP OF ANNUAL REPORTS
BEGINS TO FLOOD IN; ANY BETTER?

January 1, 2003

TALK, TALK, TALK: SHAREHOLDER
LETTERS KEEP GETTING LONGER

December 1, 2002

ECLECTIC ANNUAL REPORT NEWSLETTER
COVERS TOPICS RANGING FROM SEC TO EBITDA

November 1, 2002

HONESTY IN ANNUAL REPORTS
AT 13-YEAR LOW: JOURNALIST

October 2, 2002

SURPRISE, SURPRISE! HONESTY
IN ANNUAL REPORTS AT 13-YEAR LOW: JOURNALIST

September 1, 2002

ONLY ONE IN FIVE ANNUAL REPORTS
IS WELL WRITTEN: ANALYST

August 1, 2002

NEWSLETTER PUBLISHER TAKES ISSUE
WITH CHAIRMAN OF SEC

July 1, 2002

IT'S 'BACK TO BASICS'
IN DQE ANNUAL REPORT

June 1, 2002

ANALYSIS SHOWS NEW CROP OF
ANNUAL REPORTS 'A MIXED BAG'

May 1, 2002

IT TAKES LOADS OF ADJECTIVES
TO PAY PROPER HOMAGE TO IBM REPORT

April 1, 2002

AUDITORS CAUSING HUGE
DELAYS, ANNUAL REPORT LENGTH
EXPLODING; CULPRIT: ENRONITIS

March 1, 2002

NEWS REPORT: INVESTIGATOR IN ENRON CASE
FAULTS ACCOUNTANTS, ATTORNEYS, REGULATORS,
THE COMPANY’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
AND RATING AGENCIES

February 1, 2002

HAVE CORPORATIONS
ACHIEVED THE MILLENNIUM?

January 1, 2002

FORD MOTOR'S 2000 ANNUAL REPORT
NAMED WORLD'S BEST; SECOND YEAR IN A ROW

November 1, 2001

NEWSLETTER BEGINS ITS 19TH YEAR WITH
INTERNATIONAL EXTRAVAGANZA? WELL, NOT EXACTLY...

October 1, 2001

NEWSLETTER BEGINS ITS 19TH YEAR
WITH INTERNATIONAL BLOWOUT

September 1, 2001

INCIDENCE OF CASUAL ATTIRE AMONG CORPORATE CHIEFTAINS
DOUBLES IN THREE YEARS: ANNUAL REPORT GURU

July 1, 2001

ANNUAL REPORT GURU SEES ATLANTA AS
POTENTIAL SUCCESSOR AS BEST AR CITY

June 1, 2001

JUST AS THE SUMMARY REPORT PRESENTS
THE POTENTIAL 'FOR MASSIVE MANIPULATION OF FACTS,'
SO, TOO, DOES THE ONLINE ANNUAL LEAVE MUCH TO BE DESIRED

May 1, 2001

IBM ANNUAL 'A CLASSIC
TAKE-HOME-AND-READ REPORT'

April 1, 2001

ANNUALS ON TRACK TO BE WORST EVER;
'FALLING OUTS WITH HEIRS APPARENT'?

March 1, 2001

CORPORATIONS INCREASINGLY 'DENIGRATE'
THEIR ANNUAL REPORTS: OBSERVER

February 1, 2001

YEAR NO. 18
FOR ANNUAL REPORT ANALYSIS

January 1, 2001

ANNUAL REPORT EXPERT
NAMES 43 BEST FOR 1999

December 1, 2000

ANNUAL REPORT GURU
NAMES 10 BEST, WORST OF 1999

November 1, 2000

ANNUAL REPORT NEWSLETTER
RAVES ABOUT 'TRULY CREATIVE' SOUTHERN CO.

October 1, 2000

ANNUAL REPORT PRODUCER
PAY DECLINES 7.5 PERCENT

September 1, 2000

FORD, GM 1999 ANNUAL REPORTS
IN 'STARK CONTRAST': NEWSLETTER

August 1, 2000

ONE IN EIGHT ANNUAL REPORTS
ACHIEVES 'WORLD-CLASS' STATUS

July 3, 2000

MOST CEOs ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THEIR
ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS

June 1, 2000

ATTENDEE AT FIRST CONFERENCE
SIGNS UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO; NEAR SELLOUT

May 9, 2000

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
CELEBRATES ITS 200th ISSUE

April 1, 2000

ANNUAL REPORT WEBSITE?
‘No such entity’: Newsletter

March 1, 2000

STUDY FLAWED:
Annual Report Newsletter

February 1, 2000

INTRAWEST'S MAGAZINE APPROACH
'A marvelous annual—but...'

January 1, 2000

'BEST OF SHOW'
Among 1998 Annual Reports

December 1, 1999

KEY TO A WINNING ANNUAL REPORT?
It’s CEO Participation: Newsletter

November 1, 1999

ANNUAL REPORTS AREN’T ALL THAT COSTLY
Less than $3 a copy: poll

October 1, 1999

CONFERENCE IN THE MILLENNIUM
At San Francisco's Park Hyatt Hotel

September 17, 1999

ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE INTERNET
An 'Urban Legend'?

September 1, 1999

NEWSLETTER COMPLETES ANOTHER YEAR
192 Issues on Annual Reports

August 1, 1999

THE SURREPTITIOUS SUMMARY REPORT
McKesson? ‘Down and dirty indeed’: Publisher

July 1, 1999

ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM
Companies best the competition

June 1, 1999

PLAUDITS FOR IBM ANNUAL REPORT
Despite an ‘also-ran’ 99 points

May 1, 1999

CEO IN A MUUMUU?
‘Casual Everydays’ invade annual reports

April 1, 1999

IT’S A ‘THREE-PEAT’ FOR AMERITECH
Chicago-based telecom produces perfect report a third time

March 1, 1999

IN OPPOSITION TO 'WHITE-BREAD MALES'
Annual Report Activist’s 'Toughest Decision'

February 1, 1999

ECLECTIC COVERAGE
January 1, 1999

21 BEST ANNUAL REPORTS OF LAST 15 YEARS
December 1, 1998

VERBOSITY REIGNS
Egos run rampant at Coca-Cola, PepsiCo?

November 1, 1998

MORE THAN A DOZEN
SIGN UP FOR CONFERENCE—A YEAR IN ADVANCE

October 1, 1998

ANNUAL REPORT NEWSLETTER
BEGINS 16TH YEAR

September 1, 1998

IS THE PRINT VERSION OF THE
ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS PASSÉ?

August 1, 1998

'PLAIN ENGLISH' IN ANNUAL REPORTS
GAINS GROUND SLOWLY: NEWSLETTER

July 1, 1998

ANNUAL REPORT NEWSLETTER:
SILVER ANNIVERSARY (TWICE!)

June 3, 1998

CATO ADVOCATES 'TRUTH SERUM'
Takes to task a quartet of CEOs

May 31, 1998

BELIEVE IT OR NOT:
HUMOR IN AN ANNUAL REPORT!
'Year’s two best letters to shareholders'

May 1, 1998

Annual Reports ‘Lookin’ Good’;
Decidedly Positive

April 3, 1998

Securities and Exchange Commission:
'Speak Loudly, Carries Tiny, Tiny Stick'

March 4, 1998

Century Communications:
'At Least It's Consistent'

February 2, 1998

Four Of Year's Most
Readable Reports Are Foreign

January 1, 1998

'LIAR, LIAR'?
December 1, 1997

For Better or Worse,
CEO Support Is Key

November 1, 1997

Results Of 12th Annual Poll
Of Annual Report Producers: Costs Decline

October 24, 1997

Name World's 10 Best, Worst
Annual Reports For 1996
St. Paul Cos., Ameritech tied for No. 1

October 10, 1997

CEO Photographs Used In A Constant
85 Of 100 Annual Reports

September 1, 1997

Annual Reports To Shareholders
Worldwide Are Improving

August 1, 1997

Even Companies That Excel With
The Printed Version of Their
Annual Reports Do Poorly Online

July 1, 1997

Yet Another Annual Report
Achieves Perfection

June 1, 1997

Annual Report Newsletter Hails
IBM'S 'Website-To-End-All-Websites'

May 1, 1997

Producing Annual Reports Is No Picnic
April 1, 1997

Annual Report Guru Holds Forth
On Ameritech, Disney, Wrigley Reports

March 3, 1997

'Despite Poor Showing, Annual Reports Here to Stay':
Annual Report Guru

February 1, 1997

After a Year of Improvement, Annual Reports
Return to 'Dull Normal': Sid Cato

January 7, 1997

Sid Cato's 'Official Annual Report Website'
Offers Internet Tips

December 2, 1996

Sid Cato's Internet Site Reorganized,
Rechristened 'Official Annual Report Website'

November 1, 1996

It's a Tale of One City: Chicago
Mixed Results With Telecom Annual Reports
October 1, 1996

Trends In Annual Reports:
Negatives On The Rise
September 19, 1996

29,127 Hours (Count 'em)Spent Scrutinizing
The World's Annual Reports
September 1, 1996

Women Producers of Annual Reports
Achieve Equality With Men -- Finally
August 1, 1996

'Safe Harbors Murky';
Impact of the Professional Communicator on Annual Reports
July 1, 1996

What It Takes To Produce An Award-Winning Annual Report
June 19, 1996

Annual Report Guru's Internet Site Attracts
Humanizing an Ogre?
May 30,1996

NYNEX-Bell Atlantic Merger
A Bonanza for Stockholders?
'Depends on your viewpoint': Sid Cato
April 23, 1996


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