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| | Ensuring the Integrity of Financial Disclosure and Communications
Manulife has policies in place relating to the treatment and disclosure of information about the Company on a timely, accurate, understandable and broadly disseminated basis, as required by applicable laws. Information relating to the Company is reviewed by a group that includes the Legal, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications departments and senior management, and others as required, for a determination of materiality and, if appropriate, public disclosure.
The Board, on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, approves annual and quarterly reports on Manulife’s performance, as well as material public communications. The Governance Committee has developed a process to consider shareholder proposals.
Manulife's disclosure policies and practices ensure full, fair and timely disclosure of information. Information is shared with individual shareholders, institutional investors and financial analysts through the Investor Relations department, and to the media through the Corporate Communications department.
Investor Relations reports at each Board meeting on share performance, issues raised by shareholders and analysts, the Company’s institutional shareholder base, and a summary of recent shareholder activities.
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