It releases financial statements to banks and brokerages (7% of Zaporizhstal trades on the Ukrainian stock exchange) and grants investors meetings with management.
Exchange rules may permit the Chinese authorities to attend the board meetings of listed companies, something that might not bother the NYSE, which does not face competition from Chinese exchanges in its home markets of Europe or America, but would probably horrify a global bank.
We had an opportunity to exchange views on regional and global issues, and our exchange of views and opinions will continue throughout the day with other meetings that will take place during the rest of the day.
The NAPF - which represents pension funds controlling about a fifth of the shares on the London Stock Exchange - has asked its members to abstain from voting on pay awards at a series of annual general meetings this year.