The financial statements of a business are the reports that summarize and communicate the basic financial data of a company. They are intended to provide much of the basic information used for decision making, and the evaluation of performance by various stakeholder groups.
REQUIRED:
Prepare a report for a potential investor addressing the questions stated below in relation to the selected company. You must access the latest annual report of the company .
(You are required to follow the Harvard referencing style: page numbers of the annual report must be included in the in- text referencing.)
PART B
What MUST be handed in:
oIntroductory page identifying the company you have researched and a couple of sentences about the company.
oAnswers to the Requitements 1, 2 and 3
oAppendices (if needed)
oBibliography
Requirement 1: Background of the company (500 words)
a. Briefly state the principal activities of the business and how those differ from the activities undertaken by its close competitors in the industry.
b. What are the significant changes in the activities of the company that have occurred since last year?
c. Explain the various business segments the company has and what business activities is each segment involve in?