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Isaac Hunt, Jr., former SEC Commissioner, July 17, 1997

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PAST PROJECTS

Investor Communications Services has had the pleasure of working with companies in a range of industries, including:

KeyCorp (financial services)
PartnerRe Ltd. (reinsurance)
The Williams Companies (natural gas)
CIGNA Corporation (insurance)
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (communications)
Cardinal Health, Inc. (healthcare)
The Davis Funds (mutual funds)
Alpharma (pharmaceutical)
American Express (financial services)
Factual Data Corp. (information services)
DeVry Inc. (higher education)
GATX Corporation (transportation services)
PVC Container Corporation (manufacturing)

National Compliance Services, Inc. (registration and compliance for financial services professionals)

Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation (apparel)

My work on securities disclosure documents has included:

  • Annual Reports on Form 10-K, including the MD&A and Notes to Financial Statements, and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q;

  • Proxy statements, including the Compensation Discussion & Analysis section;
  • Disclosure brochures (following Form ADV) for investment advisers;

  • Earnings releases;

  • Mutual fund prospectuses;

  • A guide to help a company’s employee shareholders understand the annual report and proxy statement; and

  • Annual reports to shareholders, including the chairman’s letter.

Often a company will engage Investor Communications Services to draft a document, and then return each reporting period for writing and editing help to ensure that updates and revisions maintain the same clarity and tone.

For clients other than public companies, my work has included:

  • Creating marketing materials for an international partnership of merger & acquisition consulting firms;

  • Drafting an opinion letter regarding disclosure issues for plaintiffs’ counsel in a case litigated in the Superior Court of New Jersey;

  • Serving as managing editor of Wall Street Lawyer, a monthly securities law newsletter;

  • Managing the content of RealCorporateLawyer.com, a (now defunct) RR Donnelley website designed for corporate and securities lawyers;

  • Creating two interactive training courses for a company that provides online educational programs for employees in the financial services industry;

  • Editing articles for submission to business publications;

  • And even editing application essays for prospective college students!