Private Company Data, Fact or Fiction? Presented by: Jon Carlos Territory Manager

Private Company Data, Fact or Fiction?

Presented by:

Jon Carlos Territory Manager

Bureau van Dijk (BvD)

Private Companies

• Listed Companies: 65k = Approx. 98% worlds market capitalization

• Globally, almost all companies are private

• 99.9999% of the companies in the world are private. Currently, BvD alone has 100 million private companies profiles

listed

private

Question: Why is this important?

I’m glad you asked!

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Question: Wow, that’s a lot of private companies, how can I find information on them?

Availability of private company data

Region Regulatory Body Private Co. Filing Requirements

Resources

United States SEC Not required to file with SEC

Subscription based resources:usually estimate

Germany Handelsregisters -or-Federal Gazette

Private Cos (GmbH) are required file annual accounts

Common register portal or Federal Gazette

UK Companies House Requirements based of company size

Companies House or WebCheck

Italy Commercial Register and CSBC

SpA (public) and Srl (private) with revenue greater than €1 million

Italian Chamber of Commerce

How has private company data changed the way organizations operate?

Corporation

International Tax

Procurement

Credit Risk

Corporate Developme

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Compliance &

Fraud

•Reduced exposure from both a supplier and client prospective

•Ability to source and value potential acquisition opportunities globally

•Research and detect potential fraudulent and/or compliance issues

•Robust and up to date tax compliance initiatives

Practical Applications

Academics:

1. Student Body

• Traditional research projects • Job prospecting• Global scope for increasingly international student body

2. Faculty Research

• Foreign direct investment• Executive compensation: internationally listed and private

companies • Capital flow across nations

Practical Applications

Library

Law Firms

• BvD is a global business intelligence provider

• Strategic partnerships with the “best of breed” information providers

• Access to over 100+ million private and public companies profiles

BvD’s Processes

Strategic Partnerships

A sample of BvD’s information partners:

BvD’s Private Company Data

• International and private globally formatted data from financials, ownership and legal status data points

• Most complete international M&A database

• International ownership database

• Depth and accuracy of BvD’s data allows for organizations to reduce time spend of research requests, source comprehensive and hard to find company data

Data Collection Methods

The three pillars of valuable data

1. Coverage & timeliness

2. Quality & accuracy

3. Usability & relevance

Data Collection Methods

Coverage & Timeliness Concerted effort between BvD and our strategic partners

• Identification of the best strategic partnerships:• Regular evaluation of our partners:

1. Monthly evaluation in the IPs data, timeliness of update, evolution of database & quality of data

2. Regularly evaluate of other IPs

Data Collection Methods

Quality and Accuracy:

1. Quality control automation

2. Quality checks

3. Accuracy checks

4. Client feedback

Data Collection Methods

Usability and relevancy

1. Creation of own vertical specific databases

2. Matching Data from different sources & adding additional value through BvD’s proprietary data

3. Standardization of the data

4. Use of official or well-known references

Data Collection Methods

Transparency:

1. Original documents

2. Links to IPs websites

3. Information sources cited within reports

4. Help guide

Transparency

Transparency

Transparency

Continued Growth & Improvement

• Data improvements

1. Detailed trade overview descriptions 2. Continued development of strategic partnerships

- Patents - Enhanced code classifications, etcetera.

•Software improvements

1. Workflow tools for specific functions such as transfer pricing, credit, compliance, procurement

2. Continued developments of current platforms i.e. the new Mint Global

Thank you for your time!