On Thursday, Google announced that it will now make announcements about its financial performance solely through its investor relations website. According to the IR Web Report, Google is the most prominent company to take advantage of the SEC’s 2008 ruling on website disclosure under Regulation FD.
In the 2008 release, the SEC cautioned that companies could only use their websites for such disclosure if their websites were a “recognized channel” for investors, according to the IR Web Report. The release also gave a list of non-exclusive factors for companies to consider when evaluating whether their websites and their investors were ready for web-based disclosure.
