Monsanto annual report analysis

INTRODUCTION TO THE CORPORATE ANNUAL
REPORT:
A Business Application with IFRS Content
3rd edition

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To be completed by the student and submitted with the completed annual
report project according to your instructor’s requirements.
Complete the following form before you submit your assignment. This step is required to
validate your compliance with sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act.
1. Remove the front cover of the workbook and identify:
Student Name:
Term:
Selected Company:
Instructor:
2. Print your completed electronic template.
3. Attach the following:
• This page completed with all required information.
• Completed Word form template. Form template boxes expand as you input
responses.

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
Select a Company and Gather Documents
Chapter 1: Select a Company and Gather Documents – Question 1
Identify with an “X” the primary source of data for this project.

Annual report to shareholders
Annual report to shareholders with a letter from Chief Executive Officer and SEC
Form 10-K as part of the annual report to shareholders. The annual report may
include additional general company information.
SEC Form 10-K and the company website.

Fill in the page numbers from the annual report where the following are located.
Required information for this
workbook project.

Page
No.

Required information for this
workbook project.

Page No.

Financial Highlights Chief Executive Officer Letter
•

•

•

Not absolutely
necessary, but very
common in annual
report to shareholders.

•
•

Not in SEC Form 10-K.
May be posted on
company website. If so
put WEB in Page No.
box.

May be labeled President’s, CEO’s or other top official’s message or letter to the
shareholders
Not in SEC Form 10-K. Likely posted on company website if SEC Form 10-K used to
satisfy the annual report to shareholders reporting requirement. If so put WEB in Page No.
box.

If not available, put N/A
in Page No. box.

Management’s
Discussion and
Analysis (MD&A)

Notes to Financial Statements
•

Put range of pages, for example, 47 to 58.

Income Statement
May be labeled Statement of
Earnings

Report of Independent Accountants or Independent Auditors’
Report

Balance Sheet

Five- or Ten-Year Summary of Operating Results

May be labeled Statement of
Financial Position

Item 6 in SEC Form 10-K

Statement of
Change in
Stockholder’s
Equity

Management’s Report (Responsibility) on Internal Control over
Financial Reporting

Statement of Cash
Flows

Investor and Company Information or Shareholder Information

Item 9A. Control and Procedures in SEC 10-K

Identify Why You Selected This Company
Chapter 1: Identify Why You Selected This Company – Question 1
A) What is/are your motivation(s) or interest(s) in selecting this company?
[See above for examples.]

B) What question(s) are you seeking to answer?
[For example, is the company profitable? Can the company change and develop new products
and services to be competitive? Would I invest in this company? Will the company provide
rewarding career opportunities? In chapter 5 you will have pulled together the financial and
nonfinancial information to answer these question(s).]

A)
B)

Company and Annual Report Essentials
Chapter 1: Company and Annual Report Essentials – Question 1
What is the company’s complete name?