The document explains how to use the Company Dossier feature in LexisNexis Academic to access company information, including basic details, financial snapshots, and news. Users can search by various criteria and view data on company executives, competitors, and related legal resources. Additionally, the document highlights the ability to download financial reports and generate custom reports for efficient data use.

1. Viewing a Company Snapshot
USING COMPANY DOSSIER
from LexisNexis Academic

2. Start
Company Dossier is accessed
from the main search screen
via the drop-down menus
under “Search by Content
Type” or “Get Company Info.”
“Search by Content Type”
provides a variety of search
choices. Select the Dossier link
to begin a search

3. Search Form
The Company Dossier
search form permits queries
by company name, ticker
symbol, DUNS number, and
Dossier ID.
The search is limited by
company type, regions and
countries, states and
provinces and cities.

4. Search Results
The search results
display a
Snapshot of the
company’s
information.

5. The Snapshot Provides the Basics
The center of the
results screen provides
basic company
information including
address, industry
classification and
business description.
Also, this section
provides links to
additional resources
within LexisNexis
Academic.

6. Additional Basic Information
Moreover, the results display
the auditor, legal counsel and
the board of directors
information.
This section provides links out
to other resources within
LexisNexis Academic too.

7. Stock Quotes and Charts
The right side column provides a
financial snapshot. The “Stock
Quotes and Charts” displays
pricing and trading volume for
the company for a year
“Custom Charts” can display up to
a 10 year view of the company’s
pricing and trading information.

8. Yearly Financials
Moreover, the right side
column displays the
latest yearly financials.
There is a link to
download the table for
use in a spreadsheet or
word processor.

9. Top Executives
“Top Executives” displays
a downloadable table of
the company’s top tier
officers.
This section provides
links to biographical
information on each
listed executive.

10. Current News
The Reports column on
the left side provides a
means to look for in-
depth company
information.
“Current News”
executes a search for
the latest news stories
for the company.

11. Executives
“Executives” provides a
complete listing of the officers
within the company with links
to biographical and contact
information.

12. Hierarchy and Brands
The section includes links to
additional information about
the company hierarchy and
name brands related to the
company.

13. Competitors
This section provides
links to information
regarding the company’s
top competitors.
The links provides an
easy means to access a
“Snapshot” of the
company’s chief business
rivals.

14. In The News
“In The News” provides
filters to examine news
stories from major
newspapers, magazines,
media transcripts, legal
publications, topic and
region.

15. Financials
This section provides links to a
variety of company financial
reports including mergers and
acquisitions, SEC filings, Zacks
Investment Research and other
reports from Standard & Poor’s
Descriptions, Morningstar and
others.
Download the financial
information to a spreadsheet
for ease of use.

16. SEC Filings
SEC Filings include information drawn
from the EDGAR database including:
• Executive Compensation
• Corporate Articles & Bylaws
• Corporate Material Contracts
• Insider Trading Files (Form 4)
• Insider Trading Files (Form 144)
• Recent SEC Filings
• Proxy Statement
• Recent Ownership Filings (Williams Act)

17. Zacks Investment Research
The Chicago consulting firm of Zacks
Investment Research, Inc., specializes in
collecting estimates of corporate earnings,
from which it generates consensus
forecasts.
Daily Zacks surveys the research reports
and opinions of leading securities analysts
from about 70 brokerage and investment
banking firms.

18. Legal
The One Year combination of Federal and State
caselaw provides all available caselaw decided
in the immediately previous 12 months in one
stop.
It includes U.S. Supreme Court, Federal Court
of Appeals, Federal District Courts and State
Courts. Also included are specialty courts such
as Military Appeals, Customs, Patents, Tax,
Trade, Commerce, Veteran Appeals and
Bankruptcy.
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19. Directory Information
Provides access to current
domestic and international law
directories from Martindale-
Hubbell Corporate Counsel and
Martindale-Hubbell Outside
Counsel.

20. Intellectual Property
Patents includes:
• Recent United States Patents
• Recent European Patents
• Recent Japanese Patents
Trademarks includes:
• Recent United States State Trademarks
• Recent United States Federal Trademarks
• Recent International Trademarks

21. Custom Reports
This section provides a means
to query the LexisNexis
Academic database to extract
specific company information.
The company information is
then formatted in a convenient
format for download as a
Acrobat pdf file.

22. References
The References section
provides a convenient
means to query the
resources used to create a
company’s Snapshot.

23. The End
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