IR Magazine Canada Awards

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Canada Awards 2009 - Nominees


Nominees for the IR Magazine Canada Awards 2009 are, in alphabetical order:

Grand prix for best overall investor relations
Mega-cap*
CN
Rogers Communications
Suncor Energy
TD Bank Financial Group
       
Large cap*
ARC Energy Trust
Corus Entertainment
Eldorado Gold Corporation
Precision Drilling Trust
Trinidad Drilling     

Mid-cap*
Canadian Hydro Developers
Cascades
Cineplex Entertainment
Maple Leaf Foods

Small cap*
Allon Therapeutics
Computer Modelling Group
Logibec Groupe Informatique

*Note about market caps: Mega-cap (over $10 bn), large cap ($1 bn to $10 bn), mid-cap ($250 to $1 bn) and small cap (under $250 mn) all refer to market capitalization as of the end of August 2008. The survey was conducted in October and November 2008.

Best investor relations officer
Mega-cap
Bob Noorigian – CN
Bruce Mann – Rogers Communications
John Rogers – Suncor Energy

Large cap
David Smith – Agnico-Eagle Mines
David Carey – ARC Energy Trust
Chaya Cooperberg – BFI Canada
Greg Kist – Progress

Small or mid-cap
Didier Filion – Cascades
Pat Marshall – Cineplex Entertainment
Dale Noseworthy – Killam Properties
Nicole Sayler – Matrikon

Best investor relations by a CEO
John Cassaday – Corus Entertainment
Patrick Daniel – Enbridge
Kevin McArthur – Goldcorp
Kevin Neveu – Precision Drilling Trust
Edmund Clark – TD Bank Financial Group

Best annual report
CN
PotashCorp
TD Bank Financial Group
TELUS
 
Best use of conferencing
EnCana
Rogers Communications
TD Bank Financial Group

Best corporate governance
CN
EnCana
RBC
Scotiabank

Most progress in investor relations
GLV
Kinross Gold Corporation
Trinidad Drilling

Best investor relations by a CFO – under $10 bn market cap
David Garofalo – Agnico-Eagle Mines
Derek Aylesworth – Baytex Energy Trust
Tom Medvedic – Calfrac Well Services (SVP, corporate development as of 11/17/08)
Huw Thomas – Canadian Tire Corporation

Best investment community meetings – under $10 bn market cap
Addax Petroleum Corporation
Agnico-Eagle Mines
Canadian Tire Corporation
Cineplex Entertainment

Best investor relations website – under $10 bn market cap
CGI Group
Coastal Contacts
First Quantum Minerals
SNC-Lavalin

Best practice of corporate social responsibility
Addax Petroleum Corporation
Barrick Gold
Suncor Energy
TELUS
 
Best IR by a TSX Venture Exchange company
Cervus Limited Partnership
Diamonds North Resources
Pure Technologies
VIQ Solutions

Best IR in the US market by a Canadian company
EnCana
PotashCorp
Research In Motion
Suncor Energy

Best retail investor communications
RBC
Research In Motion
TD Bank Financial Group