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2007 Awards Roundup

In 2007, IR magazine commissioned investor preception studies of more than 5,000 portfolio managers and analysts worldwide. Their votes identified the top companies and practitioners across categories abnd numerous regions. Here are selected winners from around the globe, listed alphabetical by country.

Canada - February UK - June
US - March Continental Europe - October
Ireland - May South East Asia - November
Nordic - June China - December
Brazil - June Hong Kong & Taiwan - December


Canada - February
Award category Winner
Best investor relations by a TSX Venture Exchange company Shift Networks
Best investor relations for an IPO Tim Hortons
Best investor relations website - small to large cap ATI Technologies
Best use of conferencing - small to large cap Canadian Tire Corporation
Gildan Activewear
Best investment community meetings - small to large cap ATI Technologies
Best senior management communications - small to mid-cap Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund
Best senior management communications - large cap Agnico-Eagle Mines
Best use of technology RBC
Best annual report PotashCorp
Best communications with the retail market TELUS Corporation
Best disclosure policy Inmet Mining Corporation
TD Bank Financial Group
Lifetime achievement in investor relations Ron Blunn
Best M&A investor relations Inco
Best corporate governance RBC
Best investor relations in the US market CN
Most improved investor relations Angiotech
Best investor relations officer - small to mid-cap Isabelle Adjahi - Axcan Pharma
Pat Marshall - Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund
Best investor relations officer - large cap Janet Craig - Angiotech
Best investor relations officer - mega-cap Bruce Mann - Rogers Communications
Best investor relations by a CEO Hunter Harrison - CN
The CIRI grand prix for best overall investor relations - small cap Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund
The CIRI grand prix for best overall investor relations - mid-cap Axcan Pharma Inc
The CIRI grand prix for best overall investor relations - large cap Canadian Tire Corporation
The CIRI grand prix for best overall investor relations - mega-cap CN

 

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US - March
Award category Winner
Best annual report (large to mega-cap) Berkshire Hathaway
Best annual report (mid to large-cap) Expeditors International of Washington
Best annual report (small to mid-cap) RPM International
Best communications with the retail market Aflac Incorporated
Best corporate advertising United Technologies
Best corporate governance GE
Best crisis communications (large to mega-cap) Pfizer
Best disclosure policy The Hartford Financial Services Group
Best investor relations by a chairman or CEO John Chambers - Cisco Systems
AG Lafley - The Procter and Gamble Company
Best investor relations by a European company in the US market Nokia
Best investor relations by an Asia-Pacific company in the US market Toyota Motor
Best investor relations for an IPO Western Union
Best investor relations officer (large to mega-cap) Andrea Shaw Resnick - Coach
Best investor relations officer (mid to large-cap) Tom Katzenmeyer and Amie Preston - Limited Brands
Best investor relations officer (small to mid-cap) Carol DiRaimo - Applebee's International
Best investor relations web site (mid to large-cap) General Motors Corporation
Best M&A investor relations Hewlett Packard and Mercury Interactive
Best senior management communications Cisco Systems
Best use of conferencing (small to large-cap) Zions Bancorporation
Best use of technology GE
Most improved investor relations DuPont
Lifetime achievement DeWitt Morrill
Grand prix for best overall investor relations (mega-cap) GE
Grand prix for best overall investor relations (large cap) Coach
Grand prix for best overall investor relations (mid-cap) Limited Brands
Grand prix for best overall investor relations (small cap) Applebee's International

 

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Ireland - May
Award category Winner
Grand prix for best overall investor relations - large cap Anglo Irish Bank Corporation
CRH
Grand prix for best overall investor relations - small & mid-cap Cpl Resources
DCC
Grand prix for best overall investor relations - companies listed on the IEX Newcourt Group
Best use of the internet for IR CRH
Best corporate literature CRH
Best investor meetings and roadshows (large-cap companies - above €2 bn at February 2007) Anglo Irish Bank Corporation
Best investor meetings and roadshows (mid and small cap - below €2 bn at February 2007) McInerney Holdings
Best corporate governance CRH
Most progress in investor relations Kingspan Group
Best new listing in Ireland Norkom Group
Best investor relations officer Alan Kelly - Allied Irish Banks
Best investor relations by a CEO/CFO - large cap David Drumm (CEO), William McAteer (group finance director) and Matt Moran (CFO) - Anglo Irish Bank Corporation
 
Liam O’Mahoney (CEO), Myles Lee (CFO) - CRH
Best investor relations by a CEO/CFO - mid and small cap Anne Heraty (CEO), Josephine Tierney (CFO) - Cpl Resources

 

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Nordic - June
Award category Winner
Best investor relations from a Norwegian company (small or mid-cap) Schibsted
Best investor relations from a Norwegian company (large cap) DnB NOR
Best investor relations support by a Norwegian CEO/CFO Tom Grondahl (CFO) - DnB NOR
Best investor relations from a Danish company (small or mid-cap) NKT Holding
Best investor relations from a Danish company (large cap) Danske Bank
Best investor relations support by a Danish CEO/CFO Jesper Brandgaard (CFO) and Lars Rebien Sorensen (CEO) - Novo Nordisk
Best investor relations from a Finnish company (small or mid-cap) Kemira Oyj and Stockmann
Best investor relations from a Finnish company (large cap) Metso and Stora Enso
Best investor relations support by a Finnish CEO/CFO Olli Vaartimo (CFO) and Jorma Eloranta (CEO) - Metso
Bjorn Wahlroos (CEO) & Peter Johansson (CFO) - Sampo Group
Best investor relations from an Icelandic company (large cap) Actavis
Ossur HF
Best investor relations support by an Icelandic CEO/CFO Hjorleifur Palsson (CFO) and Jon Sigurdsson (CEO) - Ossur HF
Best investor relations from a Swedish company (small or mid-cap) Holmen
Best investor relations from a Swedish company (large cap) Atlas Copco
Best investor relations support by a Swedish CEO/CFO Hans Ola Meyer (CFO) - Atlas Copco
Best use of technology for investor relations Danske Bank
Best corporate literature Atlas Copco
Best investment community meetings Novo Nordisk
Best investor relations officer Martin Gottlob - Danske Bank
Most progress in investor relations KONE Corporation and Swedbank
Grand prix for best overall investor relations Danske Bank

 

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Brazil - June
Award category Winner
Grand prix for best overall investor relations – large cap Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD)
Grand prix for best overall investor relations – small & mid-cap Marcopolo
Best investor relations officer – large cap Roberto Castello Branco - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD)
Best investor relations officer – small & mid-cap Rodrigo Nasser - Totvs
Best investor relations by a CEO or CFO Roger Agnelli - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD)
Best investor relations website Banco Itaú Holding Financeira
Best corporate governance Natura
Best annual report Banco Itaú Holding Financeira
Best investment community meetings Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD)
Best investor relations for an IPO Klabin Segall
Most progress in investor relations Brasil Telecom Participações
Best corporate sustainability Natura
Best investor relations for an individual investor Petrobras
Best conference call Banco Itaú Holding Financeira
Gerdau

 

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UK - June
Award category Winner
Grand prix for best overall investor relations Barclays
Grand prix for best investor relations by a FTSE 250 company Cookson
Grand prix for best smaller company investor relations Detica
Best investor relations officer at a FTSE 100 company James Johnson and the team - Barclays
Best investor relations officer at a non-FTSE 100 company Isabel Luetgendorf - Cookson
Best corporate literature by a FTSE 100 company BP
Best corporate literature by a non-FTSE 100 company Anite Group
Best narrative reporting HBOS
Best use of the internet for investor relations by a FTSE 100 company BP
Best use of the internet for investor relations by a non-FTSE 100 company LogicaCMG
Most progress in investor relations by a non-FTSE 100 company Cookson
Best use of virtual conferencing J Sainsbury
Best results meetings and analyst briefings HBOS
Best communication of shareholder value creation Barclays
Best crisis management BP
Best investor relations during a takeover Xstrata (acquired Falconbridge)
Best disclosure practice Barclays
Best corporate governance BP
Best practice of corporate social responsibility Marks and Spencer
Best investor relations by a CEO at a FTSE 100 company Frank Chapman - BG Group
Best investor relations by a CEO at a non-FTSE 100 company Tom Black - Detica
Best investor relations by a CFO at a FTSE 100 company Douglas Flint - HSBC
Best investor relations by a CFO at a non-FTSE 100 company Tom Hickey - Tullow Oil
Best investor relations for a new issue Scott Wilson
Best investor relations by an AIM company Sportingbet
Best North American investor relations in the UK market GE and Procter & Gamble
Best UK company investor relations in the US market BP
Best of sector winners
Aerospace and defense BAE Systems
Banks & other finance Barclays
Chemicals Imperial Chemical Industries
Construction & materials Hanson
Food producers/beverages/tobacco Diageo
Health/pharmaceuticals & bio-tech/personal goods GlaxoSmithKline
Household goods Reckitt Benckiser
Industrial engineering/general industrial/automobiles & parts Cookson
Insurance Aviva
Media WPP
Mining/basic resource Rio Tinto
Oil & gas BP
Real estate The British Land Company
Retailers Tesco
Support services Wolseley
Technology - hardware ARM Holdings
Technology - software & services/electronic & electrical equipment Sage Group
Telecommunications BT Group
Travel & leisure Rank Group
Utilities Scottish and Southern Energy

 

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Continental Europe - October
Award category Winner
Grand prix for best overall investor relations (large cap) E.ON
Grand prix for best overall investor relations (small or mid-cap) ASML and Umicore
Best investor relations officer (large cap) Ingo Alphéus and Martin Vahlbrock - RWE
Best investor relations officer (small or mid-cap) Nuno Prego - Portugal Telecom
Best investor relations by a CEO (large cap) Henri de Castries - AXA and Wulf Bernotat - E.ON
Best investor relations by a CEO (small or mid-cap) Stefan Borgas - Lonza Group
Best investor relations by a CFO (large cap) Dr Helmut Perlet - Allianz
Best investor relations by a CFO (small or mid-cap) Luis Palha da Silva - Jeronimo Martins
Most improved investor relations (large cap) Credit Suisse
Most improved investor relations (small or mid-cap) Heineken
Best corporate literature E.ON
Best investment community meetings ING Group
Best use of the internet for investor relations E.ON and RWE
Best use of virtual conferencing Siemens
Best corporate governance and disclosure policy E.ON
Best investor relations during a takeover or merger ABN Amro (merger proposal with Barclays and a takeover bid from a consortium of banks led by the Royal Bank of Scotland - ongoing)
Best practice of corporate social responsibility ABN Amro
Country awards
Best IR by an Austrian company Erste Bank
Best IR by a Belgian company Fortis
Best IR by a Czech Republic company CEZ
Best IR by a Dutch company ING Group
Best IR by an Estonian company Baltika Group
Best IR by a French company Total
Best IR by a German company E.ON
Best IR by a Greek company National Bank of Greece
Best IR by a Hungarian company MOL
Best IR by an Italian company UniCredit
Best IR by a Polish company TPSA and PKN Orlen
Best IR by a Portuguese company Portugal Telecom
Best IR by a Russian company VimpelCom
Best IR by a Slovenian company Krka
Best IR by a Spanish company Iberdrola
Best IR by a Swiss company UBS

 

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South East Asia - November
Award category Winner
Best investor relations website CapitaLand
Best financial reporting Petra Foods
Most progress in investor relations - small or mid-cap Tat Hong Holdings
Best corporate governance - small or mid-cap Qian Hu Corporation
Best corporate governance - large cap SingTel
Best investor relations for an IPO CapitaRetail China Trust Management
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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings)
Best investor relations in the Singapore market by an Indonesian company Astra International
Best investor relations in the Singapore market by a Malaysian company E&O Property Development
and
Public Bank
Best investor relations in the Singapore market by a Philippine company Megaworld Corporation
Best investor relations in the Singapore market by a Thai company Thai Beverage
Best investor relations by a CEO Lim Chee Onn - Keppel Corporation
Best investor relations officer - small or mid-cap Stephanie Loke - Cambridge Industrial Trust
Best investor relations officer - large cap Jonathan Kuah and Harold Woo - CapitaLand
Grand prix for best overall investor relations - small or mid-cap Qian Hu Corporation
Grand prix for best overall investor relations - large cap CapitaLand

 

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China - December
Award category Winner
Best investor relations officer - SOE Qi Lan - China Merchants Bank
Best investor relations officer - non-SOE Shirley Xiao - China Vanke
Best investor relations by a CEO Weihua Ma - China Merchants Bank
Most progress in investor relations - SOE China Merchants Bank
Most progress in investor relations - non-SOE Fuyao Glass Group
Suning Corporation
Best annual report and other corporate literature China Merchants Bank
Best investor relations for a corporate transaction Sinopec
Best investment meetings China Vanke
Best corporate governance - SOE China Merchants Bank
Best corporate governance - non-SOE Suning Corporation
Grand prix for best overall investor relations - SOE China Merchants Bank
Grand prix for best overall investor relations - non-SOE China Vanke

 

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Hong Kong & Taiwan - December
Award category Winner
Best annual report or other corporate literature - small or mid-cap Karrie International Holdings
Smartone Telecommunications
Solomon Systech
Best website - small or mid-cap Tong Yang Industry
Most progress in investor relations Hon Hai Precision
Best investment meetings TSMC
Best IR for an IPO in the Hong Kong market - small or mid-cap Walker Group
Best investor relations in the Hong Kong market - large cap Country Garden
Belle International
Best corporate governance TSMC
Best IR in the Hong Kong market by a PRC company China Mobile
Best IR by a CEO at a Taiwanese company Rick Tsai - TSMC
Best IR by a CEO at a Hong Kong company William Fung - Li & Fung
Best investor relations officer at a Taiwanese company Dr Elizabeth Sun - TSMC
Best investor relations officer at a Hong Kong company Denise Kee - MTR Corporation
Grand prix for best overall investor relations at a Taiwanese company - small or mid-cap China Metal
Tong Yang Industry
Grand prix for best overall investor relations at a Hong Kong company - small or mid-cap Solomon Systech
Grand prix for best overall investor relations at a Taiwanese company - large cap TSMC
Grand prix for best overall investor relations at a Hong Kong company - large cap Sun Hung Kai Properties

 

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