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US Awards 2009 - Nominees
Nominees for the IR Magazine US Awards 2009 are, in alphabetical order:
Grand prix for best overall investor relations – mega-cap company*
JPMorgan Chase & Co
McDonald’s Corporation
The Walt Disney Company
Wells Fargo
Grand prix for best overall investor relations – large-cap company*
Aflac
Danaher Corporation
Staples
Texas Instruments
Grand prix for best overall investor relations – mid-cap company*
Covance
Humana
Marriott International
Northeast Utilities
Grand prix for best overall investor relations – small-cap company*
Arkansas Best Corporation
Continental Airlines
First Horizon National Corporation
WMS Industries
Best investor relations officer – mega-cap company*
Jim Burns, Hewlett-Packard
Louise Mehrotra, Johnson & Johnson
Julia Bates, JPMorgan Chase & Co
Lowell Singer, the Walt Disney Company
Bob Strickland, Wells Fargo
Best investor relations officer – large-cap company*
Ken Janke & Robin Wilkey, Aflac
John Brooklier, Illinois Tool Works
Laurel Lefebvre, Staples
Dave Pahl & Ron Slaymaker, Texas Instruments
Best investor relations officer – mid-cap company*
Paul Surdez, Covance
Regina Nethery, Humana
Laura Paugh, Marriott International
Jeffrey Kotkin, Northeast Utilities
Best investor relations officer – small-cap company*
David Humphrey, Arkansas Best Corporation
David Miller, First Horizon National Corporation
Carol DiRaimo, Jack in the Box
Ken Cooper, Life Time Fitness
Robert Brunn, Ryder System
*Market cap ranges are divided as follows for the grand prix for best overall investor relations and the best investor relations officer awards:
Mega-cap – over $30 bn
Large cap – $10 bn-$30 bn
Mid-cap – $2.5 bn-$9.9 bn
Small cap – under $2.5 bn
Best investor relations by a chairman or CEO
G Steven Farris, Apache Corporation
Kirk Hachigian, Cooper Industries
David Farr, Emerson
Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase & Co
Best corporate governance
Berkshire Hathaway
Johnson & Johnson
The Walt Disney Company
Wells Fargo
Best use of conferencing
Special award for small to mid-cap companies (under $5 bn)
Continental Airlines
Genoptix
Terex Corporation
Best M&A investor relations
Altria Group and UST
The PNC Financial Services Group and National City Corporation
Wells Fargo and Wachovia
Best corporate advertising
Accenture
ExxonMobil
Charles Schwab
United Technology
Verizon Communications
Best communications with the retail market
Berkshire Hathaway
Johnson & Johnson
The Procter & Gamble Company
Wells Fargo
Best crisis communications
Bank of America
Goldman, Sachs & Co
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Wells Fargo
Most progress in investor relations
Special award for small to mid-cap companies (under $5 bn)
Advanced Micro Devices
HealthSouth
Jack in the Box
SVB Financial Group
Best annual report
JPMorgan Chase & Co
McDonald’s Corporation
Microsoft Corp
United Technologies
The Walt Disney Company
Best investor relations website
Aflac
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE)
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Yum! Brands
Best investor relations by an Asia-Pacific company in the US market
Intech Machines
Sony Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation
TSMC
Wipro
Best investor relations by a continental European company in the US market
ArcelorMittal
Deutsche Telekom
Nokia
Novartis
SAP