Nominees for the IR Magazine US Awards 2010 in alphabetical order:
Grand prix for best overall investor relations – small cap
Amtrust Financial Services
Continental Airlines
Life Time Fitness
WMS Industries
Grand prix for best overall investor relations – mid-cap
Citrix Systems
Covance
Humana
Limited Brands
Grand prix for best overall investor relations – large cap
Chesapeake Energy
Covidien
Express Scripts
Metlife
Grand prix for best overall investor relations – mega-cap
Bank of America
GE
Goldman Sachs Group
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Best investor relations officer – small cap
Ellen Taylor – Amtrust Financial Services
DeAnne Gabel – Continental Airlines
Ken Cooper – Life Time Fitness
Best investor relations officer – mid-cap
Eduardo Fleites – Citrix Systems
Paul Surdez – Covance
Amie Preston – Limited Brands
Best investor relations officer – large cap
Cole Lannum – Covidien
David Myers – Express Scripts
William Callihan – The PNC Financial Services Group
Best investor relations officer – mega-cap
Lee McEntire & Kevin Stitt – Bank of America
Julia Bates & Patrick Barrett – JPMorgan Chase & Co
Valerie Haertel – Medco Health Solutions
Ron Slaymaker and team – Texas Instruments
Best communications with the retail market
Aflac
Berkshire Hathaway
ExxonMobil
GE
Best annual report – small to large cap
Gen-Probe
ProAssurance
Southwest Airlines
Best crisis communications – small to large cap
Continental Airlines
First Horizon National
Life Time Fitness
ProLogis
Best investor relations by a chairman or CEO – small to large cap
Michael Mussallem – Edwards Lifesciences
Mickey Drexler – J Crew Group
Dave DeWalt – McAfee
Marc Benioff – Salesforce.com
Glen Senk – Urban Outfitters
Best corporate governance
Berkshire Hathaway
ExxonMobil
Goldman Sachs Group
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Best investor relations website
Chesapeake Energy
Gap
GE
Limited Brands
Range Resources
Most progress in investor relations
Amtrust Financial Services
Cardinal Health
Jack in the Box
Microsoft
Oracle
Best use of conferencing
Chesapeake Energy
Gen-Probe
Best corporate advertising
GE
IBM
Intel
Verizon Communications
Best M&A investor relations
Express Scripts and WellPoint
Kraft Foods and Cadbury
Merck and Schering-Plough
Best IR by a continental European company in the US market
ABB
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Nestlé
SAP
Best IR by an Asia-Pacific company in the US market
BHP Billiton
Galaxy Entertainment Group
Infosys Technologies
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Sector leaders
Consumer discretionary
Life Time Fitness
Consumer staples
Kellogg Company
Diversified
GE
Energy
Chesapeake Energy
Financials
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Healthcare
Covance
Industrials
FedEx
Materials
Ecolab
Telecommunication services
AT&T
Technology
Cisco
Utilities
Northeast Utilities