Nominees for the IR Magazine Europe Awards 2010 are, listed alphabetically in each category:
Grand Prix for best overall investor relations – large-cap companies*
BASF (Germany)
BG Group (UK)
KPN (Netherlands)
RWE (Germany)
Grand Prix for best overall investor relations – small or mid-cap companies**
Home Retail Group (UK)
Imtech (Netherlands)
Jerónimo Martins (Portugal)
Lanxess (Germany)
Grand Prix for best overall investor relations
Company on a small-cap exchange
Abcam- Aim (UK)
CPL Resources- IEX (Ireland)
Northern Petroleum- Aim (UK)
Petroceltic International- IEX (Ireland)
Best investor relations officer – large-cap companies
Magdalena Moll - BASF (Germany)
Christian Herrmann - K+S (Germany)
Ingo Alphéus - RWE ***(Germany)
Hanré Rossouw - Xstrata (UK)
Best investor relations officer – small or mid-cap companies
Ian Christensen - Coloplast (Denmark)
Stuart Ford - Home Retail Group (UK)
Oliver Stratmann - Lanxess (Germany)
João Vermelho - Mota-Engil (Portugal)
Best investor relations by a CEO – large-cap companies
Jurgen Hambrecht - BASF (Germany)
Frank Chapman - BG Group (UK)
Ad Scheepbouwer - KPN (Netherlands)
Paul Polman - Unilever (UK)
Best investor relations by a CEO – small or mid-cap companies
Bruno Cathelinais - Beneteau (France)
Toby Courtauld - Great Portland Estates (UK)
Luis Palha da Silva - Jerónimo Martins (Portugal)
Simon Wolfson - Next (UK)
Best investor relations by a CFO – large-cap companies
Marcus Schenck - E.ON (Germany)
Stephan Gemkow - Lufthansa (Germany)
Colin Day - Reckitt Benckiser Group (UK)
Santiago Fernandez Valbuena - Telefónica (Spain)
Best investor relations by a CFO – small or mid-cap companies
Matthias Zachert - Lanxess (Germany)
David Keens - Next (UK)
David Sleath - Segro (UK)
Huub van Rozendaal - Sligro Food Group (Netherlands)
Best analyst/investor meetings – large-cap companies
BASF (Germany)
Danone (France)
Randstad (Netherlands)
Telefónica (Spain)
Best analyst/investor meetings – small or mid-cap companies
Imtech (Netherlands)
Jerónimo Martins (Portugal)
Novozymes (Denmark)
Serco Group (UK)
Sligro Food Group (Netherlands)
Best corporate literature
BASF (Germany)
E.ON (Germany)
Nestlé (Switzerland)
RWE (Germany)
Best use of technology
BP (UK)
Nestlé (Switzerland)
RWE (Germany)
Unilever (UK)
Best corporate governance and disclosure policy
BASF (Germany)
CRH (Ireland)
Nestlé (Switzerland)
Unilever (UK)
Best investor relations during a corporate transaction
Cadbury (Kraft Foods) (UK)
K+S (Morton) (Germany)
Segro (Brixton) (UK)
Zurich Financial Services (21st Century Insurance) (Switzerland)
Best practice of corporate social responsibility
Danone (France)
Marks and Spencer Group (UK)
Novo Nordisk (Denmark)
Umicore (Belgium)
* Large-cap companies are those included in the FTSE Eurofirst 300 index and large-cap companies from the FTSE New EU Index.
** Small or mid-cap companies are those not included in the FTSE Eurofirst 300 index or large-cap companies from the FTSE New EU Index.
*** Ingo Alphéus moved to another position at RWE in April 2010. He is succeeded as head of IR by Stephan Lowis.
Country awards
Austria
OMV
Telekom Austria Group
voestalpine
Wienerberger
Belgium
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Delhaize Group
Telenet
Umicore
Czech Republic
ČEZ Group
Komerčni banka
Telefónica O2 Czech Republic
Unipetrol
Denmark
Coloplast
Danske Bank
Novo Nordisk
Novozymes
Finland
Fortum
Outokumpu
Stora Enso
UPM-Kymmene
France
AXA
Danone
France Télécom
Total
Germany
BASF
E.ON
Lanxess
RWE
Hungary
Gedeon Richter
Magyar Telekom
MOL
OTP Bank
Ireland
CRH
Kerry Group
Ryanair Holdings
Smurfit Kappa Group
Italy
Azimut Holding
Fiat Group
Intesa Sanpaolo
Pirelli
Netherlands & Luxembourg
ArcelorMittal
KPN
Randstad
Norway
DnB Nor
Norsk Hydro
Telenor
Yara International
Poland
Asseco Poland
BRE Bank
PKN ORLEN
Telekomunikacja Polska
Portugal
EDP - Energias de Portugal
Galp Energy
Jerónimo Martins
Portugal Telecom
Russia
Mobile TeleSystems
Novatek
Rosneft
Sberbank
Spain
Iberdrola
Iberia
Santander
Telefónica
Sweden
Nordea
Swedbank
Swedish Match
TeliaSonera
Switzerland
F Hoffman-La Roche
Nestlé
Novartis
Zurich Financial Services
UK
BG Group
BP
Land Securities
Unilever
Note: there were insufficient companies mentioned in Estonia and Greece for an award presentation.
There is no shortlist for the Best IR by sector. Presentation for this category will be made at the IR Magazine Europe Awards on June 30.