IR magazine has announced the winners of the prestigious IR Magazine US Awards 2008. The winners were announced at the annual black-tie awards ceremony, held in New York at the Cipriani, Wall Street on Thursday, March 27. GE and Staples took home three awards each, while Limited Brands and Life Time Fitness each won two awards. The lifetime achievement award in investor relations went to the late Art Rivel.
A full list of this year's winners in all categories appears below or on our website at www.irmagazineus.com.
The awards were hosted in association with Barron's and the Wall Street Journal, and were co-sponsored by ACT Conferencing, the Bank of New York Mellon, Business Wire, Chorus Call, Deutsche Bank ADR Group, Edelman, Financial Times, GE, Georgeson, Innisfree M&A, Institutional Investor, Ipreo, Laurel Hill Advisory Group, MacKenzie Partners, Marketwire, NASDAQ, NIRI, NYSE Euronext, PrimeNewswire, PR Newswire, Sage Holdings, Shareholder.com, SNL IR Solutions, Thomson Financial and Verizon Business. The awards were also supported by the Partnership for New York City.
The awards are based on the results of an independent survey of more than 2,600 buy-side analysts, sell-side analysts and portfolio managers from both the US and abroad. The complete results of the survey are published in IR magazine's Investor Perception Study, US 2008.
The IR magazine investor perception studies together make up the world's largest survey of this kind, canvassing more than 5,000 analysts and investors in more than 14 countries and regions. Survey respondents nominate companies in specific categories and offer their opinions on IR-related topics and trends. For more information on the study, please contact Kate Giblin at the number listed at the bottom of this release.
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IR MAGAZINE US AWARDS 2008 WINNERS Grand prix for best overall investor relations -- mega-cap company GE Grand prix for best overall investor relations -- large-cap company Staples Grand prix for best overall investor relations -- mid-cap company Limited Brands Grand prix for best overall investor relations -- small-cap company Life Time Fitness Best investor relations officer -- mega-cap company Alice Lehman & Ellen Taylor -- Wachovia Best investor relations officer -- large-cap company Laurel Lefebvre - Staples Best investor relations officer -- mid-cap company Tom Katzenmeyer & Amie Preston -- Limited Brands Best investor relations officer -- small-cap company Ken Cooper -- Life Time Fitness Best investor relations by a chairman or CEO Michael McShane -- Grant Prideco Best investor relations by a CFO John Mahoney -- Staples Best corporate governance GE Best use of conferencing Cisco Most progress in investor relations Parker Hannifin Corporation Best investor relations for an IPO Concho Resources MF Global Best M&A investor relations CommScope Best corporate advertising Target Best communications with the retail market GE Best crisis communications -- small to large-cap company JetBlue Airways Mattel Best annual report -- small to mid-cap company Northeast Utilities Best investor relations website -- small to mid-cap company PF Chang's China Bistro Best investor relations by an Asia-Pacific company in the US market Infosys Technologies Best investor relations by a continental European company in the US market Nokia Lifetime achievement in investor relations Art Rivel
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