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IR magazine US Awards Winners Announced
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-March 28, 2008 - 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.
About Cross Border Ltd and IR magazine
Cross Border Ltd is the publisher in New York and London of IR magazine, the only global publication focused on the interface between companies and their investors. IR magazine hosts annual awards ceremonies in the US, the UK, continental Europe, Canada, the Nordic region, Asia, Brazil and Ireland, with a combined annual attendance of nearly 8,000 investor relations professionals. Visit www.thecrossbordergroup.com for more information.
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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