2010 IR Global Rankings with FREE and PAID options: FINAL Registration Deadline is Today
NEW YORK, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- MZ Consult NY (www.mz-ir.com), a leading
global investor relations and financial communications firm, announces that
the final registration deadline for the 12th annual edition of the IR Global
Rankings and Awards ("IRGR") is today, Friday, October 30, 2009. The 2010
IRGR, supported by KPMG, Arnold & Porter, The Bank of New York Mellon,
Corporate Asia Network, Bloomberg, NEVIR and Sodali is a unique and
independent external review of any company's communication process with the
capital markets.
TO PARTICIPATE, COMPANIES ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER. Please visit the
website www.irglobalrankings.com, or type IRGR < GO > into the Bloomberg
terminal. On the website homepage companies can review the 2010 IRGR
Information Package with all the details on free and paid rankings. The three
main ranking categories are: (i) IR websites, (ii) corporate governance
practices and (iii) financial disclosure procedures.
More than 430 companies from over 35 countries have already registered for
the 2010 IR Global Rankings, among them (in alphabetical order): A8 Digital
Music Holdings (HKSE: 0800); Abbott ( ABT); ABNote (BMF&BOVESPA:
ABNB3); Acer Inc. (TWSE: 2353); Acucar Guarani (BMF&BOVESPA: ACGU3); Adecco
(SIX: ADEN); adidas (FSE: ADS); Aditya Birla Nuvo (NSE: ABIRLANUVO);
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering ( ASX); Advantech Co. (TWSE: 2395);
AECOM ( ACM); Aegon (EURONEXT: AGN.AS); AES Gener (SCL: GENER); Air
France-KLM (EURONEXT: AFLYY); Air Products ( APD); Airmedia Group Inc
( AMCN); Akamai Technologies ( AKAM); AkzoNobel (EURONEXT:
AKZA); Alibaba.com Limited (HKSE: 1688); ALL - America Latina Logistica
(BMF&BOVESPA: ALLL1); Alpha Networks Inc. (TWSE: 3380); AmBev ( ABV);
American Water Works Company ( AWK); Amerigroup Corp. ( AGP); Amil
Participacoes (BMF&BOVESPA: AMIL3); AMP (ASX: AMP.AX); AMR ( AMR);
Anadolu Efes Biracilik ve Malt San (ISE: AEFES); ANZ (ASX: ANZ); Applied
Materials ( AMAT); ARC Energy Trust (TSX: AET.UN); Arcadis (EURONEXT:
ARCAD); Ardentec Corporation (TWSE: 3264); ARM Holdings (LSE: ARM);
AsiaInfo Holdings ( ASIA); Asustek Computer (TWSE: 2357);
athenahealth ( ATHN); AU Optronics Corp (TWSE: 2409); Aurobindo
Pharma (NSE: AUROPHARMA); Austrian Post (VSE: POST); Autodesk (
ADSK); AVerMedia Technologies Inc. (TWSE: 2417); Baidu Inc. ( BIDU);
Banca MPS (FTSE: BMPS.MI); Banco BPI (EURONEXT: BBPI.LS); Banco Cruzeiro do
Sul (BMF&BOVESPA: CZRS4); Banco Daycoval (BMF&BOVESPA: DAYC4); Banco
Indusval (BMF&BOVESPA: IDVL4); Banco Panamericano (BMF&BOVESPA: BPNM4); Bank
of Communications (HKSE: 03328); Bank of Montreal ( BMO); BASF (XETRA:
BAS.DE); Baxter ( BAX); Bayer (XETRA: BAYN GY); BBVA ( BBV);
Bekaert (EURONEXT: BEKB); Bematech (BMF&BOVESPA: BEMA3); Bezeq (TASE: BEZQ);
BlueScope Steel (ASX: BSL); BP (LSE: BP); Brasil Brokers (BMF&BOVESPA:
BBRK3); BrasilAgro (BMF&BOVESPA: AGRO3); Braskem (BMF&BOVESPA: BRKM5); BRF
Brasil Foods (BMF&BOVESPA: PRGA3); Brightpoint, Inc ( CELL); Britvic
PLC (LSE: BVIC); Brookfield Incorporacoes (BMF&BOVESPA: BISA3); Bursa
Malaysia Berhad (MYX: BJURSA MK); Cameco Corporation ( CCJ); Campari
(MIL: CPR); Canadian Natural Resources Limited ( CNQ); Capcom
(Frankfurt: CPK.F); Caterpillar ( CAT); Cathay Financial Holding (TWSE:
2882); CCR (BMF&BOVESPA: CCRO3); Celanese Corporation ( CE); Celesio
AG (FSE: CLS1); Central European Media Enterprises (PSE: CETV); Cephas
Holding (OTCBB: CEHC); CETIP S.A. - Balcao Organizado de Ativos (BMF&BOVESPA:
CTIP3); Chang Hwa Commercial Bank (TWSE: 2801); Changyou.com Limited
( CYOU); Chesapeake Energy ( CHK); Cheung Kong Holdings (HKSE:
0001.hk); Chi Mei Optoelectronics (TWSE: 3009); China Agri-Industries (HKSE:
0606); China Airlines Ltd. (TWSE: 2610); China Automotive Systems (
CAAS); China BAK Battery ( CBAK); China Communications Services
Corporation (HKSE: 0552); China Development Financial Holding (TWSE: 2883);
China Foods Limited (HKSE: 0506); China Green Agriculture ( CGA);
China GrenTech Corporation Limited ( GRRF); China High Speed
Transmission Equipment (HKSE: 0658); China Medical Technologies (
CMED); China Motor Corporation (TWSE: 2204); China Nepstar Chain Drugstore
( NPD); China Railway Group Limited (HKSE: 0390); China Shenhua Energy
(HKSE: 1088); China Steel Corporation (TWSE: 2002); China Techfaith Wireless
Comm. Tech. Ltd ( CNTF); China Telecom ( CHA); China Unicom
(HKSE: 0762.HK); China XD Plastics Company (OTCBB: CXDC); Chinatrust
Financial Holding Company (TWSE: 2891); Chroma Ate (TWSE: 2360); Chunghwa
Picture Tubes (TWSE: 2475); Chunghwa Telecom ( CHT); CipherLab Co.
(TWSE: 6160); Cisco Systems ( CSCO); CNinsure Inc ( CISG);
CNOOC Limited ( CEO); Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (ATHEX:
EEEK.GA); Cognizant ( CTSH); Colgate-Palmolive ( CL);
Collective Brands ( PSS); Commerzbank AG (FSE: CBK.F); Compal
Electronics (TWSE: 2324); Companhia de Gas de Sao Paulo - Comgas
(BMF&BOVESPA: CGAS5); Compania de Minas Buenaventura ( BVN);
Construtora Tenda (BMF&BOVESPA: TEND3); Copasa (BMF&BOVESPA: CSMG3);
Corporacion GEO (MXK: GEOB); Cosan (BMF&BOVESPA: CSAN3); COSCO Pacific
Limited (HKSE: 1199); Credit Suisse (SWX: CSGN); Cremer (BMF&BOVESPA:
CREM3); Crucell ( CRXL); DaChan Food (Asia) Limited (HKSE: 3999);
Danske Bank (OMX: DDANSKE.CO); DASA (BMF&BOVESPA: DASA3); Datang
International Power Generation Company (HKSE: 0991); Deere & Company (John
Deere) ( DE); Del Monte Foods Company ( DLM); Delta Electronics
(TWSE: 2308); Deutsche Telekom AG ( DT); D-Link (TWSE: 2332); Dowa
(Tokyo: DOWA); DSP Group Inc. ( DSPG); Duff & Phelps ( DUF);
Dufry South America (BMF&BOVESPA: DUFB11); Eckert & Ziegler AG (FSE: EUZ);
Ecopetrol ( EC); EDP - Energias de Portugal (PSI: EDP.PL); eFuture
Information Technology ( EFUT); Egyptian Transport & Commercial
Services (CASE: ETRS.CA); E-House (China) Holdings ( EJ); Embraer
( ERJ); Enagas (MSE: ENAG.MC); Endesa Chile ( EOC); Energisa S.A.
(BMF&BOVESPA: ENGI); Enerplus Resources Fund ( ERF); Enersis (
ENI-US); Equatorial Energia (BMF&BOVESPA: EQTL3); Erste Group Bank (VSE:
EBS); Eternit (BMF&BOVESPA: ETER3); Eucatex (BMF&BOVESPA: EUCA4); ev3 Inc.
( EVVV); Even Construtora e Incorporadora (BMF&BOVESPA: EVEN3); EVN
( EVN); Evraz Group (LSE: EVR); EZTEC Empreendimentos e Participacoes
(BMF&BOVESPA: EZTC3); F. Hoffmann - La Roche (SIX: ROG VX); Far Eastern New
Century Corporation (TWSE: 1402); Far EasTone Telecommunications (TWSE:
4904); Fedex ( FDX); FelCor Lodging Trust ( FCH); Fertilizantes
Heringer (BMF&BOVESPA: FHER3); Fibria (BMF&BOVESPA: VCPA3); First Financial
Holding (TWSE: 2892); Flytech Technology Co. (TWSE: 6206); Focus Media
Holding ( FMCN); Formosa Taffeta (TWSE: 1434); Fosun International
(HKSE: 00656); Fraport (FSE: FRA GR); Fresenius Medical Care (FSE: FME);
Fubon Financial Holding (TWSE: 2881); Fushi Copperweld ( FSIN); Fuwei
Films ( FFHL); Gafisa ( GFA); Galp Energia (EURONEXT: GALP PL);
Gap Inc. ( GPS); Garanti Bank (ISE: GARAN); Gartner, Inc. ( IT);
Gazprom Neft (MSE: SIBN); General Electric Company ( GE); Georg Fischer
(SIX: FI-N); Gerresheimer (FSE: GXI XE); Giantplus Technology Corp. (TWSE:
8105); GigOptix (OTC: GGOX); Gilead Sciences ( GILD); Global Bio-
chem Technology Group (HKSE: 0809); Global Sources ( GSOL); Global
Sweeteners Holdings (HKSE: 03889); Global Unichip Corp (TWSE: 3443);
GlobalTrans (LSE: GLTR); GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes ( GOL);
Grontmij (EURONEXT: GRONT); Grupo Aeroportuario Del Centro Norte (
OMAB); Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste ( ASR); Grupo de Inversiones
Suramericana (BVC: GIVSY); Grupo Santander (IBEX 35: SAN); GVT (BMF&BOVESPA:
GVTT3); Halliburton ( HAL); Hansen Transmissions International (LSE:
HSN); Hercules Technology Growth Capital ( HTGC); Hochtief (FSE:
HOT); Homex (OTC: DHMXF.PK); Hospira ( HSP); Houston Wire & Cable
( HWCC); HSBC Holdings (LSE: HSBA); HTC Corporation (TWSE: 2498);
Hurray! Holding Co ( HRAY); Hypermarcas (BMF&BOVESPA: HYPE3); Hysan
Development Company (HKSE: HYSNY.PK); IAMGOLD Corporation ( IAG);
Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers (BMF&BOVESPA: IGTA3); Indesit Company
(MIL: IND.MI); Indra (IBEX 35: IDR.MC); Industrial and Commercial Bank of
China (HKSE: 1398); Infosys Technologies ( INFY); Innolux Display
Corp. (TWSE: 3481); Integrys Energy Group ( TEG); Intel ( INTC);
Trend Micro ( IBKR); Internet Initiative ( IIJI); Ipsen (PAR:
IPN.PA); JBS (BMF&BOVESPA: JBSS3); JSC Sitronics (LSE: SITR); KB Financial
Group (KSE: 105560); KBC Group NV (EURONEXT: KBC); KGI Securities (TWSE:
6008); Kimberly-Clark de Mexico (BMV: KIMBERA); Kingsoft Corporation (HKSE:
03888); Koc Holding (ISE: KCHOL.IS); Konecranes (OTC: KNCRF.PK); KongZhong
Corporation ( KONG); Kotak Mahindra Bank (BSE: 500247); LAN Airlines
( LFL); Li Ning Company Limited (HKSE: 2331); Life Technologies
( LIFE); Life Time Fitness ( LTM); Linktone Ltd. ( LTON);
Localiza Rent a Car (BMF&BOVESPA: RENT3); Logica (LSE: LOG); Longtop
Financial Technologies ( LFT); Lonza (SIX: LONN); Lukoil (LSE: LKOD);
Lupatech (BMF&BOVESPA: LUPA3); Manulife Financial ( MFC); Marisa
(BMF&BOVESPA: MARI3); Maywufa Co (TWSE: 1731); Medco Health Solutions (
MHS); Metalfrio (BMF&BOVESPA: FRIO3); METRO (FSE: MEO); Micron Technology
( MU); Microsoft ( MSFT); Millennium (EURONEXT: MBC.LS);
Mindray Medical International ( MR); Mobinil (CASE: EMOB); Moody's
( MCO); MorphoSys (FSE: MOR); Motech Industries Co., Ltd. (TWSE: 6244);
MRV Engenharia e Participacoes (BMF&BOVESPA: MRVE3); Nacional Financiera
(MXK: NAFTRAC02); Nanya Technology Corporation (TWSE: 2408); National Bank
Financial Group (TSX: NA); Natural Beauty Bio-Technology (HKSE: 0157);
Nedbank Group (JSE: NED); Neste Oil (OTC: NTOIF.PK); Net Servicos
(BMF&BOVESPA: NETC4); New World Resources (LSE: NWR LN); Newmont Mining
Corporation ( NEM); Nexen ( NXY); NKT Holding (CSE: DK
0010287663); Noah Education Holdings Ltd. ( NED); Novartis (VIRT-X:
NOVN.VX ); NRG Energy ( NRG); Nucleus Software Exports (NSE: NUCLEUS);
NWS Holdings Limited (HKSE: 0659); OC Oerlikon (SIX: OERL); Oce N.V. (OTC:
OCENF.PK); OctoPlus ( OCTO.AS); OHL Brasil (BMF&BOVESPA: OHLB3);
Outokumpu ( OUT1V.HE); Overseas Shipholding Group ( OSG); Pampa
Energia (BCBA: PAMP); Parana Banco (BMF&BOVESPA: PRBC4); Partner
Communications ( PTNR); PDG Realty (BMF&BOVESPA: PDGR3); Pemex (: );
Perfect World Co. ( PWRD); Perrigo ( PRGO); Petrobras -
Petroleo Brasileiro ( PBR); PetroChina ( PTR); PhytoHealth
Corporation (TWSE: 4108); Positivo Informatica (BMF&BOVESPA: POSI3);
PotashCorp ( POT); Powerchip Semiconductor (TWSE: 5346); PPG Industries
( PPG); Procter & Gamble ( PG); Profarma (BMF&BOVESPA: PFRM3); PT
Excelcomindo Pratama (JAK: EXCL); PT Semen Gresik (Persero) (IDX: SMGR); PT
Telekomunikasi Indonesia (IDX: TLKM); PT. Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa (IDX:
INTP); Randstad Holding (EURONEXT: RAND); RCG Holdings Limited (HKSE: 0802);
Reliance Industries (NSE: RELIANCE.NS); ReneSola Ltd. ( SOL); Renova
Energia (None: None); Republic Services ( RSG); Resverlogix Corp. (TSX:
RVX); Richtek Technology Corp. (TWSE: 6286); Rieter Group (SIX: RIEN);
Rossi Residencial (BMF&BOVESPA: RSID3); Royal Dutch Shell (LSE: RDSA); Royal
Philips Electronics ( PHG); RusHydro (LSE: HYDR); Ryder System (
R); Sa Sa International Holdings (HKSE: 0178); Sampo Plc ( SAMAS);
SanDisk Corporation ( SNDK); Sanofi-Aventis (EURONEXT: SAN); Santos
Brasil (BMF&BOVESPA: STBP11); Sao Martinho (BMF&BOVESPA: SMTO3); Sappi (JSE:
SAP); Shenzhen Expressway Company (HKSE: 0548); Shin Kong Financial Holding
(TWSE: 2888); Shinsei Bank (TSE: 8303); Shire Pharmaceuticals Group (LSE:
SHP.L); Shun Tak Holdings (HKSE: 242); Siliconware Precision Industries
(TWSE: 2325); Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (ASE: SVA); Sistema Educacional
Brasileiro (BMF&BOVESPA: SEBB11); SmarTone Telecommunications (HKSE: 0315);
SMIC ( SMI); SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC); Sohu.com ( SOHU); Solomon
Systech Limited (HKSE: 2878); SouthPeak Interactive Corp. (OTC: SOPK);
Southwestern Energy ( SWN); Springs Global (BMF&BOVESPA: SGPS3); SRE
Group (HKSE: 1207); St. Jude Medical ( STJ); STMicroelectronics (
STM); Stora Enso (OMX: STERV); Strabag (WBAG: STR); SuccessFactors, Inc.
( SFSF); Sul America (BMF&BOVESPA: SULA11); Sun Pharmaceutical
Industries (NSE: SUNPHARMA); Swiss Life (SIX: SLHN); Syngenta International
(SMI: SYNN VX); Taiwan Mobile Co. (TWSE: 3045); Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Company (TWSE: 2330); Tata Motors ( TTM); TD Bank
Financial Group ( TD); Teck Resources ( TCK); Tecnisa
(BMF&BOVESPA: TCSA3); TECO Electric & Machinery Co. (TWSE: 1504); Telecom
Egypt (EGX: ETEL.CA); Telefonica O2 Czech Republic (PSE: SPTT.PR); Telekom
Austria (VSE: TKA); Telkom (JSE: TKG); Tellabs ( TLAB); Telvent Git
( TLVT); Temenos (SIX: TEMN); Tempur-Pedic International ( TPX);
Tenaris ( TS); The Cooper Companies ( COO); The United
Laboratories International (HKSE: 03933); The9 Limited ( NCTY);
Thomson Reuters ( TRI); ThyssenKrupp (FSE: TKA); TIM Participacoes
( TSU); Time Warner Cable ( TWC); TMK (LSE: TMKS); TNT N.V. ADS
(Other OTC: TNTTY.PK); Topoint Technology Co. (TWSE: 8021); TOTAL (CAC:
FP.PA); TOTVS (BMF&BOVESPA: TOTS3); Tractebel Energia (BMF&BOVESPA: TBLE3);
Transcend Information (TWSE: 2451); Trend Micro (TSE: 4704); Tripod
Technology Corporation (TWSE: 3044); Trisul (BMF&BOVESPA: TRIS3); Triunfo
Participacoes (BMF&BOVESPA: TPIS3); Turk Telecom (ISE: TTKOM); Turkcell
( TKC); UCB (EURONEXT: UCB-XB); Ultra Petroleum ( UPL); Ultrapar
Participacoes ( UGP); Unipar - Uniao de Industrias Petroquimicas
(BMF&BOVESPA: UNIP6); Unum Group ( UNM); URS Corporation ( URS);
VanceInfo Technologies ( VIT); Vanguard International Semiconductor
(OTC: 5347); Vecima Networks (TSX: VCM); VeriSign ( VRSN); Verizon
( VZ); Vermilion Energy Trust (TSX: VET.UN); Vivo Participacoes (
VIV); Volkswagen (FSE: VLKAY); Walgreens ( WAG); Walmart de Mexico
(BMV: WALMEXV); Walsin Lihwa Corporation (TWSE: 1605); Want Want China
Holdings (HKSE: 00151); Ways Technical Corp (TWSE: 3508); Wendy's / Arby's
( WEN); WestJet (TSX: WJA); WNS Holdings ( WNS); Wonder Auto
Technology ( WATG); WPG Holdings (TWSE: 3702); WPP ( WPPGY);
Yageo Corporation (TWSE: 2327); Yellow Pages Income Fund (TSX: YLO.UN);
Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. ( YGE); Yongye International (
YONG); Yuanta Financial Holdings (TWSE: 2885.TW); Yucheng Technologies
( YTEC); Yum! Brands ( YUM); ZyXEL Communications Corporation
(TWSE: 2391).
Conference Call Replay: The September 1 webcast replay that discussed the
news and procedures of this new edition is available on the website homepage
(www.irglobalrankings.com). You can also download and/or request a free copy
of the 2009 IRGR magazine.
TOP 5 REASONS TO SIGN UP FOR the 2010 IR GLOBAL RANKINGS
1) Unique Ranking System: IRGR is the sole investor relations ranking
system based on technical reviews (not opinion surveys or polls) and is
supported by the input of audit and legal experts. IRGR is a unique way to
have an external review and positioning of your investor relations and
financial communications efforts among best practices among leading companies
worldwide.
2) Individual Feedback: Participants who choose to acquire the individual
feedback report will receive detailed suggestions for improvements where
applicable. This report can be discussed later in a private conference call
with the IRGR staff upon request by the participating company.
3) Solid Benchmarking: By registering for IRGR, your company will be
ranked among companies worldwide in all industries. Our extensive client base
allows us to identify, rank and disclose the best IR communication programs in
the world. Only positive examples are publicly disclosed.
4) High Transparency: Evaluation criteria and results are available on the
IRGR website. IRGR analysts are responsible for performing a thorough analysis
and an independent technical committee will review them in their entirety.
5) Great Recognition: Best ranked companies will be recognized in Award
Ceremonies around the world. IRGR widely discloses top ranked companies
through global media wires done by PRNewswire -- the largest news distributor
in the world. Best cases will also be highlighted in the IR Global Rankings
magazine that is freely distributed in the capital markets community.
To learn more about the 2010 IRGR or to download the 2009 IRGR magazine
with winners and best practices, please visit www.irglobalrankings.com or type
IRGR < GO > into the Bloomberg Terminal.
For further information, please contact: The IRGR Team, Email:
irgr@mz-ir.com, phone: +1 (212) 813-2975
About IR Global Rankings (www.irglobalrankings.com): Solid communication
with the investment community is a key priority for investor relations and
corporate governance professionals, once value creation (stock prices) and
risk perception can be managed. The implementation of best practices in
communicating with the capital markets and fair disclosure procedures do help
companies in earning and maintaining investor confidence. The annual IR Global
Rankings and Awards survey is the most comprehensive auditing and ranking
system for IR websites, corporate governance practices and financial
disclosure procedures -- a great opportunity to benchmark IR efforts vis-a-vis
peers and industry leaders. Based on extensive proprietary research of
publicly held companies and investors, and supported by input from independent
audit, corporate governance and legal experts (KPMG, Arnold & Porter,
Demarest, Mattos Filho and Barbosa Mussnich), MZ's methodology is highly
detailed, transparent and fully accessible to all participants. The annual IR
Global Rankings and Awards has grown each year since 1999.
Amanda Munhoz
+1 (212) 813-2975
irgr@mz-ir.com
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