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Computershare and Georgeson Congratulate the Best in Investor Relations

NEW YORK, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Computershare Limited (ASX: CPU), a leading financial services provider for the global securities industry, and Georgeson, the world's leading provider of strategic proxy and corporate governance advisory services, would like to congratulate all the winners and nominees of the IR Magazine US Awards 2012.

More than 80 percent of the awards were presented to companies and professionals supported by Computershare and Georgeson. Below, the winners from the IR Magazine US Awards 2012, are the people and organizations that Computershare and Georgeson are proud to call clients. Computershare and Georgeson are committed to helping them continue to achieve their goal of excellence in investor relations.

Grand prix for best overall investor relations program - large cap	Best financial reporting	SECTOR AWARDS
Covidien	Qualcomm

Grand prix for best overall investor relations program - mid cap	Best use of technology for IR	Consumer goods
Broadcom	Google	The Coca-Cola Company

Grand prix for best overall investor relations program - small cap	Best investment community meetings	Diversified industrials/automotive/forestry & paper
HealthSouth	Covidien	Danaher

Best IR professional - large cap	Best corporate governance	Finance/speciality finance/insurance
Covidien - Cole Lannum	Danaher	JP Morgan Chase

Best IR professional - mid cap	Best IR during a corporate transaction	Healthcare
Sirona Dental Systems - John Sweeney	Danaher	Covidien

Best IR professional - small cap	Best crisis management	Oil & gas/oil services
HealthSouth - Mary Ann Arico	General Electric	National-Oilwell Varco

Best IR by a CEO or chairman - large cap	Best IR for an IPO	Pharmaceuticals/biotech/chemicals
Allergan - David Pyott	LinkedIn	Allergan

Best IR by a CEO or chairman - mid cap	Best investor relations by a European company in the US market	Retail
ON Semiconductor - Keith Jackson	Shire Pharmaceuticals	Limited Brands

Best IR by a CFO - large cap	Lifetime achievement	Technology (Large-cap companies)
Honeywell - David Anderson  AND United Technologies - Gregory Hayes	Bina Thompson - Colgate-Palmolive	Qualcomm

Best IR by a CFO - mid cap		Technology (Mid & small-cap companies)
Broadcom - Eric Brandt		Broadcom

		Transport
		FedEx

		Utilities
		Progress Energy

About Computershare

Computershare (ASX:CPU) is a global market leader in transfer agency and share registration, employee equity plans, proxy solicitation and stakeholder communications. We also specialize in corporate trust, mortgage, bankruptcy, class action, utility and tax voucher administration, and a range of other diversified financial and governance services.

Founded in 1978, Computershare is renowned for its expertise in high integrity data management, high volume transaction processing and reconciliations, payments and stakeholder engagement. Many of the world's leading organizations use us to streamline and maximize the value of relationships with their investors, employees, creditors and customers.

Computershare is represented in all major financial markets and has over 12,000 employees worldwide.

For more information, visit www.computershare.com

About Georgeson

Georgeson Inc. is the world's leading provider of strategic proxy and corporate governance advisory services to corporations and shareholder groups working to influence corporate strategy. For over half a century, Georgeson has specialized in complex solicitations such as hostile and friendly acquisitions, proxy contests and takeover defenses. The firm also provides issuers with expertise in corporate events solutions such as post-merger unexchanged holder programs and information agent services. For more information, visit www.georgeson.com.

Contact:

Jeff Stein
Media Relations
Tel: 1 212 805 7271
jeff.stein@computershare.com

SOURCE Computershare Limited

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