Covidien Wins Four IR Awards While LinkedIn Takes IPO Prize

NEW YORK, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This year's top awards for investor relations went to Covidien, Broadcom and HealthSouth at the 17th annual IR Magazine US Awards, presented in association with Bloomberg. Plus, after months of excitement around LinkedIn's IPO, there was more cause for celebration at the gala event at Cipriani Wall Street this evening: the award for best IR for an IPO. The full results are available below or at www.irmagazineus.com.

The awards are based on an independent survey of over 700 investors overseen by IR Insight, IR magazine's research arm. Ipreo provided contact details for buy- and sell-side analysts and portfolio managers, then Fox Insight and Mary Maude Research canvassed their opinions and gathered votes via online surveys and telephone interviews. The complete survey results will be published in the IR magazine Investor Perception Study, US 2012.

The awards were presented in association with Bloomberg and were co-sponsored by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, BNY Mellon Depositary Receipts, Business Wire, Citi Depositary Receipt Services, Computershare Georgeson, DG3, Edelman, GETCO, Innisfree, Ipreo, Issuer Advisory Group, LS Global Advisory Group, MacKenzie Partners, Marketwire, MessageBank, NASDAQ OMX, NIRI, NYSE Euronext, PR Newswire, TD Bank and UBS.

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Full list of winners

Grand prix for best overall investor relations program - large cap
Covidien

Grand prix for best overall investor relations program - mid cap
Broadcom

Grand prix for best overall investor relations program - small cap
HealthSouth

Best IR professional - large cap
Covidien - Cole Lannum

Best IR professional - mid cap
Sirona Dental Systems - John Sweeney

Best IR professional - small cap
HealthSouth - Mary Ann Arico

Best IR by a CEO or chairman - large cap
Allergan - David Pyott

Best IR by a CEO or chairman - mid cap
ON Semiconductor - Keith Jackson

Best IR by a CEO or chairman - small cap
Steve Madden - Edward Rosenfeld

Best IR by a CFO - large cap
Honeywell - David Anderson
United Technologies - Gregory Hayes

Best IR by a CFO - mid cap
Broadcom - Eric Brandt

Best IR by a CFO - small cap
Werner Enterprises - John Steele

Best financial reporting
Qualcomm

Best use of technology for IR
Google

Best investment community meetings
Covidien

Best corporate governance
Danaher

Most progress in IR
Wyndham Worldwide

Best IR during a corporate transaction
Danaher

Best crisis management
General Electric

Best IR for an IPO
LinkedIn

Best investor relations by a European company in the US market
Shire Pharmaceuticals

Best investor relations by an Asia-Pacific company in the US market
Trina Solar

Best investor relations by a Latin American company in the US market
Cielo

Lifetime achievement
Bina Thompson - Colgate-Palmolive

SECTOR AWARDS

Consumer goods
The Coca-Cola Company

Consumer services/business services
Ryder System

Diversified industrials/automotive/forestry & paper
Danaher

Finance/speciality finance/insurance
JP Morgan Chase

Healthcare
Covidien

Leisure/media/restaurants
Wyndham Worldwide

Metals & mining/coal/steel
Peabody Energy

Oil & gas/oil services
National-Oilwell Varco

Pharmaceuticals/biotech/chemicals
Allergan

Retail
Limited Brands

Technology (Large-cap companies)
Qualcomm

Technology (Mid & small-cap companies)
Broadcom

Transport
FedEx

Utilities
Progress Energy

SOURCE IR magazine