(Source: PRNewswire)

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- MZ Consult NY (http://www.mz-ir.com/), a leading global investor relations and financial communications firm, announces that the registration period for the 11th annual edition of the IR Global Rankings and Awards ("IRGR") is open to all companies across the world. This event, supported by KPMG, Arnold & Porter, The Bank of New York Mellon, Corporate Asia Network, Bloomberg and NYSE Euronext is a unique external review of any company's communication process with the capital markets.
TO REGISTER, please visit the website http://www.irglobalrankings.com/ , or type IRGR < GO > into your Bloomberg terminal.
60 companies from 20 countries have already registered for the 2009 IR Global Rankings, among them (in alphabetical order): Abertis (MADRID: ABE); adidas (XETRA: ADS.DE); Aegon ; ALL - America Latina Logistica (BOVESPA: ALLL11); ASUR ; Banco Nossa Caixa (BOVESPA: BNCA3); BASF (XETRA: BAS.DE); Bayer (XETRA: BAY); Brasil Telecom ; Braskem (BOVESPA: BRKM5); Cameco ; China Telecom ; Cisco ; Danske Bank ; Energisa (BOVESPA: ENGI); Galp Energia (EURONEXT LISBON: GALP PL); General Electric Company ; Gerdau ; Global Sources ; Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes ; GVT (BOVESPA: GVTT3); Homex ; Hysan Development Company (HKSE: HYSNY.PK); IC RUSS-INVEST (RTS: RUSIG); Infosys Technologies ; Intel Corporation ; Kotak Mahindra Bank ; Life Time Fitness ; M Dias Branco (BOVESPA: MDIA3); Marfrig (BOVESPA: MRFG3); Nexen ; Norsk Hydro (OSLO: NHY); Novartis (VIRT-X: NOVN.VX ); Partner Communications Company ; PDG Realty (BOVESPA: PDGR3); PEMEX (NONE: NONE); Perdigao ; PT Excelcomindo Pratama (JAK: EXCL); Qualcomm ; RepsolYPF (MADRID: REP); Royal Dutch Shell ; Royal Philips Electronics ; Ryder ; SAPPI ; Satyam ; Shinsei Bank ; Symantec Corporation ; Talisman Energy ; TD Bank Financial Group ; Telekom Austria (VIE: TKA.VI); Telkom ; Total ; Tractebel Energia (BOVESPA: TBLE3); Turk Telekomunikasyon ; Ultrapar ; Unibanco ; URS ; VimpelCom ; Wipro .
Conference Call Replay: If you missed the conference call that discussed the news and procedures of this new edition, held on October 1, please access the link: http://webcast.mzdp.com.br/publico.aspx?codplataforma=197. You can also request your free copy of the 2008 magazine at http://www.irglobalrankings.com/ .