NEW YORK, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- MZ Consult NY (www.mz-ir.com), a leading
global investor relations and financial communications firm, announces that
the final registration deadline is today November 28, 2008 for the 11th annual
edition of the IR Global Rankings and Awards ('IRGR'). Do not miss your chance
to join!
Approximately 150 companies from 32 countries have already registered for
this year's edition, which is a very positive and expressive number especially
due to current market conditions. The 2008 IRGR had 160 companies registered.
We are also very excited with the presence of approximately 40 'first-timers'
such as Abertis, Royal Bank of Canada, Bancolombia, CCR, Microsoft, China
Railway Group, Sonae, Walgreen, Intel, HSBC, Dufry South America, Sparebank,
Assurant and Akzo Nobel, to just name a few.
The IR Global Rankings annual survey is a unique opportunity to rate and
compare investor relations programs and corporate governance standards. This
survey is coordinated by MZ and it is supported by KPMG, Arnold & Porter, The
Bank of New York Mellon, Corporate Asia Network, Bloomberg, NYSE Euronext,
Demarest, Mattos FIlho and Barbosa Mussnich.
We strongly believe that implementing best practices and fair disclosure
procedures when communicating with the capital markets help companies in both
earning and maintaining investor confidence. Solid and credible communication
with the investment community should be one of the key priorities for investor
relations and corporate governance professionals, once value creation (stock
prices) and risk perception can be managed. You can now compare [Company] to
other leading global companies and, if you wish, keep your final results
confidential.
The evaluation process has already started and the deadline period will
not be extended any further. Therefore, don't miss the chance to have your
Investor Relations program evaluated for the 2009 ranking. Registrants will
receive a comprehensive report with improvement opportunities, benchmarks, IR
trends and companies can discuss the results and findings with the evaluation
specialists and receive live in-depth feedback and consultancy on IR Websites,
Corporate Governance Practices and Financial Disclosure Procedures.
TO REGISTER, please visit the website www.irglobalrankings.com, or type
IRGR < GO > into your Bloomberg terminal.
More than 150 companies from over 32 countries have already registered for
the 2009 IR Global Rankings, among them (in alphabetical order): Abertis
(MADRID: ABE); adidas (XETRA: ADS.DE); Aegon (NYSE: AEG); AkzoNobel (Euronext:
AKZA); ALL - America Latina Logistica (BOVESPA: ALLL11); Alltop Technology
(TWSE: 3526); AmBev (NYSE: ABV); Amil Participacoes (BOVESPA: AMIL3); AMP
(ASX: AMP); AMS Homecare (TSX: AHCK); Arcadis (EURONEXT: ARCAD); Assurant
(NYSE: AIZ); ASUR (NYSE: ASR); Banco Bradesco (NYSE: BBD); Banco Nossa Caixa
(BOVESPA: BNCA3); Bancolombia (NYSE: CIB); Bank of Montreal (TSX: BMO); BASF
(XETRA: BAS.DE); Bayer (XETRA: BAY); BBVA (Madrid: BBVA); Bematech (BOVESPA:
BEMA3); Brasil Telecom (NYSE: BTM); Braskem (BOVESPA: BRKM5); Cameco (NYSE:
CCJ); CCR (BOVESPA: CCRO3); China Agri-Industries Holdings (HKSE: 606); China
Railway (HKSE: 390); China Telecom (NYSE: CHA); Chunghwa Telecom (TSE: 2412);
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO); Coelce - Cia Energetica do Ceara (BOVESPA: COCE5);
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL); Copel (BOVESPA: CPLE6); COSCO International
Holdings (HKG: 517); Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS); Crucell (Euronext: CRXL); CSN -
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (NYSE: SID); Danske Bank (OMX: DANSKE); DSM
(Euronext: DSM); Dufry South America (BOVESPA: DUFB11); E*TRADE FINANCIAL
Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC); Embraer (NYSE: ERJ); Endesa Chile (NYSE: EOC);
Energisa (BOVESPA: ENGI); Enersis (NYSE: ENI-US); Far Eastern Textile (TWSE:
1402); FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX); Fresenius Medical Care (NYSE: FMS);
Galp Energia (EURONEXT: GALP PL); Gazprom Neft (RTS: SIBN); General Electric
Company (NYSE: GE); Gerdau (NYSE: GGB); Global Sources (NASDAQ: GSOL); Gol
Linhas Aereas Inteligentes (NYSE: GOL); GVT (BOVESPA: GVTT3); Haemonetics
Corporation (NYSE: HAE); Homex (OTC: DHMXF.PK); HSBC (LSE: HSBA.L); HTC
Corporation (TWSE: 2498); Hysan Development Company (HKSE: HYSNY.PK); IC RUSS-
INVEST (RTS: RUSIG); Indra (Madrid: IDR); Infosys Technologies (NASDAQ: INFY);
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC); JBS (BOVESPA: JBSS3); Johnson & Johnson
(NYSE: JNJ); Kotak Mahindra Bank (BSE: 500247); Life Technologies (NASDAQ:
LIFE); Life Time Fitness (NYSE: LTM); M.
