How to rate and compare investor relations programs and financial disclosure processes? Which companies make the most effective use of technology in communicating with the investment community?
NEW YORK, Sep. 22, 2009 (PRNewswire) -- MZ Consult NY (www.mz-ir.com), a leading global investor relations and financial communications firm, announces that the registration period for the 12th annual edition of the IR Global Rankings and Awards ("IRGR") is open to all companies across the world. The 2010 IRGR, supported by KPMG, Arnold & Porter, The Bank of New York Mellon, Corporate Asia Network and Bloomberg 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 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 110 companies from over 28 countries have already registered for the 2010 IR Global Rankings, among them (in alphabetical order): ABNote (BMF&BOVESPA: ABNB3); AECOM (NYSE: ACM); Air France-KLM (EURONEXT: AFLYY); AmBev (NYSE: ABV); American Water Works Company (NYSE: AWK); Arcadis (EURONEXT: ARCAD); ARM Holdings (LSE: ARM); Banca MPS (FTSE: BMPS.MI); Banco Cruzeiro do Sul (BMF&BOVESPA: CZRS4); Banco Daycoval (BMF&BOVESPA: DAYC4); Bank of Communications (HKSE: 03328); Bayer (XETRA: BAYN GY); Braskem (BMF&BOVESPA: BRKM5); Brightpoint, Inc (NASDAQ: CELL); Bursa Malaysia Berhad (MYX: BJURSA MK); Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT); Central European Media Enterprises (PSE: CETV); Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK); China BAK Battery (NASDAQ: CBAK); China XD Plastics Company (OTCBB: CXDC); CipherLab Co. (TWSE: 6160); Construtora Tenda (BMF&BOVESPA: TEND3); Corporacion GEO (MXK: GEOB); Cosan (BMF&BOVESPA: CSAN3); Credit Suisse (SWX: CSGN); Del Monte Foods Company (NYSE: DLM); Delta Electronics (TWSE: 2308); D-Link (TWSE: 2332); Duff & Phelps (NYSE: DUF); Enagas (MSE: ENAG.MC); Enersis (NYSE: ENI-US); Equatorial Energia (BMF&BOVESPA: EQTL3); ev3 Inc. (NASDAQ: EVVV); EVN (NYSE: EVN); F. Hoffmann - La Roche (SIX: ROG VX); FelCor Lodging Trust (NYSE: FCH); Fertilizantes Heringer (BMF&BOVESPA: FHER3); Fresenius Medical Care (FSE: FME); Fubon Financial Holding (TWSE: 2881); Gafisa (NYSE: GFA); Galp Energia (EURONEXT: GALP PL); Garanti Bank (ISE: GARAN); Gartner, Inc.
