Best Practice Winners Announced

27 Nov 2009 12:53 Africa/Lagos

Best Practice Winners Announced

LONDON, November 27/PRNewswire/ -- The Investor Relations Society was delighted to announce the winners of the 2009 Investor Relations Best Practice Awards at a ceremony at the Royal Hospital Gardens, Chelsea in London last night.



The winning companies are:

Best communication of strategy, performance and KPIs in the annual
report
Sponsored by Hugin (a Thomson Reuters Company)
Winner: Morrisons

Best communication of governance and risk in the annual report
Sponsored by Bank of New York Mellon
Winner: Marks and Spencer

Best communication of corporate responsibility in the annual report
Sponsored by Richard Davies Investor Relations
Winner: BASF

Most improved annual report

Sponsored by Precision IR
Winner: Powerflute

Best-practice corporate website 2009
FTSE 100
Sponsored by Equiniti
Winner: Imperial Tobacco

FTSE 250
Sponsored by Equiniti
Winner: Go-Ahead Group

Small Cap & AIM
Sponsored by IR Magazine
Winner: Laird

International
Sponsored by IR Magazine
Winner: BASF

Award for the most effective overall Annual Report (printed and online)
FTSE 100
Sponsored by Black Sun
Winner: Tullow Oil

FTSE 250
Sponsored by Black Sun
Winner: Provident Financial

Small Cap and AIM
Sponsored by Deutsche Bank
Winner: May Gurney

International
Sponsored by Deutsche Bank
Winner: BASF

Also announced were the winners of the Thomson Reuters Extel
Awards as follows:

Best CFO at IR
FTSE 100
Winner: Colin Day, Reckitt Benckiser

FTSE 250
Winner: Tim Score, ARM Holdings

Small Cap
Winner: Allan Watson, Optos

Best overall IR for a UK company
FTSE 100
Winner: BAE Systems

FTSE 250
Winner: ARM Holdings

Small Cap (ex FTSE 350)
Winner: Optos




Notes for editors:


The Investor Relations Society represents members working for public companies to develop effective two way communication with the markets and create a level playing field for all investors. It has almost 600 members drawn both from the UK and overseas, including the majority of the FTSE 100 and much of the FTSE 250.



For further information contact:
The Investor Relations Society
Michael Mitchell - General Manager +44(0)20-7379-1763




Source: Investor Relations Society

For further information contact: The Investor Relations Society, Michael Mitchell - General Manager, +44(0)20-7379-1763.


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