Kudos to TLAB for Investor Relations
Long article with Tellabs (about midway through) recognized for outstanding use of conferencing as a tool in investor relations. Those of us who listen to the calls quarter by quarter (and crisis by crisis during cien disaster) know that this award is well deserved by our outstanding management.
Here is the full article:
nvestor Relations Magazine Announces Winners of 1999 U.S. Awards
General Electric, Colgate-Palmolive and Anadarko Petroleum Win Top Honors
for Excellence in Investor Relations
NEW YORK, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Investor Relations magazine, in association with BARRON'S, the Dow Jones Business and Financial Weekly, tonight announced the winners of the 1999 Investor Relations Magazine U.S. Awards recognizing superior investor relations (IR) at an awards gala at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. Investor relations is rapidly being recognized for its strategic importance to public companies looking for fair valuation in an increasingly competitive market.
The winners of the NIRI Grand Prix for Best Overall Investor Relations are Anadarko Petroleum in the under $10 billion market cap category, Colgate-Palmolive in the $10 to $30 billion market cap category and General Electric in the over $30 billion category. The Grand Prix awards were sponsored by the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI), a professional association of corporate officers and investor relations consultants responsible for communication between corporate management, shareholders, security analysts and other financial publics.
The gala dinner, hosted by Deborah Marchini, co-anchor of CNN's Business Day, was sponsored by the New York Stock Exchange and attracted nearly 700 members of the investor relations and financial communities from around the world.
"Investor Relations magazine is honored to be hosting this gala to recognize those companies that are helping to set the highest standards for the blossoming investor relations practice," said Neil Stewart, North American editor of Investor Relations magazine. "As more investment professionals demand detailed information from more companies than ever before; as technology draws hordes of retail investors into the market; as volatility is pushed to the red line; and as all the stock-for-stock M&A activity makes maintaining stock price a strategic imperative, public companies have become increasingly dependent on their investor relations officers for expertise and guidance."
Winners were announced in a total of 18 award categories that touch on all aspects of IR. In a major survey of over 1,700 investment professionals conducted by Rivel Research on behalf of Investor Relations magazine, the investment community nominated deserving companies across a range of IR activities. The award winners were kept secret until they were announced at tonight's gala. Detailed results of the survey will be published in the 1999 U.S. Research Report, providing insight into the investment community's attitudes toward IR and setting the standard for all IR practitioners, as judged by their most important audiences. The report is available from Investor Relations magazine to the public for $275 and to magazine subscribers for $245.
The winners of the 1999 Investor Relations Magazine U.S. awards are as follows:
The NIRI Grand Prix for Best Overall Investor Relations
Under $10 Billion Market Cap: Anadarko Petroleum
Market Cap Between $10 Billion - $30 Billion: Colgate-Palmolive
Market Cap Over $30 Billion: General Electric
Best Investor Relations Officer
Under $10 Billion Market Cap: Anadarko Petroleum, Newell Company
Market Cap Between $10 Billion - $30 Billion: Duke Energy
Market Cap Over $30 Billion: General Electric
Best Investor Relations for an IPO: Conoco
Most Improved Investor Relations
Under $10 Billion Market Cap: PeopleSoft
Market Cap Between $10 Billion - $30 Billion: Avon Products
Market Cap Over $30 Billion: AT&T, Microsoft
Best Investor Relations in Contested Takeover: AlliedSignal
Best Investor Relations in Friendly Takeover: NationsBank
Best Management of Disclosure Policy
Under $10 Billion Market Cap: Cooper Cameron
Market Cap Between $10 Billion - $30 Billion: Sara Lee
Market Cap Over $30 Billion: General Electric
Best Investment Community Meetings
Under $10 Billion Market Cap: Anadarko Petroleum
Market Cap Between $10 Billion - $30 Billion: 3Com
Market Cap Over $30 Billion: General Electric
Best Use of Conferencing
Under $10 Billion Market Cap: Anadarko Petroleum
Market Cap Between $10 Billion - $30 Billion: Duke Energy, Tellabs
Market Cap Over $30 Billion: Intel
Best Communications with the Retail Market
Under $10 Billion Market Cap: Starbucks
Market Cap Between $10 Billion - $30 Billion: Staples
Market Cap Over $30 Billion: General Electric
Best Annual Report
Under $10 Billion Market Cap: Newell Company
Market Cap Between $10 Billion - $30 Billion: Sara Lee
Market Cap Over $30 Billion: Coca-Cola
Best World Wide Web Site: Microsoft
Best European Company Investor Relations in the US Market: Nokia
Best Asia-Pacific Company Investor Relations in the US Market: Sony
Best Latin American Company Investor Relations in the US Market: Cemex
Special Awards for Companies Under $10 Billion Market Cap:
Best Use of Technology: Anadarko Petroleum
Best Senior Management Communications: Danaher, Network Associates
Best Use of Financial Media: Network Associates
Best Corporate Advertising to the Investment Community: Apple Computer
Published in New York and London by Cross-Border Publishing, Investor Relations magazine is the only global publication focused on the interface between companies and their investors. Investor Relations magazine has hosted 13 annual awards ceremonies in the U.S. and the U.K. since 1991, with combined attendance of more than 5,000 IR practitioners. This year Investor Relations magazine held its second annual Canadian awards ceremony in Toronto.
SOURCE Investor Relations Magazine
CO: Investor Relations Magazine; Cross-Border Publishing
ST: New York
IN: PUB
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03/25/99 22:00 EST prnewswire.com
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