Nominees announced for Small Cap Awards

The short lists for the IR Magazine Awards – Small Cap US have been officially announced, as IR Magazine prepares to honor the best and brightest in small-cap investor relations.

Small-cap companies could be nominated in three categories: best investor engagement, best investor relations by a micro-cap company and best investor relations by a small-cap company. Companies could nominate themselves or have nominations submitted on their behalf. From these nominations, IR Magazine’s editorial staff produced the following short lists:

Best investor engagement

  • Meritage Hospitality Group
  • Repro Med Systems
  • Spartan Motors
  • The Singing Machine Company

Best IR by a micro-cap company

  • Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
  • First Resource Bank
  • Idera Pharmaceuticals
  • Meritage Hospitality Group
  • Suncrest Bank
  • TGR Financial
  • The OurPet’s Company

Best IR by a small-cap company

  • Computer Services
  • MPM Holdings
  • Primoris Services Corporation
  • Revance Therapeutics
  • Stoneridge

The winners will be selected by our panel of judges:

  • Stephen Amsterdam, senior research analyst, Emerald Advisers
  • Ben Ashwell, digital editor, IR Magazine
  • Julie Dewey, senior vice president and chief communications officer, Wright Medical Group
  • Robert Kosowsky, senior analyst and assistant portfolio manager, Royce Funds

The awards will be presented at the IR Magazine Forum & Awards – Small Cap US in New York City on September 26. Click here for more information and to register for the event.

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