New York-based KCSA has been out bagging a number of new investor relations clients over the last month.
Nasdaq-listed stocks in the appointments list include Numerex Corp, the alarm transmitting specialists and Palomar Medical Technologies, the cosmetic and medical procedures systems maker. Among Amex companies, KCSA has been retained by MAI Systems, the California-based information systems company and electronic products distributor Emerson Radio Corp. Moving east, Arizona-based Christensen & Associates has been retained by Houston Industries to assist with its IR activities.
The New York Stock Exchange-listed electric utility says it has assigned Christensen to ensure the market recognises and understands its strategy and performance.
On the other side of the Atlantic, Dewe Rogerson has won the brief to advise on one of this year’s largest privatisations in central Europe.
Some 35-40 per cent of the share capital of Hungarian oil and gas company Mol is up for grabs in a deal scheduled to be completed before the end of the year.
DR will work with its Hungarian partner Star PR on the brief.
Not to be outdone by Ludgate in the German market, Citigate has been acting as international marketing adviser on Germany’s largest ever IPO – at around DM2 bn – for E Merck, which went ahead in mid-October.
Citigate worked with German agency B&L Corporate Communications on the heavily oversubscribed flotation of the pharmaceuticals company.
