This year’s top awards for investor relations went to Covidien, Broadcom and HealthSouth at the 17th annual IR Magazine US Awards, presented in association with Bloomberg. Plus, after months of excitement around LinkedIn’s IPO, there was more cause for celebration at the gala event at Cipriani Wall Street yesterday evening: the award for best IR for an IPO. The full results are available below or at www.irmagazine.com/usawards2012.
The awards are based on an independent survey of over 700 investors overseen by IR Insight, IR magazine‘s research arm. Ipreo provided contact details for buy- and sell-side analysts and portfolio managers, then Fox Insight and Mary Maude Research canvassed their opinions and gathered votes via online surveys and telephone interviews. The complete survey results will be published in the IR magazine Investor Perception Study, US 2012.
The awards were presented in association with Bloomberg and were co-sponsored by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, BNY Mellon Depositary Receipts, Business Wire, Citi Depositary Receipt Services, Computershare Georgeson, DG3, Edelman, GETCO, Innisfree, Ipreo, Issuer Advisory Group, LS Global Advisory Group, MacKenzie Partners, Marketwire, MessageBank, NASDAQ OMX, NIRI, NYSE Euronext, PR Newswire, TD Bank and UBS.
Full list of winners
Grand prix for best overall investor relations program – large cap
Covidien
Grand prix for best overall investor relations program – mid cap
Broadcom
Grand prix for best overall investor relations program – small cap
HealthSouth
Best IR professional – large cap
Covidien – Cole Lannum
Best IR professional – mid cap
Sirona Dental Systems – John Sweeney
Best IR professional – small cap
HealthSouth – Mary Ann Arico
Best IR by a CEO or chairman – large cap
Allergan – David Pyott
Best IR by a CEO or chairman – mid cap
ON Semiconductor – Keith Jackson
Best IR by a CEO or chairman – small cap
Steve Madden – Edward Rosenfeld
Best IR by a CFO – large cap
Honeywell – David Anderson
United Technologies – Gregory Hayes
Best IR by a CFO – mid cap
Broadcom – Eric Brandt
Best IR by a CFO – small cap
Werner Enterprises – John Steele
Best financial reporting
Qualcomm
Best use of technology for IR
Google
Best investment community meetings
Covidien
Best corporate governance
Danaher
Most progress in IR
Wyndham Worldwide
Best IR during a corporate transaction
Danaher
Best crisis management
General Electric
Best IR for an IPO
LinkedIn
Best investor relations by a European company in the US market
Shire Pharmaceuticals
Best investor relations by an Asia-Pacific company in the US market
Trina Solar
Best investor relations by a Latin American company in the US market
Cielo
Lifetime achievement
Bina Thompson – Colgate-Palmolive
SECTOR AWARDS
Consumer goods
The Coca-Cola Company
Consumer services/business services
Ryder System
Diversified industrials/automotive/forestry & paper
Danaher
Finance/speciality finance/insurance
JP Morgan Chase
Healthcare
Covidien
Leisure/media/restaurants
Wyndham Worldwide
Metals & mining/coal/steel
Peabody Energy
Oil & gas/oil services
National-Oilwell Varco
Pharmaceuticals/biotech/chemicals
Allergan
Retail
Limited Brands
Technology (Large-cap companies)
Qualcomm
Technology (Mid & small-cap companies)
Broadcom
Transport
FedEx
Utilities
Progress Energy
