Germany's Top Names in Investor Relations
DIRK-Shortlist: Companies to be awarded on 3rd June in Frankfurt
Frankfurt/Main (pts027/28.05.2013/13:20) Thomson Reuters Extel (a division of Thomson Reuters), WirtschaftsWoche business magazine, and DIRK (the association for Investor Relations (IR) in Germany) are pround to announce today the nominees of the "German Investor Relations Award 2013". Because of the increacing significance of Fixed Income Investor Relations there will be a new category "Fixed Income IR Germany" awarded this year.
More than 790 companies across Europe contribute to the study, 110 of these companies being located in Germany. The winners will be declared and awarded on 3rd June at the festive evening event of the 16 th DIRK Conference.
The nominees in the various categories are as follows (alphabetical order):
DAX30
Allianz SE
Bayer AG
Continental AG
Deutsche Telekom AG
Munich RE
MDAX
Hugo Boss AG
Kabel Deutschland Holding AG
METRO AG
MTU Aero Engines Holding AG ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG
SDAX
alstria office REIT-AG
DIC Asset AG
Praktiker AG
TOM TAILOR Holding AG
VTG AG
TecDAX
AIXTRON SE
Dialog Semiconductor plc
Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
Software AG
Telefónica D'land Holding AG
Fixed Income IR
Allianz SE
Deutsche Bank AG
Deutsche Telekom AG
Kabel Deutschland Holding AG
Munich RE
IR-Manager DAX30
Christian Becker-Hussong, Munich RE
Stephan Eger, Deutsche Telekom AG
Alexander Rosar, Bayer AG
Oliver Schmidt, Allianz SE
Rolf Woller, Continantal AG
IR-Manager MDAX
Elmar Baur, Kabel Deutschland Holding AG
Sebastian McCoskrie, METRO AG
Karl Steinle, Hannover Rück SE
Dirk Voigtländer, ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG
Dennis Weber, Hugo Boss AG
IR-Manager SDAX
Ralf Dibbern, alstria office REIT-AG
Rolf-Dieter Grass, Praktiker AG
Lucia Mathée, Vossloh AG
Andrea Rolvering, TOM TAILOR Holding AG
Felix Zander, VTG AG
IR-Manager TecDAX
Guide Pickert, AIXTRON SE
Victor J. Garcia-Aranda, Teléfonica D'land Holding AG
Thomas Fischler, Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
Otmar Winzig, Software AG
Ingo Arnold, freenet AG
Steve Kelly, Managing Director of Thomson Reuters Extel, says that "for the eighth year we have had an extremely successful collaboration with DIRK and are very happy about it."
"Good capital market communication stabilizes the performance of shares, which are an important investment class for our readers. Therefore, it is our pleasure to award again a prize to Germany's best IR managers together with DIRK", says Roland Tichy, editor in chief of the magazine WirtschaftsWoche.
Kay Bommer, General Manager of DIRK, adds: "As far as quality and independence are concerned, we are setting the standard for the appraisal of investor relations in Germany with our two widely respected partners, Thomson Reuters Extel and WirtschaftsWoche. We are delighted to celebrate a very successful eighth anniversary of our German IR Award and to launch our new category Fixed Income IR Germany."
About DIRK:
DIRK is the association for Investor Relations (IR) in Germany. As the organ of IR professionals, DIRK represents the concerns of its members in an active dialogue with interest groups and capital market stakeholders, political institutions and the general public. The association offers its members active, specific support and promotes regular exchange among its own ranks and with IR specialists from all over the world. In addition, DIRK sets standards in professional training and further education of IR juniors in Germany. With its more than 300 members, DIRK sets the standards of communication between companies and the capital market. The spectrum of companies organised within DIRK includes almost all DAX companies and the bulk of companies listed in the MDAX, SDAX and TecDAX as well as companies with a small market capitalisation and those which have not yet made their IPO or issue debt instruments. Increasingly, capital market oriented individuals are members of DIRK. For more information, go to http://www.dirk.org
For further information:
DIRK - Deutscher Investor Relations Verband
Reuterweg 81, 60323 Frankfurt
T. +49 (0)69.95909490
F. +49 (0)69.959094999
info@dirk.org
About Thomson Reuters Extel:
Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, healthcare and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organisation. Thomson Reuters is the leading provider of Investor Relations solutions in Europe. For clear visibility into market and trading activities, rely on our innovative IR solutions. Understand key factors impacting your share price, anticipate investor behavior and communicate with key stakeholders. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs more than 55,000 people and operates in over 100 countries. Thomson Reuters shares are listed on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges (symbol: TRI). For more information, go to http://www.thomsonreuters.com
About WirtschaftsWoche:
WirtschaftsWoche is the big topical, market economy-oriented, liberal business magazine for management executives. Every week, an editorial staff of around 100 analyses the key developments in companies, politics, technology, management, the financial markets and the world of science. The magazine and its online-team of wiwo.de can draw on the expertise of foreign offices in New York, Moscow, Silicon Valley, Peking, Tokyo, São Paulo, Brussels, London and Paris, providing readers in the major export nation of Germany with first-hand information on the most important supply and sales markets. Furthermore the reporting of the WirtschaftsWoche is completed by the online authors of wiwo.de. They present daily events and analyse economical and political results. http://www.wirtschaftswoche.de
| Aussender: | D.I.R.K. Projektgesellschaft mbH |
| Ansprechpartner: | Katharina Beyersdorfer |
| Tel.: | +49 699 5909490 |
| E-Mail: | kbeyersdorfer@dirk.org |
| Website: | www.dirk.org |
