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Best Practice Awards 2011 Shortlist

1. Best communication of strategy, performance and KPIs in the annual report:

African Barrick Gold
ARM Holdings
BASF
Marks and Spencer

2. Best communication of governance and risk in the annual report:   

BAE Systems
Berendsen
Marks and Spencer
Tullow Oil

3. Best communication of corporate responsibility in the annual report:    

Barclays Bank
Hochschild Mining
Marks and Spencer
Xstrata

4. Most improved annual report:   

African Minerals
KCOM Group
Ocado
Pennon Group
TelecityGroup  

5. Best use of a website to communicate and support a company’s investment proposition:

British Land
Kingfisher
Logica
Trifast

6. Most effective use of innovative online technology to support investor relations communications:

BASF
Deutsche EuroShop
Legal & General
Wolters Kluwer

7. Best corporate website:

FTSE 100:

Barclays Bank
British Land
Centrica
Imperial Tobacco

FTSE 250:

Catlin
Go-Ahead Group
International Personal Finance
Provident Financial

Small Cap & AIM:

Huntsworth
MWB Group Holdings
Sportingbet
Trifast

International:

BASF
New World Resources
OJSC Uralkali

8. Award for the most effective overall Annual Report (printed and online):

FTSE 100:   

ARM Holdings
Land Securities
Marks and Spencer
Rexam

FTSE 250:

Halfords Group
Logica
Premier Foods

Small Cap and AIM:

CLS Holdings
Low & Bonar
Next Fifteen Communications
TT Electronics

International:

BASF
Deutsche EuroShop
Givaudan
Wolters Kluwer

9. Award for the best annual report by an unlisted entity:

BBC
EuroChem
QBE International Holdings (UK)
The Crown Estate