International award for PKN ORLEN Investor Relations
International periodical IR Magazine second year in a row awarded PKN ORLEN with the title of „Best investor relations by a Polish company 2010”. In the opinion of over 700 International Capital Market representatives, which participated in the survey organized by IR Magazine, the Company has the best-managed investor relations on the Polish market. An announcement of this year’s results and awards ceremony took place at a gala dinner in London.
PKN ORLEN eighth year in a row was nominated to the award of the competition organized by IR Magazine – monthly for especially demanding readers, which are financial investors. This year award is a third one received by the Company from the magazine in the category of best investor relations in Poland.
- In the last year the whole economy, and in particular the refining sector, faced a number of challenges related to global crisis. In this environment creating a strategy adequate to the challenges was the key to the success. Consistent implementation of the strategy and proper communication of the conducted operations allowed to gain the investors confidence. IR Magazine award is another proof that our open and transparent information policy in over-standard scope is highly valued by capital market representatives not only in Poland but also abroad. We are very happy that hundreds of meetings with investors and analysts we are holding every year are satisfactory enough for the market making our standards the best practices in investor relations - said Sławomir Jędrzejczyk, CFO.
The prize „Best Investor Relations in Poland” is awarded every year by the international specialist periodical IR Magazine as a result of independent research conducted among over 700 representatives of International Capital Markets. IR Magazine is a global, prestigious monthly magazine raising issues about Investor Relations.
Opinions of persons participating in the survey confirmed that PKN ORLEN operations connected with communication with Capital Market have a good reputation of stock exchange investors and analysts. The IR Magazine award is a further prize granted to the Company for investor relations quality.
In 2010 PKN ORLEN received following awards fro Investor Relations:
- „Best investor relations by a Polish Company 2010” - IR Magazine
- First place in WarsawScan 2010 – the best quality of information policy and corporate governance
- First place in WarsawScan 2010 – the best website in the IR section
And in 2009 the Company received:
- „Best investor relations by a Polish Company 2009” - IR Magazine
- “Listed Company of the Year” in the category of Investor Relations - the ranking of Puls Biznesu daily and Pentor Research Institute
- First place in WarsawScan 2009 – the best website in the IR section
- Second place In WarsawScan 2009 – good communications with investors
Additionally, in this year’s edition, as in the last year, representatives of International Capital Market valued also Unipetrol, the company which is part of the PKN ORLEN Group, and they nominate the Company for the award “Best investor relations by a Czech company”.