July 18, 2006
IR Web Report, the world's
leading investor relations website evaluation
service, today announced the World's Best IR
Websites™ in the global Information Technology
Sector.
Of the 61
companies evaluated over the past
six months, eight companies achieved the World's
Best IR Websites™ standard. In order
of their ranking, they are:
1. Microsoft Corp.
2. IBM
3. SAP AG
4. Unisys Corp.
5. TietoEnator Oyj
6. Toshiba Corp.
7. Xerox Corp.
8. Cognos Inc.
Companies recognized as having World's Best
IR Websites™ have achieved a high ranking
after a detailed evaluation in IR Web Report's
survey of online investor relations communication
practices. Achieving the standard is a strong
indicator of a company's commitment to effective
online communication with investors.
World's Best IR Websites™ companies
provide broad and deep financial, corporate
governance, shareholder services and securities
trading information on their investor relations
websites. Their sites are designed around the
needs of investors, uphold good privacy practices
and are actively managed and up to date.
Survey
constituents
The following companies were included
in the survey (in alphabetical order): Accenture
(NYSE:ACN); Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Alcatel
SA (NYSE: ALA); Amadeus IT Group SA; Apple Computer,
Inc.; Applied Materials, Inc.; ASML Holding
N.V.; ATI Technologies Inc.; Automatic Data
Processing; Avaya Inc.; Canon Inc.; Celestica
Inc.; Cisco Systems; Cognos Inc.; CA, Inc. (Computer
Associates); Computer Sciences Corp.; Dell Inc.;
Electronic Data Systems; EMC Corp.; LM Ericsson;
First Data Corp.; Fujitsu Ltd.; Hewlett-Packard
Company (NYSE: HPQ); Hitachi Ltd.; International
Business Machines Corp. (IBM); Infineon Technologies
AG; Intel Corp.; Intuit Inc.; Jabil Circuit
Inc.; KLA-Tencor Corp. Kyocera Corp.; Lexmark
International Inc.; Lucent Technologies Inc.;
Microsoft Corp.; Motorola Inc.; NEC Corp.; Nintendo
Co. Ltd.; Nokia Oyj; Nortel Networks Corp.;
Novell Inc.; NVIDIA Corp.; Oracle Corp.; QUALCOMM
Inc.; Research In Motion Ltd.; Ricoh Company
Ltd.; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; SAP AG;
Softbank Corp.; STMicroelectronics NV; Sun Microsystems
Inc.; Symantec Corp.; Taiwan Semiconductor;
TDK Corporation; Tellabs Inc.; Texas Instruments
Inc.; TietoEnator Oyj; Toshiba Corporation;
Trend Micro Inc.; Unisys Corp.; Xerox Corporation;
Yahoo Inc.
How we choose the
sites
IR Web Report inspects more than 500
investor relations websites every six months.
Companies in the survey are mostly international
large-cap companies in North America, Europe
and Asia.
Each company's investor relations website is
inspected against 134 criteria informed by surveys
with institutional and retail investors. The
criteria cover financial and corporate governance
information, shareholder services, securities
trading, news and events, and the ease of use
of the site.
From the criteria, we calculate a total score
for each company that measures the overall effectiveness
and credibility of the site and its information.
The formula has four inputs:
- Completeness of the site's content in terms
of depth, breadth and timeliness.
- Transparency of the site in terms the availability
and prominence of high value information.
- Service attitude of the site in terms of
resources and services offered to shareholders.
- Ease of use of the site including navigation,
information design and technical formatting.
To be selected as World's Best IR Websites™,
companies have to achieve a score over a specific
threshold.
Why World's Best
IR Websites™?
By recognizing companies with the best IR websites,
IR Web Report aims to encourage more
companies to use the Web effectively. This can
benefit all investors because the Internet has
the ability to democratize access to corporate
information to give all investors an equal chance
to make informed decisions.
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