Producers Thirteen/WNET New York and Wall To Wall Inc." And as broadcast and digital media converge, Thirteen is blazing
trails in the creation of Web sites, enhanced television, CD -ROMs,
DVD-ROMs, educational software, and other cutting-edge media products.
Which companies will win awards in the following categories?
(see attached for a breakdown of short-listed companies in each
category):

Grand prix for best overall investor relations
Best investor relations officer
Best investor relations by a CEO/CFO
Best corporate literature
Best crisis management
Best investor relations web site
Best use of virtual conferencing
Best investment community meetings
Most progress in investor relations
Best Danish company investor relations
Best Finnish company investor relations
Best Icelandic company investor relations
Best Norwegian company investor relations
Best Swedish company investor relations

Where:
Nordica Hotel - Sudurlandsbraut 2, 108 Reykjavik

When:
Thursday, May 26, 2005

Contact:
Claire Hunte
Communications director
+44 (0)20 7612 0793

IR Magazine Nordic Awards 2005
Short-listed companies (in company alphabetical order)

Grand prix for best overall investor relations
Atlas Copco
SCA
Stora Enso

Best investor relations by a CEO/CFO
Hans Ola Meyer -- Atlas Copco
Tom Grondahl -- DnB NOR
Bjorn Wahlroos -- Sampo

Best investor relations officer
Eeva Makela -- Metso
Mogens Thorsager Jensen + Palle Holm Olesen -- Novo Nordisk
Peter Nyquist -- SCA
Keith Russell -- Stora Enso

Most progress in investor relations
ASSA ABLOY
Danske Bank
Ericsson

Best investor relations web site
Nokia
SCA
Stora Enso

Best corporate literature
DnB NOR
Nokia
Stora Enso

Best use of virtual conferencing
Elektrobit Group
Ericsson
Nokia

Best investment community meetings
Atlas Copco
Sampo
SCA

Best Danish company investor relations
Large + mid-cap
Danisco
Novo Nordisk
Novozymes

Small cap
FLSmidth + Co
SimCorp
Thrane + Thrane

Best Finnish company investor relations
Large + mid-cap
Metso
Nokia
Stora Enso
YIT Corporation

Small cap
Elektrobit Group
KCI Konecranes
Stockmann

Best Icelandic company investor relations
Large + mid-cap
Islandsbanki
Kaupthing Bank
Ossur

Small cap
Icelandair
Marel
Nyherji

Best Norwegian company investor relations
Large + mid-cap
DnB NOR
Norske Skog
Statoil

Small cap
Ekornes
Nordic Semiconductor
Odfjell

Best Swedish company investor relations
Large + mid-cap
Atlas Copco
Ericsson
SCA

Small cap
Billerud
Gambro
Getinge

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Published in New York and London by Cross-Border Publishing , IR
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