London :  IR Magazine today announced the shortlist of nominees for the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2013, the prestigious and highly coveted awards celebrating the investor relations community in Europe. This year over 700 portfolio managers and analysts selected companies that have attained the highest standards across a broad range of IR-focused performance indicators.

The 2013 nominees include well-known brands such as BASF, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Novo-Nordisk and the Marks and Spencer Group. Members from across the European IR community will gather at the Brewery in London on June 20th to celebrate the award nominees and winners.

Full sector rankings and the research behind selecting the winners will be available in the IR Magazine Investor Perception Study – Europe 2013, available from late June.

Sponsors of the Awards include:  Arkadin, Bloomberg, BNY Mellon, Business Wire (a Berkshire Hathaway company), CitySavvy, Davy, IRS, IRSoft, NASDAQ OMX and OTCQX.