IR Global Rankings Invite Investors and Analysts to Choose the Best IR Website by Direct Vote

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- MZ Consult NY LLC ( http://www.mz-ir.com/ ), a leading IR and financial communications consulting firm and coordinator of IR Global Rankings and Awards, invites investors, analysts and all other capital market agents to participate in the identification of the best Investor Relations Website by direct vote ("POP+") at http://www.irglobalrankings.com/ .

Voting for POP+, the investor's preferred IR website ranking, will finish on December 22, 2006. The ranking complements IR Global Rankings technical evaluation of IR Websites and offers clear, direct feedback from capital markets on the quality and effectiveness of a company's IR web communications. KPMG Independent Auditors are responsible for examining the procedures to ensure reliability of the POP+ results.

In the interest of promoting better investor communications, individual and institutional investors, analysts, brokers, listed company employees, financial journalists and financial professionals are invited to provide feedback by voting for the best Investor Relations website for the POP+ Investor's Choice Award at http://www.irglobalrankings.com/ .

The 2007 IR Global Rankings and Awards also include rankings for IR Websites (by technical criteria), Financial Disclosure and Corporate Governance, which will be released in February 2007. The 9th edition of the IRGR will evaluate 145 companies from 33 countries, including:

  * Australia: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group  (NYSE: ANZ)  and
    BlueScope Steel (Australian: BSL)
  * Austria: EVN  (OTC: EVNVY.PK)  and Telekom Austria  (NYSE: TKA) 
  * Brazil: America Latina Logistica (Bovespa: ALLL11), Banco Bradesco
     (NYSE: BBD) , Brasil Telecom  (NYSE: BRP) , Braskem  (NYSE: BAK) , CPFL
    Energia  (NYSE: CPL) , CSN  (NYSE: SID) , Energias do Brasil
    OTC: EGDBF.PK), Gerdau  (NYSE: GGB) , GOL  (NYSE: GOL) , Perdigao
     (NYSE: PDA) , Petrobras  (NYSE: PBR) , TAM  (NYSE: TAM) , TOTVS, Tractebel
    Energia and Unibanco  (NYSE: UBB) 
  * Canada: ARC Energy Trust  (TSE: AET-UN.TO) , Bank of Montreal
     (NYSE: BMO) , Enerplus Resources Fund  (NYSE: ERF) , Fording Canadian Coal
    Trust  (NYSE: FDG) , Maple Leaf Foods  (TSE: MFI.TO) , Nexen
     (NYSE: NXY) , PotashCorp  (NYSE: POT) , Talisman Energy  (NYSE: TLM)  and
    Teck Cominco  (NYSE: TCK) 
  * Chile: Endesa Chile  (NYSE: EOC) , Enersis  (NYSE: ENI)  and Masisa
     (NYSE: MYS) 
  * China: China Life Insurance Company  (NYSE: LFC) , CNOOC  (NYSE: CEO) ,
    Ninetowns Internet Technology Group  (NASDAQ: NINE) , Xinao Gas Holdings
    and Xinhua Finance  (OTC: XHFNY.PK) 
  * Denmark: Danske Bank  (OTC: DNSKF)  and H. Lundbeck (Copenhagen: LUN.CO)
  * Germany: adidas  (OTC: ADDDY) , Altana  (NYSE: AAA) , BASF  (NYSE: BF) , Bayer
     (NYSE: BAY) , DaimlerChrysler  (NYSE: DCX) , Deutsche Lufthansa, Deutsche
    Post World Net and Deutsche Telekom  (NYSE: DT) 
  * France: BNP Paribas
  * Hong Kong: CLP Holdings (HKSE: 0002.HK), China Telecom Corporation
     (NYSE: CHA) , Global Sources  (NASDAQ: GSOL) , Hysan Development
     (OTC: HYSNY)  and MTR Corporation
  * India: Grasim Industries  (NSE: GRASIM.NS) , Infosys Technologies
     (NASDAQ: INFY) , Kotak Mahindra Bank  (NSE: KOTAKBANK.NS) , Satyam Computer
    Services  (NYSE: SAY)  and Wipro Limited  (NYSE: WIT) 
  * Iceland: Lansbanki
  * Indonesia: PT Antam
  * Israel: Partner Communications  (NYSE: PTNR) 
  * Italy: Buongiorno and Esprinet (Milan: PRT.MI)
  * Japan: Eisai Co. (Exchange Tokyo: 4523), Matsushita Electric and OMRON
    Corporation (Exchange Tokyo: 6645)
  * Malaysia: Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings (Exchange KUL: COMM), IJM
    Corporation Berhad
  * Mexico: ASUR  (NYSE: ASR) , Homex  (NYSE: HXM) , FEMSA  (NYSE: FMX) , Grupo
    Elektra (Mexico: ELEKTRA.MX), Grupo Radio Centro  (NYSE: RC) , Vitro S.A.,
    PEMEX, TV Azteca and Wal-Mart de Mexico
  * Netherlands: ASML  (NYSE: ASML) , Royal Philips Electronics, Shell
     (NYSE: RDS-A)  and TNT  (NYSE: TP) 
  * Norway: Norsk Hydro  (NYSE: NHY)  and Statoil  (NYSE: STO) 
  * Philippines: Philippine Long Distance Telephone  (NYSE: PHI) 
  * Poland: BRE Bank
  * Portugal: Banco BPI (Lisbon: BPI.LS)
  * Russia: IC RUSS-INVEST and Lukoil (XETRA: LUK.DE)
  * South Africa: Barloworld, Harmony Gold  (NYSE: HMY) , EXXARO Resources
     (OTC: EXXAY.PK) , Naspers  (NASDAQ: NPSN) , Reunert, Sappi  (NYSE: SPP) ,
    Telkom  (NYSE: TKG)  and Nedbank
  * Spain: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria  (NYSE: BBV) , Corporacion MAPFRE,
    Sacyr Vallehermoso (XETRA: VHM.DE) and Santander  (NYSE: STD) 
  * Sweden: SCA  (NYSE: SCA) 
  * Switzerland: ABB Asea Brown Boveri  (NYSE: ABB) ; Novartis  (NYSE: NVS) ,
    Roche  (OTC: RHHVF) , ST Microelectronics  (NYSE: STM)  and UBS  (NYSE: UBS) 
  * Taiwan: Chi Mei Optoelectronics (Taiwan:3009.TW) and Chunghwa Telecom
     (NYSE: CHT) 
  * Turkey: Turkcell  (NYSE: TKC) 
  * U.K.: Anglo American  (NASDAQ: AAUK) 
  * U.S.: Avaya  (NYSE: AV) , Dick's Sporting Goods  (NYSE: DKS) , Edison
    International  (NYSE: EIX) , ENSCO International  (NYSE: ESV) , E-TRADE
    Financial  (NYSE: ET) , General Electric  (NYSE: GE) , IMS Health
     (NYSE: RX) , INVESTools  (NASDAQ: IEDU) , Kellogg  (NYSE: K) , Kyphon
     (NASDAQ: KYPH) , Life Time Fitness  (NYSE: LTM) , Ness Technologies
     (NASDAQ: NSTC) , PetSmart, Symantec  (NASDAQ: SYMC) , W.W. Grainger
     (NYSE: GWW) , Wachovia  (NYSE: WB) , Wendy's International  (NYSE: WEN)  and
     Wind River Systems
  * Venezuela: CANTV  (NYSE: VNT) 

Contact: Amanda Munhoz, MZ Consult, phone: 1 (646) 217-0908, e-mail: irgr@mz-ir.com