Dinner Dates/Venue
Thursday 1 March 2012,
Grosvenor House Hotel, London, W1
Thursday 1 March 2012,
Grosvenor House Hotel, London, W1
For further information contact the event organisers Julia Peachey, Jo Thomas or Christine Restall,
Ford Sinclair Ltd.
Tel: 01277 356 594 or
01277 350 557
Mobile: 07866 567 713
e-mail:
julia.peachey@ford-sinclair.co.uk
jo.thomas@ford-sinclair.co.uk
christine.restall@ford-sinclair.co.uk
© PLC Awards Dinner.
The PLC Awards Dinner, based on an original idea by Ford Sinclair Ltd
The PLC Awards event was founded in 1987 to reward excellence in the smaller quoted company sector.
The winners of each of the eight award categories are presented with their awards at the annual PLC Awards Dinner, which is held in March. The PLC Awards Dinner is "the" City event of the year and is attended by 1,500 guests, including quoted companies, investment banks, fund managers, investment analysts, and corporate advisors.
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Award Categories
best investor communication award
Sponsored by: Redleaf Polhill
Success in communicating effectively with both professional and private investors and to shareholders and potential shareholders is the main criteria behind this award. The winner of this award will use the wide variety of communication tools available to communicate in a timely and efficient manner with all shareholders. The use of innovative and effective communication techniques will be taken into account by the voting panel.
turnaround of the year award
Sponsored by: Broker Profile
This award encompasses companies that have completed the most innovative turnaround of the year in a way likely to save or substantially improve the business and offer the prospect of the creation or enhancement of substantial shareholder value in the future. This could be an equity or debt refinancing, a restructuring and/or a debt for equity swap or a combination of all of those aspects. The winner would be a business that is now strongly positioned for future growth, rather than a business that had simply staved off the inevitable or one that was effectively being run solely to service its existing debt burden.
achievement in sustainability award
Sponsored by: PwC
This award recognises accomplishments in one or more of the three key areas of economic, environmental and social sustainability. As well as making their own operations more sustainable, companies may have an important role in helping address wider issues such as the causes and effects of climate change, resource efficiency and innovation, or social equity. The winner will have demonstrated that it has understood its most significant sustainability-related impacts and opportunities, and have demonstrated achievements in one or more of these areas that has contributed to a more sustainable future. The Voting Panel will look for leadership, innovation, and lasting commitment to sustainability.
new company of the year award
Sponsored by: TBC
In short, a future company of the year, but one that has too short a track record to be considered for that award. The winner will have gone public in 2011, yet will already have demonstrated that it possesses both growth and management qualities. It will, in effect, have served notice to the investing community that this is a formidable growth company in the making.
best technology award
Sponsored by: SJ Berwin
The winner of this award will be a company whose business growth and success is dependent on, or attributable to, the development of its technology. The winning company will be able to demonstrate significant innovation either in terms of the technology itself or its application; the technology does not have to be proven and could range from communications, electronic and digital technologies through to bio-tech, med-tech and clean-tech.
entrepreneur of the year award
Sponsored by: TBC
The winner of this award will have demonstrated continued leadership of the business. The essential entrepreneurial spirit that enabled the group to succeed in its early days will have been retained, but a management structure that can cope with the demands of running a public company will have been introduced. Furthermore, recognising the importance of the management team and the workforce, there will have been active employee motivation.
company of the year award
Sponsored by: College Hill Limited
The winner of this award will be a company that has clearly demonstrated that success is not just a short term phenomenon. The winning company will undoubtedly be successful in share price terms, but with full realisation that share price is but one method of measurement. It will be professionally managed, of course; its long term strategy will be intact, and its growth and development to date will have been soundly financed as befits a conservatively run growth business.
best performing share award
Sponsored by: Winterflood Securities Limited
fund manager of the year award
Sponsored by: Espirito Santo Investment Bank
menu sponsor
Sponsored by: Barclays Capital
best investor communication award
Sponsored by: Redleaf Polhill
Success in communicating effectively with both professional and private investors and to shareholders and potential shareholders is the main criteria behind this award. The winner of this award will use the wide variety of communication tools available to communicate in a timely and efficient manner with all shareholders. The use of innovative and effective communication techniques will be taken into account by the voting panel.
turnaround of the year award
Sponsored by: Broker Profile
This award encompasses companies that have completed the most innovative turnaround of the year in a way likely to save or substantially improve the business and offer the prospect of the creation or enhancement of substantial shareholder value in the future. This could be an equity or debt refinancing, a restructuring and/or a debt for equity swap or a combination of all of those aspects. The winner would be a business that is now strongly positioned for future growth, rather than a business that had simply staved off the inevitable or one that was effectively being run solely to service its existing debt burden.
achievement in sustainability award
Sponsored by: PwC
This award recognises accomplishments in one or more of the three key areas of economic, environmental and social sustainability. As well as making their own operations more sustainable, companies may have an important role in helping address wider issues such as the causes and effects of climate change, resource efficiency and innovation, or social equity. The winner will have demonstrated that it has understood its most significant sustainability-related impacts and opportunities, and have demonstrated achievements in one or more of these areas that has contributed to a more sustainable future. The Voting Panel will look for leadership, innovation, and lasting commitment to sustainability.
new company of the year award
Sponsored by: TBC
In short, a future company of the year, but one that has too short a track record to be considered for that award. The winner will have gone public in 2011, yet will already have demonstrated that it possesses both growth and management qualities. It will, in effect, have served notice to the investing community that this is a formidable growth company in the making.
best technology award
Sponsored by: SJ Berwin
The winner of this award will be a company whose business growth and success is dependent on, or attributable to, the development of its technology. The winning company will be able to demonstrate significant innovation either in terms of the technology itself or its application; the technology does not have to be proven and could range from communications, electronic and digital technologies through to bio-tech, med-tech and clean-tech.
entrepreneur of the year award
Sponsored by: TBC
The winner of this award will have demonstrated continued leadership of the business. The essential entrepreneurial spirit that enabled the group to succeed in its early days will have been retained, but a management structure that can cope with the demands of running a public company will have been introduced. Furthermore, recognising the importance of the management team and the workforce, there will have been active employee motivation.
company of the year award
Sponsored by: College Hill Limited
The winner of this award will be a company that has clearly demonstrated that success is not just a short term phenomenon. The winning company will undoubtedly be successful in share price terms, but with full realisation that share price is but one method of measurement. It will be professionally managed, of course; its long term strategy will be intact, and its growth and development to date will have been soundly financed as befits a conservatively run growth business.
best performing share award
Sponsored by: Winterflood Securities Limited
fund manager of the year award
Sponsored by: Espirito Santo Investment Bank
menu sponsor
Sponsored by: Barclays Capital