PLC Awards 2009

Dinner Dates/Venue
Thursday 12 March 2009,
Grosvenor House Hotel, London, W1

For further information contact the event organiser Christine Restall,
Ford Sinclair Ltd.
Tel: 01277 350557
Fax: 01277 354004
Mobile: 07774 989 640
e-mail:
chris@ford-sinclair.co.uk

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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Winners
best investor communication award
Sponsored by: Redleaf Communications

Winner: Britvic plc

Kate Silverton, presenter of the awards; Steve Nightingale, Britvic plc (winner); Craig Marks, Britvic plc (winner) and Ian Powell, Chairman and Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Joseph Tuson, Redleaf Communications;

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best performing share award
Sponsored by: Winterflood Securities Limited

Winner: Pendragon plc

Kate Silverton, presenter of the awards; Ben Jowett, Winterflood Securities; Trevor Finn, Pendragon plc (winner); and Ian Powell, Chairman and Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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best performing smaller company fund award
Sponsored by: KBC Peel Hunt Limited

Winner: Close Special Situations Fund

Kate Silverton, presenter of the awards; Deryck Noble-Nesbit, Director of Research and UK Smaller Companies (winner); Simon Hayes, KBC Peel Hunt; and Ian Powell, Chairman and senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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achievement in sustainability award
Sponsored by: PricewaterhouseCoopers

Winner: Marshalls plc

Kate Silverton, presenter of the awards; David Walters, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Chris Harrop, Marshalls plc (winner); and Ian Powell, Chairman and Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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best technology award
Sponsored by: Singer Capital Markets Ltd

Winner: Imagination Technologies Group plc

Kate Silverton, presenter of the awards; Trevor Selby, Imagination Technologies Group plc (winner); Shaun Dobson, Singer Capital Markets; and Ian Powell, Chairman and senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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Turnaround of the Year award
Sponsored by: Shore Capital

Winner: Galiform plc

Kate Silverton, presenter of the awards; Dr. Clive Black, Shore Capital; MarkRobson, Galiform plc (winner), Matthew Ingle, Galiform plc (winner); and Ian Powell, Chairman and senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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entrepreneur of the year award
Sponsored by: Evolution Securities

Winner: Tim Martin – J D Wetherspoon plc

Kate Silverton, presenter of the awards; Tim Martin, J D Wetherspon plc (winner); Tim Worlledge, Evolution Securities; and Ian Powell, Chairman and senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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company of the year award
Sponsored by: College Hill Limited

Winner: Mothercare plc

Kate Silverton, presenter of the awards; Neil Harrington, Mothercare plc (winner); Joanne Russell, Mothercare plc (winner); Matthew Smallwood, College Hill; and Ian Powell, Chairman and senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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