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The awards cover the period 1 August 2003 to 31 July
2004.
1.
Best Performing Share
Sponsored by Teather
and Greenwood | http://www.teathers.com
Last year’s winner: Raft International plc
View Criteria
2. Best Communication
Sponsored by SJ Berwin | http://www.sjberwin.com
Last year’s winner: Landround plc
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3. Best Use of AIM
Sponsored by Winterflood Securities Limited
| http://www.wins.co.uk/
Last year’s winner: Huveaux plc
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4. Best Technology
Sponsored by John East and Partners Limited
| http://www.johneastpartners.com
Last year’s winner: GW Pharmaceuticals plc
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5. AIM Transaction of the Year
Sponsored by Seymour Pierce
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6. Best Research
Sponsored by Canaccord Capital
Last year’s winner: James Quinn, Smaller Companies Editor,
Shares Magazine
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7. International Company of the Year
Sponsored by W H Ireland Limited
Last year’s winner: First Calgary Petroleums Ltd
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8. Best Newcomer
Sponsored by Singer & Friedlander
Investment Management Limited
| http://www.singer-friedlander.com/
Last year’s winner: THB Group plc
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9. Entrepreneur of the Year
Sponsored by Brewin Dolphin Securities
Limited | http://www.brewindolphin.co.uk/
Last year’s winner: Peter Lawrence, Lawrence plc
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10. Company of the Year
Sponsored by Close Investment Limited
Last year’s winner: Mears Group plc
View Criteria
Criteria
1.
Best Performing Share
Factual Award
2. Best Communication
The winner of the Best Communication award will
possess much more than a well produced set of accounts. The winning
company will have demonstrated that it is able to communicate effectively
with all levels of shareholders and potential shareholders, being
consistent in its approach and presentations and maintaining regular
contact with its shareholders.
3. Best Use of AIM
The
winner of this award will be a company that regards its arrival on
AIM as the beginning of a journey rather than a destination in itself.
The winning company will probably have raised money initially from
a wide spread of institutional and private investors and may well
have undertaken further fund raisings to accelerate its growth.
4. Best Technology
The winner of this award
will be a company which reflects the innovation and entrepreneurial
skills that are the cornerstone of the AIM culture. The technology
concerned does not have to have been proven. Obviously this is, potentially,
a high risk award, given the innovative nature of the subject matter,
and the Voting Panel will be aware of, and make allowances for, this
fact.
5. AIM Transaction of the Year
The winner of this new award will be a company that has been transformed by a single financial or commercial transaction during the period under review. This is necessarily a wide ranging award, given to recognise a significant achievement by a company in transforming itself, literally at a stroke, and thereby creating significant shareholder value.
6. Best Research
The winner of this award
could be an individual, a team or a department, a publication, a columnist
or a contributor who has, quite simply, brought AIM to life. Providing
the oxygen and creating interest in a market of over 500 diverse small
and medium sized companies will be the analysts, brokers, journalists
and contributors who provide detailed investment commentary; the winner
of this award will be recognisable for his or her contribution in
increasing the profile of AIM.
7. International company
of the year
AIM is a market that is becoming more and more
international, almost by the week; AIM’s constituents currently
include companies domiciled in Australia, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda,
British Virgin Islands, Canada, Republic of Ireland, Israel, Netherlands,
and the USA, with a combined market cap in excess of £1bn. To
reflect this growing international participation, we have initiated
an International Award this year, to reward all round excellence in
AIM companies that are registered overseas.
8. Best Newcomer
The winner of this award would quite simply be
a strong contender for Company of the Year were it not due to the
lack of a public company track record. Arriving on AIM between 1
August 2003 and 31 July 2004, the winner will already have caught
the imagination of investors. (See
list of eligible companies).
9. Entrepreneur of the
Year
AIM
is a market tailor-made for entrepreneurs, and therefore voters should
be spoilt for choice. The winner of this award will be an entrepreneur
who has demonstrated the vision, flair, drive and business acumen
to take his or her business forward, via an AIM listing, at a pace
impossible without access to Stock Exchange funding. The winner will
also have recognised that behind every successful entrepreneur is
an established management team that will help him or her deal with
the demands of public company life.
10. Company of the Year
The
ultimate accolade for any AIM company is the Company of the Year award.
The Company of the Year will have demonstrated to its new shareholders
that it is a responsible, fully accountable, dynamic business with
strong growth prospects and a commitment to AIM. The Company of the
Year’s growth potential will be excellent, but these prospects
will not necessarily have manifested themselves in results announced
to date. Above all, the winner will be a serious, well managed business,
having attracted public funding to enhance and develop its growth
potential to the full.
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