Annual IR Conference

SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS :: PROGRAMME

REGISTRATION :: ACCOMMODATION :: SPEAKERS :: ANNUAL IR AWARDS

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

These days, more than ever, within the context of the on going economic crisis, Investor Relations represent an essential part of the listed companies’activities. Almost five years now the Association of Bulgarian Investor Relations Directors has been actively working for improvement of the Investor Relations Directors’ qualification and promoting the information disclosure standards with the purpose of raising the statute of Investor Relations in Bulgaria as a strategic corporate function.

The Annual IR Conference with International Partnership of the Association of Bulgarian Investor Relations Directors on July 16th 17th, 2009 will be the most significant IR event in 2009 for the Investor Relations Directors, consultants and legal advisors in this field, financial mass media and analysts. This Conference will provide the possibility for practical training, establishment of contacts on an international level, sharing of experience and good practices presentation. Guest and lecturers of the Conference shall be notable specialist in the Investor Relations field from Bulgaria, the USA, Finland, Ukraine, Turkey and Slovenia.

The participants will receive important information, necessary for the successful communication of the company’ value during the global economic crisis through the presentation “New Trends in the Investor Relations Field” with Michael McGough, Vice President, Marketing and Membership Development - National Investor Relations Institute of theUSA/NIRI/ as a lecturer. Representatives of European institutional investors will present their standpoint on the Investor Relations level in Bulgaria and will communicate good practices and bad examples in Bulgaria and the other countries where they operate. This may serve as corrective in the future professional activities of IR Directors and consultants.

Representatives of some of the youngest Investor Relations Associations The Turkish Investor Relations Association and the Ukrainian Investor Relations Association will present the challenges and achievements in their activities as well as the measures they had undertaken to promote the Investor Relations function within the context of the economic crisis. For the first time in Bulgaria the best Investor Relations Directors will be awarded on the basis of an independent research among financial analysts, institutional investors and other participants on the capital market. The awards will be given on the Ceremony Annual IR Awards on July 17th, 2009at 18:30, Grand Hotel Sofia.

Weare expecting you at the first of its kind Annual IR Conference.

Best Regards:
Daniela Peeva, Chairperson of the Management