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2006InternationalBusiness

AwardsSM

Awards Dinner and Ceremonies

Monday, June 26, 2006Marriott Marquis Hotel

New York

SPONSORS

US$10.00

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Your Master of Ceremonies This EveningTanya Beckett

Tanya Beckett has been working for the BBC for several years as a presenter oflive business and general news. She spent the first few years hosting BusinessBreakfast and Breakfast News on BBC1, then moved to hosting a live businesssimulcast on BBCWorld, BBCNews 24 and BBC1 in the European morning. In late2003 she moved to New York to co-anchor the daily World Business Report andhas been also corresponding from the US.

Welcome to the third annual International Business AwardsSM— the “International Stevie® Awards.”The Stevie Awards were created to honor and generate public recognition of the accomplishments

and positive contributions of companies and business people worldwide. Beginning with The AmericanBusiness AwardsSM in 2002, The International Business AwardsSM in 2003, and The Stevie Awards forWomen Entrepreneurs in 2004, our mission is to raise the profile of exemplary companies and individualsamong the press, the business community, and the general public. You can learn more about our organiza-tion and our programs at www.stevieawards.com.

The 2006 International Business Awards attracted more than 700 entries from companies in more than30 countries, in virtually every industry. Tonight we honor International Stevie Award winners from 22 different countries. I thank everyone who helped to make it a success, including our sponsors; the membersof the Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors of The International Stevies; and the business professionalsworldwide who participated as preliminary judges.

Join our IBA mailing list at www.stevieawards.com/iba to stay abreast of developments for 2007.Enjoy the evening!

Michael GallagherPresidentThe Stevie Awards

PRODUCTION CREDITSProducer/Director Corniche Productions

Announcer Don McGeeAudio George CautteroScript Stephen Gallagher

Video Production HB Group, Inc.

Welcome

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We will begin accepting entries for The 2006 Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards this summer.Please join our email list today to stay informed at www.sellingpowerawards.com. We will emailyou an entry kit when it’s available. The entry deadline will be September 29.

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The Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards,presented in conjunction with the Stevie Awards,will honor and generate public recognition of the efforts, accomplishments, and positive contributions of sales managers and sales representatives worldwide. In rewarding those who have excelled in our field, we hope to elevate the sales profession and encourage future growth and development of the individualswho make this profession so magical.

CATEGORIES

1. BEST INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCEGlobal Sales Leader of the YearWorldwide VP of Sales of the YearNational VP of Sales of the YearNational Accounts Manager of the YearRegional Manager of the YearSales Director of the YearSales Education Leader of the YearSales Training Manager of the YearSales Representative of the Year

2. BEST TEAM PERFORMANCEGlobal Sales Team of the YearNational Sales Team of the YearNational Accounts Sales Team of the YearGovernment Sales Team of the YearTelesales Team of the YearOnline Sales Team of the YearSales Support Team of the YearCustomer Service Team of the YearOutsourcing Sales Team of the YearManufacturer’s Rep Team of the Year

3. BEST TEAM ACHIEVEMENTSHighest Sales Growth RateHighest Market Cap IncreaseHighest Market Share GrowthHighest Customer Satisfaction RatingHighest Customer Retention Ratio

4. BEST ORGANIZATION ACHIEVEMENTSCRM Implementation & User Adoption Program of the YearHiring and Recruiting Program of the YearDemand Generation Program of the YearSales Lead Management System of the YearSales Process of the YearSales Training Program of the YearSales Incentive Program of the YearSales Meeting of the YearSales Recognition Program of the Year

5. BEST RUN SALES ORGANIZATIONSMedia Sales Organization of the YearPharmaceutical Sales Organization of the YearMedical Product Sales Organization of the YearBiotech Sales Organization of the YearInsurance Sales Organization of the YearBanking Sales Organization of the YearFinancial Services Sales Organization of the YearSoftware Sales Organization of the YearHardware Sales Organization of the YearAutomotive Sales Organization of the YearManufacturing Sales Organization of the YearEnergy Sales Organization of the YearConstruction Equipment Sales Organization of the YearTimeshare Sales Organization of the YearReal Estate Sales Organization of the YearTelecommunication Sales Organization of the YearChemical Sales Organization of the YearService Sales Organization of the YearTransportation Sales Organization of the YearConsulting Sales Organization of the Year

We congratulate the winners and finalistsof the 2006 Stevie Award and thank all of

the companies that participated.Selling Power magazine is proud to be

a sponsor of this third annualpresentation of the award destined to raise

the standards in business and industry.

To learn more about how you can win in sales,go to www.sellingpower.com

We congratulate the winners and finalistsof the 2006 Stevie Award and thank all of

the companies that participated.Selling Power magazine is proud to be

a sponsor of this third annualpresentation of the award destined to raise

the standards in business and industry.

To learn more about how you can win in sales,go to www.sellingpower.com

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The Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors

of The International Business AwardsThe participation and counsel of our judges and advisors — all of whom are leaders in the business

community — have helped establish The Stevie Award as the preeminent business award. They and their staffsperformed the final judging to determine the International Stevie Award winners in the major categories.

Vladimir K. Aksionov, Corporate Relations Director, British American Tobacco, Russia

Dr. Andrew Benedek, Chairman & CEO, ZENON Environmental Inc.Andy Bermudez, Franchise Owner, Jani-King InternationalFrancois Baird, founder and Chairman, Baird’s Renaissance (Pty) Ltd,

South AfricaVivek Bharati, Advisor, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce

& Industry, IndiaKen Bohlen, Executive VP & Chief Information Officer, TextronAlexander I. Borisov, General Manager, Moscow International Business

Association, RussiaDon Campbell, VP-Platform Strategy & Technology, Cognos Inc.Guillermo Cisneros Garrido, Professor and Director, ESADE, SpainJesper Christensen, Executive Vice President, Telelogic ABDan Cole, VP-Sales & Business Development, Consumer Electronics AssociationGheorghe Cucu, President, Chamber of Commerce & Industry of the

Republic of MoldovaBoris L. Eremin, President, Russian Chapter of the International

Advertising AssociationKim Faura Batlle, Executive VP MK & Content Unit, Telefonica, S.A., SpainLee Davis, Co-founder & CEO, Non-profit Enterprise & Self-sustainability

Team (NESsT)Mark Felix, Managing Director-North America, RogenCharles Fombrun, Executive Director, The Reputation InstituteJonas Garbovetsky, Founder & CEO, Clickmedios, ArgentinaRobert Granader, CEO, MarketResearch.comGerhard Gschwandtner, Publisher, Selling Power MagazineGary Hamel, Visiting Professor, London Business School; co-author of

“Competing for the Future” and author of “Leading the Revolution”Phillip Hawkins, Managing Director, Citigate Albert Frank, United KingdomJuan Jose Hernandez, Director of Customer Relationship Management,

Intermundo, MexicoDavid Hoffmann, Chairman & CEO, DHR InternationalDezsö Horvath, Dean, Schulich School of Business, York University, CanadaPaul Jones, former publisher of Canadian Business magazine and Maclean’s,

Canada’s Weekly Newsmagazine, CanadaRich Karlgaard, Publisher, Forbes Magazine

Dr. Richard Klimoski, Dean, School of Management, George Mason University, U.S.A.

H.S. Kohli, Executive Director, Hazira Manufacturing Division, Reliance Industries Ltd., India

Margery Kraus, President & CEO, APCO WorldwideAndrew Laurence, Chairman & CEO – EMEA, Hill and KnowltonJosh McCall, CEO, Jack Morton WorldwideBarry C. Melancon, President & CEO, AICPA, U.S.A.Michael L. Metter, President/CEO, Business TalkRadio NetworkPaddy Miller, Professor, IESE Business School, SpainJohn Lim Kok Min, Chairman, Senoko Power, SingaporeTim Modise, Chairman, Proudly South African Group, South AfricaThomas M. Nies, Founder, President & CEO, Cincom SystemsJim Norman, President & Creative Director, The Norman Agency,

Toronto, CanadaJeffrey O’Rourke, Chief Executive, Ink, United KingdomDr. Ajit Pathak, National President, Public Relations Society of IndiaDon Peppers, Founding Partner, Peppers & Rogers GroupStephen Pollack, CEO, PlateSpin Ltd., Toronto, CanadaBrian Pottinger, CEO for African Expansion, Johnnic Communications,

South AfricaC.K. Ranganathan, Chairman & Managing Director, Cavinkare Pvt. Ltd.,

IndiaVitaly Rasnitsin, President, Business League Communication Group, RussiaDr. Erich R. Reinhardt, President & CEO, Siemens AG Medical SolutionsAnthony Robbins, Chairman & CEO, The Anthony Robbins CompaniesMartha Rogers, PhD, Founding Partner, Peppers & Rogers GroupJoyce Rogge, Senior VP-Marketing, Southwest AirlinesDeborah Rosser, Publisher, Canadian Business magazineDr. William Schulte, Associate Professor, Byrd School of Business,

Shenandoah UniversityKersten Schüssler, Director, lizard media.com/lizard Medienproduktion,

GermanySteven Shindler, Chairman & CEO, NII Holdings, Inc.James Spanfeller, President & CEO, Forbes.com Inc.Allyson Stewart-Allen, Consultant, International Marketing PartnersJeffrey Tarr, President & COO, Engineering Division, IHS GroupHan Tjan, Vice President, DaimlerChrysler CorporationDonald Trump, Chairman, President & CEO, The Trump OrganizationAlexander B. Vassilenko, Director of Public Relations, LukOil, Russia

Irish FranchiseAssociation

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2006 Preliminary JudgesThe following business professionals participated in preliminary judging in April and May 2006.

They reviewed and scored entries in categories that were assigned to them based on their function and experience. We thank them for their time, efforts, and insights.

Tan Sri Dato Prof. Dr. James Alfred, Chairman & Chief Executive, Maltecorp (M)Sdn Bhd, Selangor, Malaysia

Stewart Andrews, Owner, Noodlebox Design, LLC, Arlington, Virginia U.S.A.Krysta Arabudzki, Art Director, JDG Communications, Ashburn, Virginia U.S.A.D. Lilli Barnett, Director of National Training, Kimball Hill Homes, Houston,

Texas U.S.A.Lea-Ann Berst, Market Strategy Consultant, Sleddog Marketing, Raleigh,

North Carolina U.S.A.Jock Breitwieser, Manager of Public Relations, Callidus Software, San Jose,

California U.S.A.Judy Briggs, Chief Operating Officer, B&G Services, Inc., Ashland,

Massachusetts U.S.A.Peter Byer, Graphic Designer, The Big Idea, Alexandria, Virginia U.S.A.Luigi Carinci, President, Pinpoint Experts, Vaughn, Ontario, CanadaBobbie Christensen, Director of Communication & Strategy, San Diego Housing

Commission, San Diego, California U.S.A.Iris Cohen, Senior Manager-Corporate Marketing & Communications, Nortel,

Sunrise, Florida U.S.A.Tom Cosgrove, Owner, Tom Cosgrove Design, Arlington, Virginia U.S.A.Rachel Deutsch, Principal/Owner, Biondi LLC, McLean, Virginia U.S.A.John Fisher, Assistant Professor, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville,

Missouri U.S.A.Laura Franek, Graphic Designer, Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore,

Maryland U.S.A.Cheryl Gale, Managing Partner, March Communications, Cambridge,

Massachusetts U.S.A.BILQIS GUOBADIA, HAJIYA, Federal Palace Hotels, Lagos, NigeriaThierry Halbroth, Senior Creative Director, McCann-Erickson, Hong KongAmanda Henderson, Designer, The Design Channel, Reston, Virginia U.S.A.Sherry Jarschke, Director of Marketing, Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc.,

Dallas, Texas U.S.A.Dr. Beverly Jensen, President, WomensMedicineBowl.com, Crownpoint,

New Mexico U.S.A.Kate Kelly, Manager of Corporate Affairs, The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels,

Limited, Hong KongWayne Kurie, Creative Director, EFX Media, Arlington, Virginia U.S.A.Vivian Liu, Sales Training Strategist, ASK Learning, Shanghai, ChinaRonald Loch, Senior Vice President, Gibbs & Soell, Inc., New York, New York U.S.A.Melek Manisali, Founder, M3 Public Relations, Istanbul, TurkeyLisa Manyon, Writer & Consultant, Write On ~ Creative Writing Services, LLC.,

Lewiston, Idaho U.S.A.Vala Marcou, Group Communication Coordinator, Mellon Technologies,

Athens, GreeceSteven Marinellis, Senior Developer, Oracle Corporation, Sydney, AustraliaEd Martin, VP Sales and Marketing, CCL Container, Norwalk, Connecticut U.S.A.Dana Masuda, Senior Brand Strategy Manager, Cisco Systems, San Jose,

California U.S.A.

Barbara McFarland, Public Relations Director, H.H. Brown, Lebanon, Pennsylvania U.S.A.

Karen Monaghan, Director of Communications, Reston Association, Reston, Virginia U.S.A.

Amir Houssain Nosratabadi, VP of Finance & Administration, Business Finance International LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Pierluigi Orati, CSR Assistant, ENEL SPA, Rome, ItalyDaniela Ossikovska, Managing Director, Taurus Consultants, Sofia, BulgariaDonald Pillai, International Marketing Executive, Bumbo (Pty) Ltd., Rosslyn,

South AfricaErnst Primosch, Group Vice President, Henkel, Duesseldorf, GermanyPamala Proverbs, Corporate Communications Manager, Nation Publishing Co.

Limited, Bridgetown, BarbadosSteve Rajan, Vice Chancellor, International Association of Educators for World Peace,

Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMaeve Rogers, Sales Director, Ulster Bank, Dublin, IrelandSteffen Rufenach, Associate, Hering Schuppener Consulting, Dusseldorf, GermanyProf. Dr. Mohamed Amr Sadik, VP – Curriculum Development, INTEX,

Cairo, EgyptAshok Saini, Vice President – Special Projects, Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd.,

Mumbai, IndiaDr. Prashant Salwan, Professor, Indian Institute of Management Indore,

Indore, IndiaAlan Sciulli, Production Manager, Axis, Washington, DC U.S.A.Jagmohan Singh Sekhon, General Management, Reliance Industries Limited,

Surat, IndiaLisa Shepherd, President & CEO, Mezzanine Business Consulting, Toronto,

Ontario CanadaDr. Pejman Shojaeion, Editor, Road & Structure Journal, Tehran, IranSheri L. Singer, President, Singer Communications, Arlington, Virginia U.S.A.Robert Staggenborg, APR, Director of Communications, Christian Brothers

College High School, Town & Country, Missouri U.S.A.Linda Sweek, Manager of Communications & PR, CHR. HANSEN, Milwaukee,

Wisconsin U.S.A.Frederik Tautz, Senior Consultant, Pleon, Dusseldorf, GermanyHeidi Theede, Marketing Communications Specialist, Minneapolis, Minnesota U.S.A.Joe Thomas, President/Editor, Primary Source Press Inc., Oviedo, Florida U.S.A.Glen Turpin, Corporate Communications Director, Quark Inc., Denver,

Colorado U.S.A.Erol User, President, User Dis Ticaret AS, Istanbul, TurkeyJolene Vanthuyne, VP-Marketing, iTracks, Saskatoon, Alberta CanadaNicole Vaughn, Account Supervisor, Fleishman-Hillard, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.Diane Weiss, Senior Manager, Apple Computer, Cupertino, California U.S.A.Jessica Williams, Marketing Development Manager, Partners Group Limited,

London, United KingdomPankratieva Yevgeniya, CEO, Imageland Ukraine, Kiev, UkraineKwek Ping Yong, CEO, Inventis Investment Holdings (China) Ltd, Shanghai, ChinaJoseph Zitzelberger, Director of Manufacturing Development, PACCAR Inc,

Chillicothe, Ohio U.S.A.

Become a Sponsor ofThe 2007 International Business Awards

Choose from three types of sponsorships:

P National Sponsorship: Become the official sponsor for your country, andevery company in your country will be able to submit an unlimited number ofnominations to the IBAs without having to pay entry fees.

P Category Sponsorship: Become the sponsor of all awards in a group of categories — all of the customer service categories, for example.

P Media Sponsorship: Become the official media sponsor of the IBAs in yourcountry or your industry.

All IBA sponsorships are modestly priced and include a range of benefits including• Identification in our worldwide marketing communications program• High visibility at our gala awards dinner, including a full-page ad in

the official program• The opportunity to reward and celebrate the companies you serve• And much more

To learn more about 2007 sponsorship opportunities, complete and return this form:

Please fax this form to the Stevie Awards at +1 (703) 991-2397 or mail to: The Stevie Awards, 11350 Random Hills Road, Suite 800, Fairfax, VA 22030 U.S.A

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■■■■ National sponsorship of ____________________________________(country name)

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ADVERTISING CATEGORIES

Best Animation/IllustrationKorea Nuclear Energy Foundation, Seoul, Korea Happy Energy-Nuclear Energy

Best Art DirectionYouth Communications, Seoul, Korea NIDA PR Ad: We Are All Connected

Best Corporate Identity/Branding DesignHenkel KGaA, Duesseldorf, Germany Henkel’s Corporate Design System: “Henkel-like”

Best DesignHenkel KGaA, Duesseldorf, Germany Henkel’s Corporate Design Compass

Best Magazine Ad CampaignYouth Communications, Seoul, Korea NIDA Two Steps Domain: Korea Teaser AD

Best Mixed Media CampaignIpsis, Lisbon, Portugal CarbonZero — a brand to help the climate

Best Radio AdThe Norman Agency, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Symantec Canada — “Information Integrity”

Best TV or Cinema AdThai Life Insurance.Co, Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand “My Son”

Best TV or Cinema CampaignMcCann-Erickson (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong Cathay Pacific “Network & Frequency Campaign”

CORPORATE LITERATURE & INVESTOR RELATIONS CATEGORIES

Best Annual ReportCN, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Canadian National Railway (CN) Annual Report 2004

Best Investor Relations ProgramNII Holdings, Inc. Reston, Virginia, USA NII Holdings “From Start-up to Top Performer on Wall Street”

Best Marketing or Sales Brochure or KitResearch International, London, United Kingdom Research International’s Innovation Suitcase

INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA CATEGORIES

Business/GovernmentViewpoint Corporation, Los Angeles, California, USA Lexus Hybrid Technology Demo

Consumer Entertainment/InformationOttogi Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea Ottogi’s Family Cooking Festival

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WEB SITE CATEGORIES

Brand Building/PromotionAdaptec, Inc., Milpitas, California, USA Adaptec SAS Education Center

Corporate InformationCangene Corporation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Cangene’s Web SiteEDS, Plano, Texas, USA EDS Web Site

Investor RelationsBMO Financial Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada BMO Financial Group Investor Relations Website

Overall DesignHallvarsson & Halvarsson AB, Stockholm, Sweden Swedish Match corporate website redesign

FILM & VIDEO CATEGORIES

Internal CommunicationsUPM North America, Chicago, Illinois, USA The Donald Takes on the BHAG

MotivationalGetty Images, New York, USA, Our Leadership Principles in Action

P.R.: Corporate ImageERICHEN (Shanghai) Ltd., China Corporate Video for FOSUN: “Innovation, Brands, Standards”

P.R.: OtherThe Korea Exchange Bank, Seoul, Korea When Korea Meets the World, When the World Meets Korea

P.R.: Show Reels/Demo ReelsGetty Images, New York, USA Seen Take 3

Sales: Product SalesLG Electronics, Seoul, Korea Singing in the Wind

MULTI-IMAGE PRODUCTIONS

Hansol Group, Seoul, Korea Hansol 40

COMMUNICATIONS CATEGORIES

Best Corporate Communicatori-flex solutions limited, Mumbai, India Sunil Robert, Director of Corporate Communications

Best Communications ExecutiveBridge Communications, Seoul, Korea Park Jong-Sun, CEO

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2006 International Stevie ®Award WinnersContinued

COMMUNICATIONS CATEGORIES — Continued

Best Communications TeamGlaxoSmithKline plc,

London, United Kingdom GlaxoSmithKline Corporate Communications and Community Partnerships TeamIndo Pacific Reputation Management Consultants, Jakarta, Indonesia Indo Pacific’s team for Lafarge

Best Communications OrganizationTechnip, Paris, France Technip’s Investor Relations Department

CREATIVE CATEGORIES

Best Creative PersonElite Earth-friendly Cleaners, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Chelsea Chenery

Best Creative TeamF & H Porter Novelli, Munich, Germany Expedia.de Public Relations Team

Best Creative OrganizationJack Morton Worldwide, New York, USA Jack Morton Worldwide

CUSTOMER SERVICE CATEGORIES

Best Customer Service TeamOracle Corporation, Reading,

Berkshire, United Kingdom Oracle Corporation Torino Winter Olympics Customer Service Team

Best Customer Service OrganizationEpicor Software Corporation, Irvine, California, USA Epicor SoftwareSuperDerivatives, New York, USA SuperDerivatives

HUMAN RESOURCES CATEGORIES

Best Human Resources ExecutiveCybertrust, Herndon, Virginia, USA Kim Martin, VP, Human Resource

Best Human Resources TeaGulf Bank, Safat, Kuwait Gulf Bank’s Human Resources Team

Best Human Resources OrganizationVodafone Czech Republic a.s., Prague Vodafone Czech Republic

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MARKETING CATEGORIES sponsored bywww.factiva.com

Best MarketerGlanfield Marketing Solutions, Welland, Ontario, Canada Matthew Glanfield, President

Best Marketing ExecutiveHilton International, Watford, United Kingdom Mike Ashton, Senior Vice President

Best Marketing TeamBRCom, Seoul, Korea IPKN Marketing Team

Best Marketing OrganizationFirefly Mobile, Lincolnshire, Illinois, USA Firefly Mobile Brand Launch

SALES CATEGORIES sponsored bywww.factiva.com

Best Sales TrainerToshiba America Business Solutions, Inc.,

Irvine, California, USA Anthony V. Codianni, Director of Education and Development

Best Sales ExecutiveCybertrust, Herndon, Virginia, USA Bryan Gernert, SVP and General Manager, Americas

Best Sales OrganizationCybertrust, Herndon, Virginia, USA Cybertrust Americas Sales Organization

Presentation of 2006 Factiva Award for Marketing Effectiveness to Countrywide Financial Corp.

Presentation of 2006 Factiva Award for Sales Productivity & Effectivenessto Rabobankby Alan Scott, Chief Marketing Officer, Factiva

MIS & IT CATEGORIES

Best MIS & IT ExecutiveProV International, Inc., Tampa, Florida, USA Ajit Nair, President and CEO

Best MIS & IT TeamBP, London, United Kingdom BP Sensory Networks Team

Best MIS & IT OrganizationKanbay International, Chicago, Illinois, USA Kanbay International

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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CATEGORIES

Best Product Development TeamEagle’s Flight Creative Training Excellence Inc., Guelph, Ontario, Canada Eagle’s Flight Product Development Team

Best Product Development OrganizationTelelogic, Malmo, Sweden

SUPPORT CATEGORIES

Best Support TeamTELUS Communications Inc.,

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada TELUS National Service Fulfillment Business Enablement Team

Best Support OrganizationKODAK Service & Support, Rochester, New York, USA KODAK Service & Support

EXECUTIVE CATEGORIES

Best Chairmani-flex solutions limited, Mumbai, India Rajesh Hukku, Chairman & Managing DirectorNAQIA CORPORATION SDN BHD, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ZAMILA HUSSIN, Chairman of the Board

Best ExecutiveNationwide Building Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom Philip Williamson, CEORuckus Wireless, Sunnyvale, California, USA Selina Lo, President & CEO

Best Finance ExecutiveCentral Bank of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria Charles Soludo, Central Bank Governor

Best Turnaround ExecutiveCenterBeam, San Jose, California, USA Kevin Francis, President and CEOThomas Group, Inc., Irving, Texas, USA James T. Taylor, CEO

Presentation of 2006 Canadian Business Award to The Descartes Systems Groupby Paul Jones

2006 NII Holdings Latin American AwardPresented to TELEVISA, MexicoBy Steven Shindler, CEO & Chairman, NII Holdings

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2006 International Stevie ®Award WinnersContinued

sponsored bywww.canadianbusiness.com

sponsored by www.nii.com

COMPANY, OFFICE & PRODUCT CATEGORIES

Best Agency, Brokerage or Satellite OfficeAPCO Worldwide, Washington, D.C., USABavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Munich, Germany State of Bavaria — U.S. Office for Economic Development

Best Business TurnaroundTelecityRedbus, London, United KingdomThe Descartes Systems Group, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Best Corporate Social Responsibility ProgramAlcan Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada Community Investment Program — Sustainability In ActionStandard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad,

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Standard Chartered’s ‘Living with HIV/AIDS’ ProgrammeVipnet Ltd., Zagreb, Croatia Movement.Communication.Life. demining campaign

Best New CompanyAstelit Company, Kiev, UkrainePoint -Euro Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Best New Product or ServiceCCL Label GmbH, Hohenems, Austria CCL Label’s Wash-off LabelsCitrix Systems Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA Citrix Application Gateway & Voice OfficeSiemens Medical Solutions, Malvern,

Pennsylvania, USA and Erlangen, Germany World’s Most Advanced Computed Tomography SystemThe University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom The University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China

Most Innovative CompanyDoveCorp Enterprises Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CanadaExel plc., Vantaa, FinlandFactiva, Princeton, New Jersey, USAValista, Wicklow, Ireland

Best Overall CompanyAction International, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaPlateSpin Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Best Multinational CompanyHill & Knowlton EMEA, London, United Kingdom Hill & Knowlton Europe, Middle East & AfricaNII Holdings, Inc. Reston, Virginia, USA NII Holdings

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2006 International Stevie ®Award WinnersContinued