8th Edition of the French Investor Relations Awards

PARIS, January 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

- SEB, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Natixis, Interparfums and Accorrecognised by French and foreign financial analysts and investors for the quality of their practice.

- Essilor, Orange, Valeo, Legrand, Ipsen, Cap Gemini, NextRadioTV, Fnac, Veolia and Klepierre are also rewarded.

The 8^th edition of the Forum des Relations Investisseurs, organised with the support of SFAF, AFG, CLIFF, Middlenext, Euronext and IFA, has gathered today IROs of some 100 French listed companies, including half of CAC40 companies.

The Forum started as usual with its Grand Débat, a panel discussion on the IR topic: " Slow down of growth and development of corporate financing through debt instruments: which consequences on equity story and IR ?" with high-level speakers including Sophie Javary, Head of Corporate Finance EMEA, BNP Paribas, Patrice Lambert de Diesbach, Head of Financial Communication & IR, Orange, Philippe Berthelot, Head of Credit & Structured Credit, Natixis AM, and Grégory Sanson, CFO, Bonduelle.

The Forum hosted the 8^th edition of the French IR Awards rewarding the best IROs and companies listed on Euronext Paris for the quality of their IR practice. Winners are designated as a direct result of a survey conducted by SFAF (French Financial Analysts Society) and NFR-Advisory (Editor of the Forum) amongst French and foreign financial analysts and investors. The French IR Awards are organized under the surveillance of a Grand Jury including respected market professionals and chaired by Jean-Paul Pierret, President of the Issuers Commission at SFAF.

The winners for this 8^th edition are:

• Isabelle Posth, SEB, in the category "Best IR Overall"
• Carlos Tavares, PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN, in the category "Best IR by a CEO", for the second time in a row.
• Jean Cheval, NATIXIS, in the category "Best IR by CFO"
• Philippe Santi, INTERPARFUMS, in the category "Best IR by a Mid Cap"
• Sébastien Valentin, ACCOR, in the category "Best IR CSR Information"

Second and Third in each of the 5 categories are also presented with an award (see full award list in appendix below).

New regulation, new information channels, activism, economic and political uncertainty, new CSR expectations from all stakeholders are the challenges that IROs and listed companies are facing.

Today more than ever, quality financial communication and IR are keys to companies' durable growth and value.

The Forum and the Trophies are the occasion every year to recognise the quality of the work of the French IROs and promote best practice and financial transparency.

About the Forum: http://www.forum-ir.com

TheFORUM DES RELATIONS INVESTISSEURSis the annual event gathering French IR professionals allowing them to exchange and discuss new IR practices, trends and topics.

Supported by all financial market players associations and entities: CLIFF, Middlenext, Euronext, IFA, AFG and SFAF, the Forum hosts every year a discussion panel, The Grand Debat, including high-level speakers debating on a selected IR hot topic, and the French IR Awards Ceremony recognising the best IROs and companies on the basis of a survey conducted amongst French and foreign sell side and buy side professionals.

The Forum is sponsored by specialized IR service providers: JP Morgan, Labrador, PwC, Euronext, PR Newswire, Le Revenu, Eurobusinessmedia, EasyBcom, NFR-Advisory and Résonance-4.

Appendix

Complete Award List of the 8^th edition

11 January 2016

Overall category           CEO Category          CFO category

              Winner                   Winner                Winner
          Isabelle Posth           Carlos Tavares         Jean Cheval
            Groupe SEB          PSA Peugeot Citroen          NATIXIS

             2nd Prize               2nd Prize             2nd Prize
        Véronique Gillet        Jacques Aschenbroich  Aymeric Le Chatelier
       ESSILOR International           VALEO                 IPSEN

             3rd Prize               3rd Prize             3rd Prize
    Patrice Lambert de Diesbach    Gilles Schnepp         Aiman Ezzat
              ORANGE                  LEGRAND              CAP GEMINI

MidCap Category         CSR Category

        Winner                 Winner
    Philippe Santi      Sébastien Valentin
     INTERPARFUMS              ACCOR

       2nd Prize             2nd Prize
     Damien Bernet         Ronald Wasylec
      NEXTRADIOTV              VEOLIA

       3rd Prize             3rd Prize
     Nadine Coulm         Vanessa Fricano
         FNAC                KLEPIERRE

More information please contact:

Nicolas Raynier
CEO of NFR-Advisory and Director of The IR Forum & Trophies
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