2008 IR Global Rankings Workshops and Award Ceremonies

NEW YORK, March 14, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — MZ Consult NY LLC
, a leading global investor relations and financial
communications firm, and the IR Global Rankings supporting entities (KPMG, The
Bank of New York Mellon, Arnold & Porter, Bloomberg, Demarest & Almeida and PR
Newswire), invite all publicly traded companies to the 2008 IRGR Workshops and
Award Ceremonies, to discuss and review the best practices and benchmarks for IR
Websites, Corporate Governance and Financial Disclosure Procedures.

You can confirm your presence simply by sending an email to irgr@mz-ir.com or
directly on the links below for the venue of your preference. The events are free
of charge, but confirmation of attendance will depend on seat availability.

Please kindly confirm your presence in the 2008 IR Global Rankings at your
earliest convenience.

North American IR Seminar and Award Ceremony - New York
March 18, 2008
9:00 a.m. (NY time) - with breakfast

St. Regis Hotel New York - Two East 55th Street, at Fifth Avenue, New York,
NY, 10022
RSVP - irgr@mz-ir.com or
http://www.mzdp.com.br/rsvp/CadInvestidorEN.aspx?CodEvento=115&CodEmpresa=49

European IR Seminar and Award Ceremony - Paris
March 20, 2008
9:00 a.m. (Local Time) - with breakfast
Palais Brongniart - Club du Palais (2nd floor) Place de la Bourse (Entrance:
Rue Vivienne) 75002 - Paris, France
RSVP - irgr@mz-ir.com or
http://www.mzdp.com.br/rsvp/CadInvestidorEN.aspx?CodEvento=116&CodEmpresa=49

Asian, Pacific & African IR Seminar and Award Ceremony - New Delhi
March 24, 2008
9:00 a.m. (Local Time) - with breakfast
InterContinental The Grand New Delhi - Barakhamba Avenue, Connaught Place, New
Delhi - 110 001, India
RSVP - irgr@mz-ir.com or
http://www.mzdp.com.br/rsvp/CadInvestidorEN.aspx?CodEvento=117&CodEmpresa=49

Latin American IR Seminar and Award Ceremony - Sao Paulo
March 31, 2008
9:00 a.m. (Local Time) - with breakfast
Plaza Centenario - Av. Nacoes Unidas, 12.995 Brooklin, Sao Paulo, SP, 04578-
911 Brazil
RSVP - irgr@mz-ir.com or
http://www.mzdp.com.br/rsvp/CadInvestidorEN.aspx?CodEvento=118&CodEmpresa=49

The following companies have registered for the 10th edition of IR Global
Rankings: ABB (ABB); Adidas (XETRA: ADS.DE); Advanced Semiconductor Engineering
(ASX); Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (AEM); Air France-KLM (NYSE: AKH); Allergan
(AGN); America Latina Logistica (Bovespa: ALLL11); Aracruz (ARA); Arcadis
(Amsterdam: ARCAD.AS); ASUR (ASR); Australia and New Zealand Banking (NYSE:
ANZBY.PK); Banco ABC (Bovespa: ABCB4); Banco BPI (XETRA: BPI.DE); Banco Bradesco
(BBD); Banco do Brasil (Bovespa: BBAS3); Banco Espirito Santo (Bloomberg: BESNN
PL); Banco Itau (ITU); Bank of Montreal (BMO); BASF (XETRA: BAS.DE); Bayer
(XETRA: BAY.DE); BBVA (BBV); BlueScope Steel (XETRA: BH5.DE); BNP Paribas (Paris:
BNP.PA); Bombardier (XETRA: BBDB.DE); Brasil Ecodiesel (Bovespa: ECOD3); Brasil
Telecom (BRP); Braskem (BAK); BRE Bank (Bloomberg: BRE PW); Bursa Malaysia (OTC:
BSAMF.PK); Camargo Correa Desenvolvimento (CCDI) (Bovespa: CCIM3); Cameco (CCJ);
Cemig (CIG); CGI Group (GIB); China Telecom (CHA); Cisco Systems (CSCO);
Colgate-Palmolive (CL); Coloplast (CPH: COLO-B); Companhia Brasileira de
Distribuicao (CBD); Compania de Minas Buenaventura (BVN); Controladora Comercial
Mexicana (OTC: CDCUF.PK); Copel (Bovespa: TCPLE6.SA) Copel (ELP); CPFL Energia
(CPL); Credit Suisse (CS); CSN (SID); CyberLinkCorp (Taiwan: 5203.TW); Cyrela
(Bovespa: CYRE3); Daimler (DAI); Danske Bank (XETRA: DSN.DE); Datasul (Bovespa:
DSUL3); Deutsche Post World Net (XETRA: DPW.DE); Deutsche Telekom (DT); E*Trade
Financial (ETFC); Enersis (ENI); Erste Bank (EUX: EBO.EX); Estacio Participacoes
(Bovespa: ESTC11); Euro Disney (Paris: EUROD.PA); EVN (OTC: EVNVY.PK); Exxaro
Resources (OTC: EXXAY.PK); FedEx (FDX); Gafisa (GFA); Genentech (DNA); General
Electric (GE); Global Payments (GPN); Global Sources (GSOL); GOL (GOL); Grasim
Industries (XETRA: GRS.DE); Grupo Mexicano de Desarrollo (MXK: GMDB); Hochtief
(XETRA: HOT.DE); Homex (OTC: DHMXF.PK); IC Russ-Invest (NYSE: RUSIG); ICA (ICA);
ICICI Bank (IBN); iGATE Global Solutions (NYSE: IGS.NS); IJM (OTC: IJMCF.PK);
Indra (XETRA: IDA.DE); Infinity Bio-Energy; Infosys Technologies (INFY); Japan
Airlines (TYO: 9205); JDSU (JDSU); JHSF (Bovespa: JHSF3); Kellogg (K); Kesko
(OTC: KKOYF.PK); Kotak Mahindra Bank (BSE: 600247.BO); Life Time Fitness (LTM);
Lupatech (Bovespa: LUPA3); M. Dias Branco (Bovespa: MDIA3); Marfrig (Bovespa:
MRFG3); Masisa (NYSE: MYS); Mexichem (Mexico: MEXCHEM.MX); MTR Corporation (Hong
Kong: 0066.HK); Natura Cosmeticos (Bovespa: NATU3); Natural Beauty Bio-Technology
(HKG: 0157); Nedbank Group (XETRA: NCO.DE); Net Servicos (NETC); Newmont Mining
(NEM); Nexen (NXY); Nike (NKE); Norsk Hydro (NYSE: NHYDY.PK); Novartis (NVS); OHL
Brasil (Bovespa: OHLB3); Partner Communications (PTNR); PDG Realty (Bovespa:
PDGR3); Peabody Energy (BTU); Pengrowth (PGH); Perdigao (PDA); Petrobras (PBR);
Positivo Informatica (Bovespa: POSI3); PotashCorp (POT); Powerchip Semiconductor
(Taiwan: 5346.TWO); Procter & Gamble (PG); Profarma (Bovespa: PFRM3); PT
Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLK); QIAGEN (NasdaqGS: QGEN); Rossi Residencial
(Bovespa: RSID3); Royal Philips Electronics (PHG); Ryder System (R); Sappi (SPP);
Satipel (Bovespa: SATI3); Satyam (SAY); Shinsei Bank (XETRA: LCJ.DE); SLC
Agricola (Bovespa: SLCE3); SMIC (Hong Kong: 0981.HK); Southwestern Energy (SWN);
Statoil (STO); TAM (TAM); Tata Motors (TTM); TAV Airports (ISE: TAVHL); Tecnisa
(Bovespa: TCSA3); Telecom Argentina (TEO); Telekom Austria (Viena: TKA.VI);
Telekomunikacja Polska (WSE: TPSA); Telkom (TKG); Terna Participacoes (Bovespa:
TRNA11); TIM Participacoes (TSU); Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding (XETRA: TYG.DE);
Total (TOT); Totvs (Bovespa: TOTS3); TPI Triunfo (Bovespa: TPIS3.SA); Tractebel
(Bovespa: TBLE3); Turk Economy Bank (ISE: TEBNK.IS); Ultra Petroleum (UPL);
Ultrapar (UGP); Unibanco (UBB); URS Corporation (URS);VCP (VCP); VimpelCom (VIP);
Vivendi (XETRA: VVU.DE); Vivo (VIV); Wachovia (WB); Wipro (WIT); Yum! Brands
(YUM) and Zurich Financial Services (XETRA: ZFIN.DE)

To find out more about IRGR 2008 or download the IRGR 2007 magazine with last
edition’s winners, please access http://www.irglobalrankings.com or type IRGR
< GO > in your Bloomberg terminal.

About IR Global Rankings: Solid communication with the investment community has
become a key priority for investor relations and corporate governance
professionals in recent years, driven by the strong belief that stock prices and
risk perception can be managed, the implementation of Fair Disclosure and other
new regulations, and the growing importance of transparency for earning and
maintaining investor confidence. The IR Global Rankings and Awards annual survey
– sponsored by KPMG, Arnold & Porter, Demarest & Almeida, The Bank of New York
Mellon, Bloomberg and PR Newswire — is the most comprehensive auditing and
ranking system for IR websites, corporate-governance practices and financial
disclosure procedures. Based on extensive proprietary research of publicly held
companies and investors, and supported by input from independent audit, corporate
governance and legal experts, MZ’s methodology is highly detailed, transparent
and fully accessible to all participants. The annual IR Global Rankings and
Awards Survey has grown each year since its inception in 1999