Investor Relations Survey
  
We appreciate your time to submit your responses to the following: 
  
1. Do both the Public Relations (PR) and Marketing departments report to
the Investor Relations (IR) department?
 Yes
 No

 Just the PR department

 Just the Marketing department
  
2. To whom does IR report?
  
Other:
  
3. Indicate your agreement with each of the following statements about your company:
  
  Completely
Agree		 Somewhat
Agree		 Somewhat
Disagree		 Completely
Disagree		 Undecided
My company has consolidated its IR & PR functions.
IR has significant input on product or service launches.
All communications departments within my company have a thorough understanding of SEC Regulation FD.
  
  
4. Indicate your agreement with each of the following statements about the IR industry:
  
  Completely
Agree		 Somewhat
Agree		 Somewhat
Disagree		 Completely
Disagree		 Undecided
The media/analyst communities hold IR professionals to higher standards than PR practitioners.
Individual investors know the difference between IR and PR functions.
There has been an increase in press coverage of IR-related issues over the past 18 months.
Companies have given the IR function more importance due to widening of IR issues.
  
  
5. How often do you use these technologies to communicate regularly scheduled material information to institutional and individual investors (check all that apply):
  
  Daily / Weekly Monthly Quarterly Annually Never
Printed Material
Conference Calls
Web Casts
Email
 
6. Indicate your company sector (check all that apply):
 Chemical Industry  Manufacturing/Production
 Consumer Services  Technology
 Financial Services  Travel & Transportation
 Healthcare  Other
  
7. What is your company’s market capitalization?
 Less than $99 million
 $100 - $499 million

 $500 - $999 million

 $1 – $4.9 billion
 More than $5 billion
 Don’t know
  
8. What best describes your company’s investor relations 2002 budget from 2001?
  
Or exact percentage (indicate + or -):
  
9. How many people work in your IR department?
 Just One
 2 - 4

 5 or more

 

 Other:
  
10. Does your IR department work with an IR agency?
 Yes
 No
  
11. What is your title?
  
Other:
  
12. Please indicate any additional thoughts you have on the convergence of
the IR and PR functions within a company:

  
  

Optional: To receive results of this survey that will also appear in a forthcoming issue of Investor Relations Business, please submit your contact information:
  
Name
Email