OREANDA-NEWS.  July 17, 2014. Bank Vozrozhdenie won the award “Best disclosure of corporate information via website in the Internet” in “Public company” nomination, organized by the National Association of Corporate Secretaries (the NACS).

The ceremony was held on July 10, 2014 within the VIII International forum of corporate secretaries.

70 largest Russian companies, including those listed on Russian stock exchanges, participated in the awards. Alongside with Bank Vozrozhdenie, such remarkable representatives of the banking community as VTB and Sberbank made the top three winners. The contest is aimed at enhancement of the role of Russian companies’ websites in communicating with shareholders and potential investors as well as at improvement of information disclosure in the Internet.

The jury of the independent experts engaging representatives of the corporate governance community, Moscow Exchange and Russian Directors Institute, assessed the level of information disclosure on the companies’ websites. The criteria took into account not merely regulatory publications in accordance with the Russian legislation on the securities market, but also voluntary disclosure contributing to improvement of corporate governance level and investment appeal.

The NACS is a public organisation joining representatives of Russian joint-stock companies — corporate governance professionals, among which are corporate development directors, heads of corporate governance, corporate secretaries, heads of boards of directors’ administrations as well as corporate lawyers and others. The NACS promotes its values and contributes to its advancement, uniting the professional society and serving as a platform for sharing experiences and seeking for optimal solutions.