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CYBERTRUST, NII HOLDINGS LEAD AMERICAN WINNERS IN 3RD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AWARDS Only Global Business Awards Program To Honor World’s Best Businesses and Individuals at New York Ceremony www.stevieawards.com/iba New York, NY – May 23, 2006 – Companies and individuals from 22 countries, including first-time winners Austria, Finland, Ireland, Kuwait, and the Ukraine, will be honored at the third annual International Business Awards, the world’s only international, all-encompassing business awards program, organizers announced today. The United States leads all countries with 25 International Stevie® Award winners. Among the top U.S. winners are Cybertrust of Herndon, VA, which received three awards, and NII Holdings, Reston, VA and Getty Images, New York, which won two each. Other American winners in major categories include Factiva (Princeton, NJ), Firefly Mobile (Lincolnshire, IL), Jack Morton Productions (New York), Kanbay International (Chicago), Kodak (Rochester, NY), and Ruckus Wireless (Sunnyvale, CA). Canada boasts 12 International Stevie Award winners. The United Kingdom and Korea won nine International Stevies each. Other multiple award winners include Germany (5), Malaysia (3), China (2) India (2), and Sweden (2). Nicknamed the Stevie for the Greek word “crowned,” the awards will be presented at a gala dinner ceremony on Monday, June 26 in the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Tickets for the banquet are now on sale at www.stevieawards.com/iba. The ceremonies will be videocast live online by HB Group and broadcast on radio in the United States by the BusinessTalk Radio. For the second year, Tanya Beckett, New York-based business presenter for the BBC, will host the ceremony. Hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars” by the New York Post (April 27, 2005), the Stevie Award is made by the same company that makes the Oscar, Clio, and other major awards. 82 International Stevie Award winners were announced in categories ranging from Best Multinational Company and Best New Product to Best Corporate Social Responsibility Program and Best Executive. Other countries represented in the winners’ circle include
Australia, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Indonesia, Nigeria, Portugal, Thailand, and the United States. A complete list of 2006 International Stevie winners is available at www.stevieawards.com/iba. Members of the Stevie Awards’ Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs selected the winners during final judging earlier this month, which was preceded by two months of preliminary judging by business professionals worldwide. More than 700 entries were submitted by companies in over 30 countries. All companies worldwide are eligible to participate in the International Business Awards. For high-resolution photos of the Stevie Award or International Business Awards logo, visit http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/iba/press/172_701_3120.cfm. Other information and resources for press are available at http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/iba/press/172_701_3119.cfm. About The Stevie Awards Stevie Awards are conferred in three programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, and The Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com. Premier Sponsors of The 2006 International Business Awards include Factiva and NII Holdings. National sponsors are Emirates Post and the Korea Business Communicators Association. Lionbridge is the official localization partner. Media sponsors are Canadian Business, CIO Decisions, Clickmedios, CorpComms, and Selling Power. The Business TalkRadio Network will host the live radio broadcast of the June 26 awards ceremonies, and HB Group will videocast the ceremonies worldwide. Learn more about our sponsors at http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/iba/general/173_708_3161.CFM. ###