Company: Marquard & Bahls AG
Company Description: Marquard & Bahls is a leading and reliable partner for oil trading and commercial tank storage. We operate as a managerial holding company through our subsidiaries Mabanaft (oil trading) and Oiltanking (commercial tank storage).
Nomination Category: Corporate Literature & Investor Relations
Nomination Sub Category: Best Annual Report

Nomination Title: Marquard & Bahls - Annual Report 2003

1. Date this annual report was first distributed:

June 29 2004

2. Briefly describe this nomination's communications objectives and how it met those objectives (up to 500 words):

The available annual report is the individual review of an oil company on the
year 2003 with the topic "working with all five senses". For the graphic
conversion the icons eye, ear, nose, hand and mouth are used for the
representation of the five different senses. Gampi sides make the reader
curiously about more, punched and coined/shaped sides increase the haptic
feeling while reading. Five large and twelve small illustrations establish a
relationship of the senses to the Marquard & Bahls group, guide through the
world of the Marquard & Bahls group locations. A glossary describes the
technical terms used in the annual report.

3. Provide the applicable creative and production credits for this nomination:

Project-Director: Juergen Hoffmeister, Hamburg, Germany
Creative Director(s): Karin Warzecha, Cornelia Horn, Hamburg, Germany
Illustrator/City: Bernard Kunkler, Freiburg, Germany
Printer/City: Wullenwever Print + Media, Luebeck, Germany