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Doha, Qatar :– Aamal Company Q.P.S.C. (“Aamal”), one of the GCC’s fastest growing diversified companies, is pleased to confirm that its investor relations website has been ranked third amongst the 45 companies listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange (“QSE”), according to the results of the 2017 Annual Investor Relations Excellence Program announced in an awards ceremony at the Four Season Hotel in Doha last Tuesday, 6 February 2018. This program, now into its third year, is an initiative introduced under the auspices of the QSE and is widely regarded as a hallmark of excellence. It is designed to recognise those QSE-listed companies for the quality and effectiveness of their investor relations websites, whilst encouraging alignment with international best practice.
H.E. Sheikh Mohamed Bin Faisal Al Thani, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Aamal, commented:
“I would like to express my thanks to the Qatar Stock Exchange for its ongoing support for the Investor Relations Excellence Program, an initiative which we wholeheartedly support. Naturally, we are very pleased that our investor relations website has received creditable recognition amongst its listed peers. I believe this is testimony to our commitment to adhering to investor relations best practice, including the maintenance of strong and clear two-way relationships with the markets. We will further develop and refine our approach as the Company continues to grow and diversify.”
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About Aamal Company Q.P.S.C.
Aamal is one of the GCC’s fastest growing diversified conglomerates and has been listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange since December 2007. As at 8 February 2018, the Company had a market capitalization of
QAR 5.2 billion (US$ 1.4 billion).
Focused on self-financed and profitable growth, Aamal’s operations are widely diversified and currently comprise 24 active business units with market leading positions in the key industrial, retail, property, managed services, and medical equipment and pharmaceutical sectors, thereby offering investors a high quality and balanced exposure to Qatar’s wider economic growth and development. Over the ten years to end-2016, the Company has delivered a compound annual growth rate in trading net profit (ie. before fair value gains on investment properties) slightly below 19% a year, with minimal financial leverage.
For further information on Aamal Company, please refer to the corporate website: http://www.aamal.com.qa
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