Recognition for its Efforts

During the year, Keppel Land won two awards which acknowledge the Company’s efforts and commitment to timely and accurate disclosure to shareholders. At the keenly-contested Annual Report Award Competition, Keppel Land won the Grand Award which is given to a company whose annual report takes the best award for the third consecutive year. Judging criteria include timely and excellent standards of voluntary report disclosure and presentation. In its 27th year, the competition was jointly organised by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore, the Singapore Institute of Management and the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited.

Recognition for Keppel Land’s investor relations efforts also came from the Securities Investors Association of Singapore, a new entity formed to safeguard the interests of shareholders in Singapore. The Company was awarded a prize in the properties category for the Most Transparent Company Award.

Critical to the success to any communication with investors is the involvement of top management. Hence, apart from the annual and interim results briefing to press and analysts, Keppel Land’s top management maintains an open-door policy with the investment community. One-on-one meetings and business luncheons with analysts and fund managers are held frequently. At these meetings, top management is able to exchange views, address any concerns and update investors on recent major corporate developments. This direct contact gives analysts and fund managers a better understanding of the Company’s rationale for undertaking certain investments and acquisitions, as well as the business environment, especially overseas.

Keppel Land also participates in overseas presentations and roadshows to institutional investors regularly. These present the Company with a platform to expound its strategy and action plans, its new initiatives and its reading of the property market. Feedback from overseas shareholders has been positive as they appreciate these efforts to maintain contact.