| Empowerment
rating |
| Bidvest, a level four
and a good broad-based BEE contributor,
with unrestricted operational capacity,
has an “A” empowerment rating
from Empowerdex. |
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| Fitch Ratings |
| Fitch Ratings affirmed
Bidvest’s credit rating as an AA-
(zaf). AA- (zaf) ratings denote a very strong
credit risk relative to other issuers in
the same country. |
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| Revenue ranking |
| Bidvest was ranked eighth
of JSE-listed companies and fourth of JSE-listed
South African companies, by revenue. |
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| Dow Jones
Sustainability World Index |
| Bidvest is one of only
four South African companies listed in the
Dow Jones Sustainability World Index 2007,
a grouping of global organisations that
meets stringent criteria for strategic strength,
innovation, financial performance and stakeholder
relations. |
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| JSE Social
Responsibility Investment Index |
| Based on an assessment
of the Group’s policies, performance
and reporting on economic, social and environmental
sustainability, the JSE has reaffirmed Bidvest
as a founding constituent of the SRI Index. |
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| Forbes Global
2000 – the world’s leading companies |
| Forbes Global 2000 is
a comprehensive list of the world’s
largest and most influential companies,
as measured in US dollars by a composite
ranking for sales, profits, assets and market
value. Bidvest is ranked 1 114th (2005:
1 162nd). |
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| FTSE/JSE
Africa Index Series ranking |
| In the June 2006 FTSE/JSE
Africa Index Series quarterly review, Bidvest
was ranked 24th in both the FTSE/JSE All
Share Index and Top 40, 7th in the FTSE/JSE
Industrial 25, with a market capitalisation
of R32,1 billion, a 100% free float and
the JSE’s highest liquidity rating. |
| |
| Morgan Stanley
International Emerging Market Index |
| Bidvest is considered
to have a 100% free float for the MSIEM
Index in which it is included. |
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| Bidvest as
an employer of choice |
| Bidvest has been nominated
by a panel of experts as one of the top
10 companies to work for in South Africa
in research undertaken by the Corporate
Research Foundation. |
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| Company confidence
predictor |
| In the June 2006 Campbell
Belman company confidence predictor, the
influential twice-yearly survey of investment
analysts, Bidvest was rated highest among
industrial companies for its “company
basics” and was particularly strong
in “makes effective use of capital”,
“shows good judgement in acquisitions
or joint ventures” and “maintains
a reassuring balance between risk and return”.
In “future potential” Bidvest
was the leading company for being “alert
to new ideas to improve its profitability”,
in “people” as having “an
effective chief executive” and in
“communications” for “chief
executive is a straight talker”. In
“ethics” Bidvest shared the
lead in “lives up to promises –
company results match expectations”
and “believes in full disclosure –
is transparent” and was rated second
in being “reputable, honest and trustworthy”.
Overall Bidvest was rated third on the “total”
industrials across all 28 characteristics
used in the evaluation. Of note was that
for its “company basics” Bidvest
was also rated highest among the top companies,
from all sectors, in market capitalisation. |
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| Investment
communication award |
| Bidvest is not only recognised
as an achiever in creating value for investors,
but also for general reporting and investment
communication. In June 2006, Bidvest received
an award, for the second year in a row,
from the Investment Analysts’ Society
for the best reporting and communication
in the JSE industrial services sector. |
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| Most admired
company |
| In Finweek/Afrika‘s
most admired company and CEO peer review
survey, Bidvest was ranked fourth and Brian
Joffe second, respectively. |
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