MANILA, Philippines, May 24, 2013 – Leading telecoms company PLDT topped the rankings in several major corporate categories among the country’s biggest corporations in a recent investor poll done by Hong Kong-based publication FinanceAsia.
 
For the fifth consecutive year, PLDT was ranked number one in the Most Committed to a Strong Dividend Policy and Best Investor Relations categories as investors showed recognition of how PLDT consistently gave importance to its shareholders.
 
In the Investor Relations category, PLDT’s sister-firm Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) took second place.
 
“In the past six years, PLDT paid out 100% of Core EPS [earnings per share] as dividends to shareholders amidst intense competition and rapid, far-reaching changes in the country’s telecoms industry,” said PLDT Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan.
 
“We are very grateful for this recognition from the investing public and we wish to assure our shareholders that we are fully committed to adding value to their investments,” he added. a
 
With respect to the best investor relations award, PLDT President and CEO Napoleon L. Nazareno said: “We are most appreciative of this recognition from the investor community and we will continue to be accessible to them to ensure that they are always informed of the business directions of the Group.”
 
In other categories, PLDT was ranked as one of the top 10 in each of the Best Corporate Governance, Best Managed Company, and Best Corporate Social Responsibility categories.
 
 
Meralco, in which PLDT and MPIC have jointly invested, placed fourth in the Most Committed to a Strong Dividend Policy, while MPIC CFO David Nicol took the second spot in the Best CFO category.
 
Last year, Pangilinan placed first among the roster of the country’s leading CEOs in the publication’s 12th annual poll of Asia’s top companies.
 
FinanceAsia is a leading regional publication reporting on Asia’s financial and capital markets through a daily website and a monthly magazine. It is part of the Haymarket Group, the largest privately owned publishing company in the UK, created in part by Lord Heseltine, the former UK deputy prime minister.
 
According to FinanceAsia, the poll results will be published country by country during the course of the next week, before finally revealing which companies are viewed to be the best managed in Asia in 10 key industries.