Thai Bourse Announces Candidates For “SET Awards 2015”

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) today announces 517 listed companies qualified to compete for the "SET Awards 2015", in five categories, to be organized for the twelfth consecutive year. The award underlines SET’s commitment to improve quality of listed companies, in line with other leading capital markets.

SET President Kesara Manchusree said that the awards have been initiated to  enhance the Thai capital market’s quality and attractiveness. This year the awards would be in five categories, consisting of the Best CEO, Best Company Performance, Best Investor Relations, Best Securities Company and Best Asset Management Company awards. Each category for listed companies would be divided into five groups by market capitalization sizes. SET Awards of Honor would also be granted to organizations or persons who have won in their category on a continuous basis.

“The SET Awards committee has revised some criteria by adjusting the market capitalization range of each group in all fairness and suitability among  listed firms to compete in effectiveness and growth. In addition, the committee also revised the criteria for Best Derivatives House Award by putting more weight on their role in supporting overall derivatives market and by considering other trading channels such as internet, direct market access, as evaluation factors, in line with Thailand’s current business operation environment. As for the listed firms which have achieved excellence in operating businesses on environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles, the awards criteria were being set up and would be announced later,” added Kesara.

Money & Banking magazine Editor-in-Chief Santi Viriyarungsarit, the SET Awards co-host and one of the distinguished judges, said that SET Awards aimed to enhance capabilities among listed companies, securities firms, asset management firms and entrepreneurs. The selection criteria have always been adjusted to reflect the ever-changing business environment.

TRIS Corporation Limited will conduct the evaluation under the direction of a panel of distinguished judges. For more information on the judging criteria for SET Award 2015 and the list of companies that have passed the preliminary screening, please visit www.set.or.th/setawards

Lists of 517 listed companies qualified for SET Awards 2015

Listed companies qualified to compete for the "SET Awards 2015"

Group 1 Listed Companies with market capitalization of over THB 100 billion

Group 2 Listed Companies with market capitalization of between THB 30- 100 billion

Group 3 Listed Companies with market capitalization of between THB 10-  30 billion

Group 4 Listed Companies with market capitalization of between THB 3 - 10 billion

Group 5 Listed Companies with market capitalization of below THB 3 billion

 List of mai listed companies

Note: The above list comes from the preliminary screening, grouped by market capitalization as at the end of 2014. The grouping method is applied for all awards. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) reserves the rights to adjust the list in case there are some changes in significant informatio