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Sector & Company Name Award 1 Small and Medium Sized Entities THE 51ST ANNUAL REPORT AWARDS Sector & Company Name Award 1 Small and Medium sized Entities LankaClear (Pvt) Ltd. Bronze Institute of Personnel Management Sri Lanka Silver Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka Gold 2 Power and Energy Companies Vallibel Power Erathna PLC Bronze Resus Energy PLC Silver Laugfs Gas PLC Gold 3 Construction Companies MTD Walkers PLC Silver Access Engineering PLC Gold 4 Land & Property Companies Overseas Realty (Ceylon) PLC Bronze Millennium Housing Developers PLC Silver Seylan Development PLC Gold 5 Not-for-Profit Organisations (NPO) including Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) Plantation Human Development Trust Silver The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Gold 6 Food & Beverages Companies Cargills Ceylon PLC Bronze Keells Food Products PLC Silver Ceylon Cold Stores PLC Gold 7 Insurance Companies Asian Alliance Insurance PLC Bronze Union Assurance PLC Silver HNB Assurance PLC Gold 8 Manufacturing Companies Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills PLC Bronze Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC Silver Alumex PLC Gold CIC Holdings PLC Gold 9 Plantations Companies Kelani Valley Plantations PLC Bronze Watawala Plantations PLC Silver Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC Gold 10 Hotel Companies The Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co. PLC Bronze Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings PLC Silver John Keells Hotels PLC Gold 11 Trading Companies C.W. Mackie PLC Bronze Brown & Company PLC Silver Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC Gold 12 Leasing Companies Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka & Finance PLC Gold 13 Finance Companies Mercantile Investments & Finance PLC Bronze L B Finance PLC Silver People's Leasing & Finance PLC Gold 14 State Corporations & Statutory Boards National School of Business Management Ltd. Gold 15 Motor Companies Sathosa Motors PLC Silver United Motors Lanka PLC Gold 16 Telecommunication Companies Sri Lanka Telecom PLC Gold 17 Service Organisations Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka Bronze Hayleys Advantis Limited Silver Colombo Dockyard PLC Gold 18 Healthcare Institutions Asiri Hospital Holdings PLC Bronze The Lanka Hospitals Corporation PLC Silver Nawaloka Hospitals PLC Gold 19 Financial Institutuons HDFC Bank of Sri Lanka Bronze National Savings Bank Silver DFCC Bank PLC Gold ‘Albert A. Page Memorial Trophy’ 20 Banking Institutions Hatton National Bank PLC Bronze Seylan Bank PLC Bronze Sampath Bank PLC Silver Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC Gold ‘Edmand J Cooray Memorial Trophy’ 21 Diversified Holdings (Groups up to 05 Subsidiaries) John Keells PLC Bronze Asian Hotels and Properties PLC Silver Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC Gold 22 Diversified Holdings (Groups above 05 Subsidiaries) Hayleys PLC Bronze Aitken Spence PLC Silver John Keells Holdings PLC Gold ‘Lal Jayasundara Memorial Trophy’ Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Award Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC Bronze Sampath Bank PLC Silver Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC Gold Corporate Governance Disclosure Award John Keells Holdings PLC Bronze Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC Silver Hatton National Bank PLC Gold Management Commentary Award Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC Bronze People's Leasing & Finance PLC Silver Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC Gold Integrated Reporting Award L B Finance PLC Bronze Asian Alliance Insurance PLC Bronze Mercantile Investments & Finance PLC Silver Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC Gold Integrated Reporting- Special Award : Best Disclosure on Capital Management Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC Integrated Reporting - Special Award : Best Disclosure on Business Model Mercantile Investments & Finance PLC Overall Excellence in Annual Financial Reporting Award Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC Bronze John Keells Holdings PLC Silver Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC Gold ‘Cyril Gardiner Memorial Trophy’ .
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