TOP BEE COMPANIES 2009  

Financial Mail / Empowerdex Top Empowerment Companies 2009

Empowerdex is proud to announce this year's Top Empowerment Companies results. These results were compiled after collecting data from companies listed on the main board of the JSE, for the annual Top Empowerment Companies Survey, which was published in the Financial Mail in March 2009. The survey is now in its sixth year and has become a regular feature of the Financial Mail's special publications schedule. The survey is aimed at providing the public with a snapshot of the empowerment status of JSE-listed companies in order to raise awareness of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) and stimulate the use of B-BBEE as a competitive advantage.

With clarity on the Codes of Good Practice now being provided by the dti after the Codes were gazetted in February 2007, many companies have progressed their empowerment strategies further and have begun to implement B-BBEE more readily. The Top Empowerment Companies Survey is a mechanism to measure and monitor the empowerment achievements of the listed companies and rank the top 200 listed companies according to their scores.

The scope of participants in this survey is comprised of all the companies listed on the JSE, other than those on the venture capital and development boards. Also, Alt-X companies were not included in this year's survey.

Scoring Methodology:

Although Empowerdex recognises the progress made by certain sectors in terms of the development of Sector Codes; however, in order to facilitate meaningful comparisons between various sectors, all companies will be scored according to the methodology prescribed in the B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice (the generic codes). The information requested in the submission form attached is sufficient to fulfill the requirements of the generic codes.

The scores presented here are not verified by Empowerdex and, thus, do not constitute a valid basis for determining the procurement recognition level of each company. It remains, however, that many scores were derived from B-BBEE rating certificates submitted by participants in the survey.

Contact information:

For information relating to this survey, or any other further information you may require, please contact Steven Hawes on (011 883-8548) or email him on shawes@empowerdex.com

Best Regards,

The Empowerdex Research Team.

2009 Results

Rank 2009 Total BEE Score Company Sector
1 88.71% Adcorp Holdings Ltd Support Services
2 84.63% Hosken Consolidated Investments Ltd Financial Services
3 82.45% Nedbank Group Ltd Financial Services
4 82.28% Kelly Group Ltd Support Services
5 80.92% GIJIMA AST GROUP Ltd ICT
6 79.06% Glenrand MIB Ltd Financial Services
7 77.76% AdaptIT Holdings Ltd ICT
8 76.17% Tongaat Hulett Ltd Food & Beverages
9 75.74% Faritec Holdings Ltd ICT
10 75.57% FirstRand Ltd Financial Services
11 75.42% Netcare Ltd Health Care
12 75.13% Primeserv Group Ltd Support Services
13 72.40% Standard Bank Group Ltd Financial Services
14 71.77% Merafe Resources Ltd Resources
15 71.31% Oceana Group Ltd Food & beverages
16 70.41% Discovery Holdings Ltd Financial Services
17 69.46% Investec Ltd Financial Services
18 69.35% Metropolitan Holdings Ltd Financial Services
19 69.21% Old Mutual plc Financial Services
20 69.14% Sun International Ltd Hotels & Leisure
21 68.84% Paracon Holdings Ltd ICT
22 68.37% Cashbuild Ltd Retail
23 68.18% Naspers Ltd Media
24 67.54% Medi-Clinic Corporation Ltd Health Care
25 66.78% Business Connexion Group Ltd ICT
26 66.76% Seardel Investment Corporation Ltd Manufacturing
27 66.17% Phumelela Gaming and Leisure Ltd Hotels & Leisure
28 65.79% Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd Health Care
29 65.59% Enaleni Pharmaceuticals Ltd Health Care
30 65.49% Sanlam Ltd Financial Services
31 65.36% Stefanutti & Bressan Ltd Basic Industrials
32 65.35% Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd General Industrials
33 65.30% Santam Ltd Financial Services
34 65.19% Cadiz Holdings Ltd Financial Services
35 65.09% Super Group Ltd Transport
36 64.56% Kagiso Media Ltd Media
37 64.51% Sekunjalo Investments Ltd General Industrials
38 64.14% Aveng Ltd Basic Industrials
39 63.83% Grand Parade Investments Ltd Financial Services
40 62.67% Brimstone Investment Corporation Ltd Financial Services
41 62.44% Mondi Ltd Resources
42 62.20% Absa Group Ltd Financial Services
43 61.10% Bell Equipment Ltd General Industrials
44 60.79% Group Five Ltd Basic Industrials
45 60.74% Growthpoint Properties Ltd Property
46 59.78% Exxaro Resources Ltd Resources
47 59.20% Illovo Sugar Ltd Food & beverages
48 58.44% Wilson Bayly Holmes - Ovcon Ltd Basic Industrials
49 58.19% EnviroServ Holdings Ltd Support Services
50 57.82% Foschini Ltd Retail

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