PGF comes out on top in poll of most attractive WSE listed companies

According to a poll carried out by the Pentor Institute for Opinion and Market Research, commissioned by the Puls Biznesu daily, the Publicly-Listed Company of the Year award for 2001 went to Polska Grupa Farmaceutyczna (PGF). PGF, which has a 21% share of the domestic pharmaceuticals wholesale market, was identified by 85% of the 159 respondents as the company with the best prospects. "I accept this distinction as a mark of the company's achievements over the past four years," said PGF CEO Jacek Szwajcowski. The annual poll of analysts, investment advisers and brokers is designed to give a general overview of the state of the companies on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), and takes into account such criteria as management competency, investor relations and overall achievement. Just behind PGF on the latest list were IT market leader Computerland, and Bank Przemyslowo-Handlowy (BPH), which recently merged with PBK. (Puls Biznesu, p. 15) A.K.