COMFORTDELGRO CORPORATION LIMITED 
By 26 September 2011 – ComfortDelGro Corporation has been awarded the Grand Prize for Cover Design at the 25th annual International ARC Awards in New York – becoming the first Singapore company to garner the prestigious award.
The ARC Awards are widely acknowledged as the Oscars of the Annual Report industry. Organised by Mercomm Inc., the world’s only independent awards organisation dedicated to the communications field, it attracts over 1,900 entries from 39 countries every year.ComfortDelGro’s entry – its first in the ARC Awards – is for its 2010 Annual Report, “Modelled for Growth”. Together with its design house, Sedgwick Richardson, it came up with a cover design that took inspiration from toy car models from the 1960s. The cover, which depicts a two-dimensional model of the ubiquitous Comfort taxi, is perforated to facilitate easy pop-out should readers desire to “build” a model car. The concept was extended to the two other Annual Reports in the Group – SBS Transit and VICOM.ARC spokesman Caitlin Wallace said: “We are thrilled to see that ComfortDelGro’s books have won the Grand Prize. They really stood out from the others!”Indeed, Mr Gareth Richardson, Chief Executive Officer of design house Sedgwick Richardson said: “We believe the award recognises how good design can turn the investment message into a distinct and memorable communication.”ComfortDelGro Group Corporate Communications Officer, Ms Tammy Tan, added: “We are absolutely delighted and extremely honoured to have gotten the ARC’s stamp of approval. We set out trying to make our Annual Report more ‘fun’ and drew inspiration from the concept of model cars. We are glad the final product came out as well as it did.”ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited205 Braddell Road Singapore 579701 www.comfortdelgro.com
Co. Registration No.: 200300002K
ComfortDelGroComfortDelGro is the world’s second largest publicly-listed land transport company with a total fleet size of more than 46,300 buses, taxis and rental vehicles. It operates in seven countries - Singapore, China, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Vietnam and Malaysia
– giving it the broadest footprint amongst its international peers. Currently, overseas ventures account for 42.0% of Group revenue. The Group aims to derive 70% of its total revenue from overseas in the medium term.ARC AwardsOrganised by MERCOMM INC., the world’s only independent awards organisation dedicated to the communications industry, the ARC Awards was introduced in 1987 to advance the standards of excellence in the fields of corporate communications. It honours overall excellence in annual reports, encourages noteworthy and vital writing, as well as imaginative and original design. Categories include Cover Design, Chairman's Letter, Writing, Interior Design and Financial Presentation. Each category is sub-divided into the various industries including Transportation & Trans Leasing, Airlines and Banking and Financial Services where Gold, Silver and Bronze prizes are awarded. A Grand Prize winner is then chosen from each category.
