Arif Habib Corporation

Arif Habib Corporation Limited (AHCL) is the flagship company of the Arif Habib Group. The company took over the sole proprietorship business set up by Mr. Arif Habib in 1990 and was incorporated in 1994 as a public limited company with a paid up capital of PKR 40 million. AHCL was listed in 2001, with an initial public offering (IPO) of one million shares, targeting to raise PKR 80 million in order to finance growth. Since its listing in 2001, the Company has distributed PKR 8.67 billion as dividend (including specie dividend) and PKR 720 million by buying back two million shares (having face value of PKR 10 each) at a price of PKR 360 per share from its shareholders. Currently the Company’s equity is PKR 29 billion built through retained earnings. Thus, by 30th June 2016, the initial investors in the IPO of the Company, have had a compounded all annualized return of 36.91%(1994)/34.38%(2001).

The Arif Habib brand is today seen as the name that assures a commitment to best practices and putting its stakeholders first, which they have come to expect of the Company striving to be the best in its class.