ALS is a le ading t es ting inspec tion and c er tifca tion c ompan y he adquar t er ed in Brisbane Aus tr alia Our c ompan y upholds the v alues which ar e the f ounda tion o f our pr oud tr adition o f e x c el lenc e C ompan y pr o fle ALS is the global benchmark f or qualit y and in t egrit y W e ha v e built our r eput a tion clien t servic e inno v a tion qualit y and t echnical e x c el lenc e With c orpor a t e he adquar t ers based in Brisbane Aus tr alia w e ar e one o f the longes t es t ablished c ompanies lis t ed on the Aus tr alian Securities Ex change A SX C ode AL Q T he C ompan y w as f ounded in 1863 and lis t ed on the A SX in July 1952 W e ar e an A SX100 c ompan y with a multibil lion dol lar mark e t capit alis a tion T he ALS br and is w el l r ec ognised in t erna tional ly b y bo th our cus t omers and c ompe tit ors f or the deliv ery o f high qualit y t es ting servic es ALS he adc oun t e x c eeds 15000 emplo y ees and the C ompan y oper a t es fr om mor e than 350 sit es in o v er 65 c oun tries acr os s A frica A sia Aus tr alia Eur ope and the Americas W e oper a t e one o f the w orld s lar ges t analy tical and t es ting servic es busines ses and our par tnerships span acr os s ma jor sec t ors including mining na tur al r esour c es en vir onmen t al f ood pharmac eutical indus trial and inspec tion servic es ALS is f ocused on driving gr o w th b y c on tinuing t o suc c es s ful ly oper a t e our e xis ting busines ses while pursuing ne w oppor tunities 3 ALS LIMITED AND IT S SUBSIDIARIES A NNU AL F INANCIAL R EPOR T F OR THE Y EAR E NDED 31 M AR CH 2019 C O MP ANY PR OFILE