Dr. Vijith Kannangara - Chairman Smart Media - The Annual Report Company receiving the Platinum Award from Gerri Willis of Fox Business Network at the Gala Black Tie dinner held at the Ritz Carlton, New York City on Thursday night.

Smart Media - The Annual Report Company became world champions by clinching the coveted Platinum Award at the 24th International ARC Awards in New York. Smart Media became the first company outside the USA, UK and Continental Europe to achieve global champion status. The ARCs, popularly dubbed the Oscars of Annual Reports, placed Smart Media at the pinnacle of its game amidst a large gathering of top corporate executives from the Fortune 500s, FTSE 100s and most of the top companies from across the world. Among them were Sri Lanka's Ranjith Pandithage, Eastman Narangoda, Sarath Ganegoda, Nalaka Edirisinghe and Yohan Soza. Dr. Vijith Kannangara making his acceptance speech, invited the audience to visit Sri Lanka and explore the many exciting investment opportunities the country has to offer. He cited Smart Media's Platinum Award and the 41 awards that his clients from Sri Lanka won that night, as a quality index of "Sri Lanka Inc." and an indication of prospects in store for those doing business with Sri Lanka.