Jordan Securities Commission Holds a Workshop on the Instructions of Disclosure & Preparing Annual Reports

On Wednesday March 6.2013, Jordan Securities Commission (JSC) will hold a workshop in its headquarter concerning the “Instructions of Issuing Companies Disclosure, Accounting & Auditing Standards for the year 2004 & Preparing Annual Reports of Public Shareholding Companies”.

This aim of this workshop stems from the Commissions’ duties & responsibilities to spread the awareness & culture of investing in the securities market among all concerned parties. As well as, to stress the importance of disclosure & transparency to all listed companies in the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE).

The ‘Workshop’ will emphasize the importance of the Instructions of Disclosure for Public Shareholding Companies in the capital market & the exchange of ideas & suggestions with the representatives of these companies.  

Furthermore, the ‘Workshop’ will concentrate on proper methods to be used when preparing Annual reports. It will also indicate major mistakes of previous years Annual Reports & how to avoid this in the future. Moreover, it will deal with Periodic Data & Reports used as the main reference to any investment decision in the market & preparing these to cope with the Securities Law & the Instructions of Issuing Companies Disclosure, Accounting & Auditing Standards for the year 2004.