Tihama Advertising & Public Relations Company was established in 1975 and has holdings in a number of local and international affiliates operating in the fields of advertising and public relations. It is 100 per cent owned by private investors.

Investments include an 89 per cent stake in United Advertising Company, a 99 per cent share in Tihama Distribution and 89 per cent stake in Tihama al-Mona International. Other major investments include Watan Agency (75 per cent), Image (65 per cent), Intermarkets of Dubai (51 per cent), Art Median (50 per cent) and Advertising Material Manufacturing (35 per cent).

The company was consistently profitable in 1992-95, but recorded losses in the financial years ending March 1996 and March 1997. At an extraordinary general meeting held in the last week of September 1997, Abdulaziz Abdulkader was appointed as chairman following the resignation from the board of Saleh Kamel, one of the company's major shareholders.

The shareholders also voted to reduce the number of directors to nine from 14.Figures for 1997 show that sales fell sharply, but losses were eliminated. A net profit of SR 2.8 million ($750,000) was recorded in the year.

No dividend has been paid since the middle of the 1990s.

Individuals	N/A
Institutions	N/A
Floating	N/A
Government	N/A

	2003	2002	1999
Total Assets	316,289	333,790	316,026
Shareholder's Equity	182,239	176,049	162,161
NIAT	6,190	5,085	634
Dividends	9,000	N/A	N/A

	2003	2002	1999
Assets Growth	-5.24%	5.62%	21.17%
Earning Growth	21.74%	702.00%	-77.47%
ROaA	1.90%	1.57%	0.22%
ROaE	3.46%	5.78%	0.42%
No. Of Shares	3,000,000	3,000,000	3,000,000
EPS	2.06	1.69	0.21
EPS Growth	21.74%	702.00%	-77.47%
Payout Ratio	145.394	N/A	N/A

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