| ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF HEAD, INVESTMENTS & INVESTOR RELATIONS |
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| Name of Announcer * | CDL HOSPITALITY TRUSTS | | Company Registration No. | N.A. | | Announcement submitted on behalf of | CDL HOSPITALITY TRUSTS | | Announcement is submitted with respect to * | CDL HOSPITALITY TRUSTS | | Announcement is submitted by * | Enid Ling Peek Fong | | Designation * | Company Secretary, M&C REIT Management Limited (as manager of CDL Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust) and M&C Business Trust Management Limited (as trustee-manager of CDL Hospitality Business Trust) | | Date & Time of Broadcast | 31-Dec-2013 15:16:08 | | Announcement No. | 00074 |
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| Date of Appointment * | 31/12/2013 | | Name of person * | Ho Siang Twang | | Age * | 43 | | Country of principal residence * | Singapore | | The Board's comments on this appointment (including rationale, selection criteria, and the search and nomination process) * | The management of M&C Business Trust Management Limited, in its capacity as trustee-manager of CDL Hospitality Business Trust (HBT and as trustee-manager of HBT, the HBT Trustee Manager), proposed the appointment of Mr Ho Siang Twang as the Head, Investments & Investor Relations of the HBT Trustee Manager pursuant to the activation of HBT. HBT was previously dormant. In view of, inter alia, his qualifications and relevant past experience, including his current role as the Head, Investments & Investor Relations of the H-REIT Manager and his prior experience as the Director of Business Development of Millennium & Copthorne International Limited ("MCIL") where he was primarily responsible for evaluating hotel acquisition and development opportunities for MCIL, the Board of Directors of the HBT Trustee-Manager has approved the appointment of Mr Ho Siang Twang as the Head, Investments & Investor Relations of the HBT Trustee Manager. | | Whether appointment is executive, and if so, the area of responsibility * | The appointment is executive. His responsibility includes evaluating business opportunities, maintaining relations with the investment and research community, and assisting the Finance Team in corporate finance and treasury activities. | | Job Title (e.g. Lead ID, AC Chairman, AC Member etc.) | Head, Investments & Investor Relations of M&C Business Trust Management Limited | | Working experience and occupation(s) during the past 10 years * | 2009 to current Head, Investments & Investor Relations of M&C REIT Management Limited
2007 to 2009 Head, Investments of M&C REIT Management Limited
2006 Director of Business Development of Millennium & Copthorne International Limited
2004 to 2006 Strategic Planning and Fund Management Manager of ARA Trust Management (Suntec) Limited
1998 to 2004 Assistant Vice President of GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd
| | Interest * in the listed issuer and its subsidiaries * | NIL | | Familial relationship with any director and/or substantial shareholder of the listed issuer or of any of its principal subsidiaries * | NIL | | Conflict of interests (including any competing business) * | NIL |
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| Past (for the last 5 years) | NIL | | Present | Sunshine Hotels Australia Pty Ltd |
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| (a)* Whether at any time during the last 10 years, an application or a petition under any bankruptcy law of any jurisdiction was filed against him or against a partnership of which he was a partner at the time when he was a partner or at any time within 2 years from the date he ceased to be a partner? | No
| | (b)* Whether at any time during the last 10 years, an application or a petition under any law of any jurisdiction was filed against an entity (not being a partnership) of which he was a director or an equivalent person or a key executive, at the time when he was a director or an equivalent person or a key executive of that entity or at any time within 2 years from the date he ceased to be a director or an equivalent person or a key executive of that entity, for the winding up or dissolution of that entity or, where that entity is the trustee of a business trust, that business trust, on the ground of insolvency? | No
| | (c)* Whether there is any unsatisfied judgment against him? | No
| | (d)* Whether he has ever been convicted of any offence, in Singapore or elsewhere, involving fraud or dishonesty which is punishable with imprisonment, or has been the subject of any criminal proceedings (including any pending criminal proceedings of which he is aware) for such purpose? | No
| | (e)* Whether he has ever been convicted of any offence, in Singapore or elsewhere, involving a breach of any law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities or futures industry in Singapore or elsewhere, or has been the subject of any criminal proceedings (including any pending criminal proceedings of which he is aware) for such breach? | No
| | (f)* Whether at any time during the last 10 years, judgment has been entered against him in any civil proceedings in Singapore or elsewhere involving a breach of any law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities or futures industry in Singapore or elsewhere, or a finding of fraud, misrepresentation or dishonesty on his part, or he has been the subject of any civil proceedings (including any pending civil proceedings of which he is aware) involving an allegation of fraud, misrepresentation or dishonesty on his part? | No
| | (g)* Whether he has ever been convicted in Singapore or elsewhere of any offence in connection with the formation or management of any entity or business trust? | No
| | (h)* Whether he has ever been disqualified from acting as a director or an equivalent person of any entity (including the trustee of a business trust), or from taking part directly or indirectly in the management of any entity or business trust? | No
| | (i)* Whether he has ever been the subject of any order, judgment or ruling of any court, tribunal or governmental body, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from engaging in any type of business practice or activity? | No
| | (j)* Whether he has ever, to his knowledge, been concerned with the management or conduct, in Singapore or elsewhere, of the affairs of :- | | (i)* any corporation which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement governing corporations in Singapore or elsewhere; or | No
| | (ii)* any entity (not being a corporation) which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement governing such entities in Singapore or elsewhere; or | No
| | (iii)* any business trust which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement governing business trusts in Singapore or elsewhere; or | No
| | (iv)* any entity or business trust which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities or futures industry in Singapore or elsewhere, in connection with any matter occurring or arising during that period when he was so concerned with the entity or business trust? | No
| | (k)* Whether he has been the subject of any current or past investigation or disciplinary proceedings, or has been reprimanded or issued any warning, by the Monetary Authority of Singapore or any other regulatory authority, exchange, professional body or government agency, whether in Singapore or elsewhere? | No
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