Keppel REIT : Board appointment at Keppel REIT

Keppel REIT Management Limited (Keppel REIT Management), as Manager of Keppel REIT, today announces that Mr Loh Chin Hua (???), with his expanded responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer of Keppel Corporation, will take on the role of Advisor to the Board of Keppel REIT Management. He will relinquish his board seat to Mr Lim Kei Hin (???), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Keppel Land, who will be appointed Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Keppel REIT Management with effect from today.

Mr Loh Chin Hua, 52, is the CEO of Keppel Corporation as well as the Chairman of Keppel Land and Alpha  Investment Partners Limited (Alpha), the real estate fund management arm of Keppel Land. He has over 25 years of experience in real estate investing and funds management.

Prior to joining Alpha, Mr Loh was Managing Director at Prudential Investment Management Inc. where he led its Asian real estate fund management business. He was head of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation's (GIC) European real estate group in London before returning to head the Asian real estate group at GIC.

Mr Lim Kei Hin, 56, has been the CFO of Keppel Land Group since 2007. Prior to this, he was the CFO of Singapore Airport Terminal Services Limited. He has more than 20 years of diverse experience in different financial and general management roles in Singapore, the Philippines, Australia and the USA.

He is currently a Director in various subsidiary companies and associated companies of Keppel Land, including Keppel Thai Properties Public Company Limited, Keppel Philippines Properties, Inc., Keppel Land China Limited, and Alpha.

Mr Lim holds a Bachelor of Science (Economics) Degree in Accounting & Finance (Honours) from the London School of Economics & Political Science, UK.

With these new appointments, the Board of Keppel REIT Management will comprise a total of nine directors, of whom six are Independent Directors.

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About Keppel REIT (http://www.keppelreit.com)

Listed by way of an introduction on 28 April 2006, K-REIT Asia was renamed Keppel REIT on 15 October 2012. Keppel REIT is currently one of the largest real estate investment trusts listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited.

Keppel REIT's objective is to generate stable income and long-term growth for Unitholders by owning and investing in a portfolio of quality income-producing commercial real estate and real estate-related assets pan-Asia.

As at 1 August 2013, Keppel REIT has an asset size of approximately S$6.8 billion comprising ten premium commercial assets strategically located in the central business districts of Singapore, and key cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth in Australia.

In Singapore, Keppel REIT owns a 99.9% interest in Ocean Financial Centre, a one-third interest in Marina Bay Financial Centre Towers 1 and 2 and Marina Bay Link Mall, a one-third interest in One Raffles Quay, a 92.8% interest in Prudential Tower, and Bugis Junction Towers.

In Australia, Keppel REIT owns five premium commercial assets: a 50% interest in 8 Chifley Square and the office tower at 77 King Street, both in Sydney, a 50% interest in 8 Exhibition Street in Melbourne, a 50% interest in 275 George Street in Brisbane, as well as a 50% interest in the new office tower to be built on the site of the Old Treasury Building in Perth.

Keppel REIT is sponsored by Keppel Land Limited ("Keppel Land"), one of Asia's leading property developers, and managed by Keppel REIT Management Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Land.

For more information, please contact:

Media relations Ms Eileen Tan Senior Executive Group Corporate Communications Keppel Corporation Limited Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Investor relations Mr Ronald Tan Assistant Vice President Investor Relations & Research Keppel REIT Management Limited Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]