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View Annual Report FOCUSED VISION DYNAMIC EXECUTION ANNUAL REPORT 2016 FOCUSED VISION DYNAMIC EXECUTION CONTENTS 2 VISION, MISSION AND FCL GROUP STRATEGIES 3 FCL GROUP AT A GLANCE 6 OUR GLOBAL PRESENCE 8 OUR MILESTONES 10 GROUP STRUCTURE 11 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 12 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 18 GROUP MANAGEMENT 23 CORPORATE INFORMATION 24 CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT 27 GROUP CEO’S STATEMENT 30 BUSINESS REVIEW • SINGAPORE The Frasers Centrepoint group of companies has always shared common ground, in which each entity is built on the foundations • AUSTRALIA of integrity and excellence – key values that continue to guide • HOSPITALITY every aspect of our business operations today. Inspired by our heritage, this year’s annual report features a repeat motif of our • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS logo identity, to reference the Group’s ability to build on these 68 INVESTOR RELATIONS values to strengthen our industry position and deliver sustainable 70 returns to our shareholders. TREASURY HIGHLIGHTS 72 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT Frasers Centrepoint Limited (FCL) kept its focus on its strategic objectives. FCL’s business strategies in FY2015/16 remain 131 AWARDS AND ACCOLADES centred around achieving sustainable growth via our core 134 ENTERPRISE-WIDE RISK strategies of growing overseas earnings, strengthening our MANAGEMENT recurring income base and improving capital productivity. As markets evolve and conditions change, the dynamic 137 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE execution of these strategies will be key to FCL’s ability to REPORT continue delivering on its strategic objectives. 166 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FCL’s commendable performance this year is testament to the 304 PARTICULARS OF GROUP effectiveness of our core strategies. By building on our strong PROPERTIES foundations, FCL remains well-positioned to weather headwinds 326 INTERESTED PERSON and deliver long-term value to our shareholders. TRANSACTIONS 327 SHAREHOLDING STATISTICS On the front cover (from top): 357 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia • Fraser Suites Edinburgh, UK • Rhodes Corporate Park, Rhodes, New South Wales, 329 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL Australia • Watertown, Singapore MEETING PROXY FORM All figures in this Annual Report are in Singapore dollars unless otherwise specified. FCL FACT SHEET VISION MISSION To be our Creating value stakeholders’ real through space estate company for today and of choice tomorrow FCL GROUP STRATEGIES SUSTAINABLE EARNINGS GROWTH Achieve sustainable earnings growth through significant development project pipeline, investment properties and fee income BALANCED PORTFOLIO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE Grow asset portfolio in a GROWTH AND balanced manner across DELIVER LONG-TERM geographies and property SHAREHOLDER VALUE segments OPTIMISE CAPITAL PRODUCTIVITY Optimise capital productivity through REIT platforms and active asset management initiatives FRASERS CENTREPOINT LIMITED & SUBSIDIARIES 2 FCL GROUP AT A GLANCE Frasers Centrepoint Limited is a full-fledged through our Singapore-listed REIT platforms, allow international real estate company and one of us to generate quality earnings throughout the entire Singapore’s top property companies. We invest real estate value chain. Combined with our financial in, develop and manage properties through three and operational discipline, and the thoughtful strategic business units – Singapore, Australia and execution of our strategies, we aim to deliver value Hospitality. Our business in Singapore, where we to our stakeholders and the communities we serve. are listed and have our roots, focuses on residential, commercial and retail properties, while our Australia We have a clear vision of the path ahead. Our business has an additional focus on industrial experienced management team, proven expertise properties. Our Hospitality business, meanwhile, in multiple asset classes, and sound financials, owns and/or operates serviced apartments and mean we are well equipped to continue growing hotels in more than 80 cities across Asia, Australia, and creating innovative real estate solutions for today Europe, and the Middle East. Over the years, we and tomorrow. have developed an intimate knowledge of our core businesses. We also have a presence in our selected secondary markets of China, Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom, in which we invest in, and develop TOTAL ASSETS ($’M) properties, through our International Business arm. 2016 24,204 We are bound by a common objective across our diverse geographic footprint – to develop real places 2015 23,067 for real people. Places that are inclusive, where 2014 21,291 young and old alike can live, work and play. We are proud of the contribution we make to the cities we 2013 12,847 operate in, from providing homes for families and 2012 10,357 accommodation for travellers, to efficient spaces that allow businesses to thrive and malls that serve the 2011 9,808 needs of local communities. 2010 9,567 Our diverse portfolio, active management of assets 2009 10,112 across segments and geographies, and ability to 2008 9,860 strike the right balance between development, income-yielding assets and optimising capital 2007 9,127 PROFIT BEFORE INTEREST AND TAXATION ($’M) 1,104.8 938.2 765.0 704.4 564.5 580.0 434.1 443.0 399.0 390.2 ANNUAL REPORT 2016 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 3 FCL GROUP AT A GLANCE Northpoint City, Singapore Discovery Point, Wolli Creek, New South Wales, Australia SINGAPORE AUSTRALIA Frasers Centrepoint’s Singapore portfolio comprises FCL’s businesses in Australia comprise Frasers two main divisions, namely the Development Property Australia (FPA) and Frasers Logistics & Properties and Commercial Properties divisions. Industrial Trust (FLT). The Development Properties division focuses on FPA (incorporating Australand from August 2014) residential and commercial property development. is one of Australia’s leading property groups, Under its Frasers Centrepoint Homes brand, it has having been involved in property development built and sold more than 17,000 homes in Singapore, since 1924. With offices in Sydney, Melbourne, with five residential and mixed-use projects under Brisbane and Perth, its current operations are development (including joint-venture projects). focused on investment in income-producing office and industrial properties, commercial and industrial Meanwhile, the Commercial Properties division owns property development and management and and/or manages 12 shopping malls in Singapore residential development (including land, housing and under the Frasers Centrepoint Malls brand and apartments). 10 office and business space properties in Singapore and Australia. SGX-ST-listed Frasers Centrepoint Trust FLT is the largest initial pure-play Australian industrial (FCT) and Frasers Commercial Trust (FCOT) hold six REIT in Singapore. It has a portfolio comprising of the malls and six of the office and business spaces 53 industrial properties valued at approximately respectively. $1.7 billion as at 30 September 2016. FRASERS CENTREPOINT LIMITED & SUBSIDIARIES 4 Malmaison Manchester, UK Baitang One, Suzhou, China HOSPITALITY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FCL’s hospitality business comprises Frasers The International Business unit comprises FCL’s Hospitality (FH) and Frasers Hospitality Trust (FHT). investments in China, the United Kingdom (UK), Vietnam and Thailand. FH has interest in and/or manages Gold-Standard serviced, hotel residences and boutique lifestyle hotels China has been an important market for FCL since it across Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. built its first residential development – the 452-unit Jingan Four Seasons in Shanghai – in 2001. To date, Conceived with the lifestyle preferences of today’s FCL, through Frasers Property China, has developed discerning business and leisure travellers in mind, close to 8,000 homes in China. It has three projects FH has three Gold-Standard serviced residences currently under development – residential projects in offerings – Fraser Suites, Fraser Place and Fraser Suzhou and Shanghai, and an industrial/logistics park Residence, a modern and stylish brand, Modena by in Chengdu. Fraser, and a design-led hotel residence brand, Capri by Fraser. In addition, FH operates the UK boutique FCL made its first foray into the UK in 2000 with hotel brands of Malmaison and Hotel du Vin. the development of Annandale House. Since then, Frasers Property UK has built over 600 homes On track to achieve its target of 30,000 units by 2019, and marketed various residential and mixed-use FH’s current global portfolio, including those in the developments. It is currently developing three pipeline, stands at over 23,400 units in 140 properties projects in London. located in more than 80 cities worldwide. In Vietnam, FCL entered into a conditional FHT is the first global hotel and serviced apartment agreement to acquire a 70% stake in a joint venture trust to be listed on the SGX-ST. FHT currently has with local partners to develop a residential-cum- 14 quality properties strategically located across key commercial project on a one-hectare prime site in Ho gateway cities in Asia, Australia, the United Kingdom Chi Minh City. FCL also has a 75% interest in Me Linh and Germany. Point, a 22-storey retail/office building in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. In Thailand, FCL has a 35.6% stake in the Golden Land Property Development Public Company Limited (Golden Land), which is listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. Golden Land’s portfolio comprises residential and commercial property development, ANNUAL REPORT 2016 as well as property management and
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