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april 2012 Sustainable Development Category developments, such as its fl agship of the Federation Internationale des MBC and VivoCity. Mapletree Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT) Administrateurs de Bien-Conseils also made other cash and in-kind expanded its presence in South Immobiliers Prix d’Excellence contributions such as venue Korea with the acquisition of (FIABCI) Awards. MBC was sponsorships to further nurture the two cold storage warehouses also awarded the Building and local arts, cultural and design scene. for KRW63.5 billion. Located in Construction Authority (BCA) Gyeonggi-do, the largest logistics Construction Excellence Awards Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT) cluster in South Korea, these under the category for commercial/ secured a S$50 million build-to-suit properties marked MLT’s maiden mixed development buildings. (BTS) project for Kulicke and Soffa entry into South Korea’s growing (K&S) to develop its new global cold storage warehouse market. Mapletree was conferred the Patron headquarters in . This of the Arts Award by the National strengthens the partnership between may 2012 Arts Council for its efforts to promote MIT and K&S, and underscores MIT’s artistic endeavours in Singapore. real estate development capabilities. Mapletree Business City (MBC) A strong supporter of the arts, the The groundbreaking ceremony was received international recognition Group seeks to differentiate itself held in May 2012 and the facility for its sustainable design when it from other real estate developers is expected to be completed in the emerged as runner-up in the by infusing art installations within second half of 2013. 28

june 2012 units and penthouses, 1.88 million sq ft of prime market position in South Korea with quality Grade-A offi ce space and a retail podium called and strategically located assets. Mapletree successfully established a The Heart that provides shopping and lifestyle US$3 billion Euro Medium Term Note amenities. The offi ce component will feature Fitch Ratings affi rmed MIT’s Issuer Default Programme. The Programme increased two levels of 100,000-sq ft offi ce fl oor plates, Rating at ‘BBB+’ with a Stable Outlook. Mapletree’s access to international debt one of the largest in Asia. The rating is supported by MIT’s granular capital markets outside the USA, further industrial property portfolio across Singapore diversifying and broadening the Group’s august 2012 with a diverse tenant base, stable operating funding sources to support its business performance, high occupancy rates, adequate growth. Subsequently in July 2012, debt service coverage and an experienced Mapletree issued S$600 million 5.125% management team. perpetual securities under the Programme. Well-received by investors, the order book MIT issued S$45 million in principal amount of for the securities was over S$4 billion, or 3.65% Fixed Rate Notes due 2022, the second over six times covered, with participation issuance under its S$1 billion Multicurrency from more than 100 investors. Medium Term Note Programme established in 2011. A rating of ‘BBB+’ had been assigned to Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd. the Notes by Fitch Ratings. (MLTM) was ranked 45th of Singapore’s Top 100 Brands by Brand Finance, a leading independent Mapletree was named Best Industrial/Warehouse intangible asset and brand valuation consultancy, Developer in Singapore at Euromoney’s Real MZILP Groundbreaking up from 110th position in 2011. MLTM’s brand Estate Awards. The awards are based on value grew to US$123 million, jumping fi ve-fold Mapletree celebrated the groundbreaking of the results of an annual survey of real estate from 2011. Mapletree Zhengzhou International Logistics developers, advisors, investment managers, Park (MZILP) in Henan, China. Comprising four corporate end-users and banks worldwide. blocks of single-storey warehouses with a GFA of 81,000 square metres (sqm) to be developed Underscoring Mapletree’s commitment to on about 133,000 sqm of land, MZILP will be sustainable practices and creating eco-friendly a Grade-A logistics facility designed with good spaces, HarbourFront Centre emerged as the building specifi cations. winner in the Retrofi tted Category, whilst MBC was second runner-up in the New and Existing Mapletree Commercial Trust (MCT) Category of the ASEAN Energy Awards 2012 – successfully set up a S$1 billion Multicurrency Energy Effi cient Building Competition. Medium Term Note Programme and subsequently issued S$160 million in principal VivoCity Nanhai in South China secured its fi rst amount of 3.60% Medium Term Notes due batch of anchor tenants, with UA Cinemas and MLT's fi rst redevelopment project – Mapletree Benoi 2020 under the Programme. As at 21 August LOTUS Hypermarket signing their leases at the Logistics Hub 2012, Moody’s had assigned a defi nitive rating marketing launch of the four-storey retail mall. of ‘Baa2’ to the Notes, similar to MCT’s long- Both tenants will take up 25% of the mall’s july 2012 term Issuer Rating, and a provisional (P)Baa2 115,000-sqm GFA. VivoCity Nanhai is the rating to the Programme1. retail component of the mixed-use Nanhai As the Project Manager for , Business City. Mapletree Project Management Pte Ltd september 2012 celebrated the groundbreaking of the integrated october 2012 development at Singapore’s new Central Business MLT acquired Hyundai Logistics Centre District (CBD) at Marina South. Jointly owned in Gyeonggi-do of South Korea for MLT announced the appointment of 60:40 by Khazanah Nasional Berhad and KRW22.5 billion. Comprising two blocks Ms Ng Kiat, who succeeded Mr Richard Temasek Holdings, Marina One spans a gross of three-storey dry warehouses with good Lai as Chief Executive Offi cer. Prior to the fl oor area (GFA) of 3.67 million square feet building specifi cations, the acquisition is in appointment, Ms Ng was Mapletree’s Chief (sq ft). It comprises two towers of 1,042 luxury line with MLT’s objective to strengthen its Investment Offi cer, South East Asia. residences ranging from one- to four-bedroom

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january 2013 within Singapore’s CBD, to MCT for a total initial portfolio consisted of Festival Walk in consideration of S$680 million. This was Hong Kong SAR and Gateway Plaza in Beijing, Mapletree celebrated the groundbreaking of MCT’s maiden acquisition since its public China. MGCCT’s investment strategy focuses South Station Enterprise City in Sanshan New listing in 2011. To part fi nance the acquisition, on investing, directly or indirectly, in a diversifi ed City in Foshan, China. Sited midway between MCT carried out a private placement to issue portfolio of income-producing real estate in Guangzhou and Foshan, Sanshan New City is 192,308,000 new units at S$1.17 per new unit. Greater China used primarily for commercial being developed into a fi nancial and commercial The placement was approximately 2.9 times purposes (including real estate used centre as part of the integration of the two cities. over-subscribed and saw strong participation predominantly for retail and/or offi ce purposes), The development will comprise 23 blocks of from new and existing institutional investors. as well as real estate-related assets. offi ce space with supporting retail and amenities. With a GFA of 500,000 sqm, it will be the fi rst Jaya Shopping Centre, a redeveloped seven- The Group celebrated the groundbreaking of and largest premium business development to storey neighbourhood mall managed by Mapletree Minhang Development Project in be built within the Guangzhou South Railway CIMB-Mapletree Real Estate Fund 1, Shanghai. Spanning a total GFA of 297,000 sqm, Station Economic Circle. signed agreements with 12 new anchor the mixed-use commercial centre incorporates and key tenants prior to its soft opening two signature Mapletree brands – MBC and MLT made further headway into the China scheduled on the fourth quarter of 2013. VivoCity. Within the development, MBC will market with the acquisition of Mapletree As at end December 2012, the mall has comprise seven blocks of Grade-A offi ce Wuxi Logistics Park (MWLP) from its sponsor, secured tenancy commitments for 54% space, complemented by quality facilities and Mapletree. Purchased at the price of of its 25,084 sqm of net lettable area (NLA). green, sustainable features, while VivoCity will RMB116 million, MWLP is a quality logistics house an exciting retail mix of over 280 shops, park with a GFA of 45,000 sqm developed on Completed in February 2013, MENARA CIMB including a hypermarket and a cinema, and will approximately 68,000 sqm of leasehold land. is a 41-storey Grade-A offi ce building with a also feature Shanghai’s largest rooftop garden. NLA of 56,578 sqm and 10 levels of carpark. february 2013 Located at KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur, the MIT signed an agreement to develop a new freehold property was designed to meet the data centre for Equinix in Singapore. The standards of Singapore’s BCA Green Mark S$108 million BTS development has an Gold and Malaysia’s Green Building Index. estimated GFA of 385,000 sq ft and is CIMB Investment Bank will be the anchor located in Southwest Singapore within the tenant taking up 20 fl oors and 70% of NLA. one-north development. The seven-storey high-specifi cation building will be Equinix’s Mapletree celebrated the topping-out of third data centre in Singapore to meet strong VivoCity Nanhai in Foshan, China which is demand for data centre services. This is MIT’s scheduled to open by 1Q 2014. second data centre development and the second BTS project secured in the fi nancial Expected to be completed in 2017, the design year. The facility is slated for completion in of Marina One was unveiled in the presence the second half of 2014. of Singapore’s Prime Minister and the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.

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Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust (MGCCT), Mapletree’s fourth real estate investment trust (REIT), was successfully listed on the Singapore Exchange on 7 March 2013. Mapletree Anson Priced at S$0.93 per unit, the initial public Mapletree completed the divestment of offering (IPO) was 29.5 times subscribed and Mapletree Anson, a 19-storey Grade-A raised more than S$1.6 billion, making it the premium offi ce building strategically located largest REIT IPO in Singapore to date. MGCCT’s Artist's impression of Equinix data centre