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In preparation for the Annual General Meeting, Unitholders are encouraged to refer to the SGX-ST’s investor
guides, namely “An Investor’s Guide to Reading Annual Reports” and “An Investor’s Guide to Preparing For
Annual General Meetings”. The guides, in both English and Chinese versions are available at the SGX website
via the link below:
http://www.sgx.com/wps/wcm/connect/sgx_en/home/individual_investor/investor_guide
Other matters of Corporate Governance and Additional Information
Dealing in Units
In accordance with Rule 1207 (19) of the SGX-ST Listing Manual, the Board of the Trustee-Manager has adopted
a policy and procedure for dealing in the Units of Forterra. The procedure requires directors of the Trustee-
Manager to submit an application form and seek prior written consent from the Chairman before trading in the
Units of Forterra. If provided with consent to deal, directors are reminded of their duties to notify the details of
the trade to the Trustee-Manager so that an appropriate announcement can be made to the SGX-ST. Copies of
such announcements can be found on the Forterra website. Details of the Director unitholdings can be found
on page 42 of the Annual Report.
In addition, the Property Manager has its own internal policy and procedure to ensure that staff request prior
written consent before dealing in the Units of Forterra. In addition, directors of the Trustee-Manager and staff of
the Property Manager are reminded of the prohibited period to trade prior to the release of the Trust’s results
and property valuation announcements. The prohibited period is one month prior to the announcement of the
annual results and property valuations, and two weeks prior to the announcement of the quarterly results.
This policy forms part of the procedures manual reviewed by the Board and Audit Committee as part of their
internal controls overview.
In accordance with Rule 1207 (19) (b), it is confirmed that the dealing policies of both the Directors and the
employees of the Property Manager do not permit trading of Units in Forterra on a short-term basis.
Both procedures ensure that there are no director or staff dealings during a prohibited period and that the
directors and staff are reminded of laws relating to insider trading.
Interested Person Transactions
The Board of the Trustee-Manager has established an internal control system to ensure that all future Interested
Person Transactions are undertaken on normal commercial terms and will not be prejudicial to the interests of
the Unitholders. For the purposes of Rule 907 of the SGX-ST Listing Manual, other than the transactions voted
on by the former shareholders of China Real Estate Opportunities Ltd, as disclosed in the Forterra Introductory
Document, there have been no Interested Person Transactions since the listing of Forterra on 21 June 2010 and
the year ended 31 December 2012.
Use of Private Placement Proceeds for the Financial Year ended 31 December 2012
There was no fund raisings during the year ended 31 December 2012.