The Management Board of Globe Trade Centre S.A. (“Company”) hereby informs that it received from GTC Real Estate Holding B.V. an information, in accordance with articles 7.1.1, 7.1.2 and 7.1.3 of the Articles of Association of Globe Trade Centre, on re-appointment of David Brush and Jan Slootweg as members of the Supervisory Board of the Company for a new term starting 5 May 2011.
David Brush graduated from the Economics Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1982. Following his graduation, he held a number of positions at the Deutsche Bank group. At the time of terminating his employment at the Deutsche Bank group in 2007, he was responsible for many of the bank’s real estate investments across Europe, as well as private equity investments worldwide. Currently, David Brush serves on the supervisory board of Pirelli Real Estate and acts in an advisory capacity for the Deutsche Bank group and for other investors with respect to projects related to the real estate market.
David Brush does not conduct any activities outside the Company’s enterprise which would be competitive with respect to the Company’s business, is not a partner in any competing civil law or commercial law partnership or a member of governing bodies of any corporation or any other legal entity which would be competitive with respect to the Company’s business and is not entered into the Registry of Insolvent Debtors held by the Registry Court.
Jan Slootweg qualified as a NIVRA Certified Public Accountant in Amsterdam and an RA (Registered Accountant). Jan Slootweg started his professional career with Deloitte & Touche in 1975, where he worked until 1986 as an assistant accountant and from 1986 to 1992, as a senior manager. In 1992–2001, he worked for Athlon Groep N.V. as an internal controller. In 2001–2006, he was member of the Management Board of Athlon Holding N.V., which was at that time listed on Euronext. His responsibilities included finance management and control and IT. After Athlon was delisted from Euronext, Jan Slootweg served as member of the Management Board of Athlon Car Lease International B.V., where he was responsible for control and risk management, as well as tax, legal and human resources matters. In June 2008, he joined the Kardan Group. In addition to being a Director at Kardan N.V., he also serves as a Director at various other companies within the Kardan Group, including GTC Real Estate N.V., Kardan Financial Services B.V. and Tahal Group B.V.
Jan Slootweg does not conduct any activities outside the Company’s enterprise which would be competitive with respect to the Company’s business, is not a partner in any competing civil law or commercial law partnership or a member of governing bodies of any corporation or any other legal entity which would be competitive with respect to the Company’s business and is not entered into the Registry of Insolvent Debtors held by the Registry Court.
Legal grounds: Legal grounds: §5 sec. 22 of the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 19 February 2009 concerning the submission of current periodical information by the securities' issuers and the conditions of recognizing as equal the information demanded by the national lawful regulation of a country which does not hold the membership in European Union.
Signed by:
Erez Boniel
Member of the Management Board
Witold Zatoński
Member of the Management Board