Hospitality Property Fund Limited announced that independent non-executive director, Mrs. ZN Malinga, who is due to retire by rotation at the upcoming annual general meeting of the company, expected to be held on 18 October 2018, has informed the company of her intention to retire from the board of directors of Hospitality ("the Board") with effect from 18 October 2018, due to increased business commitments and will accordingly not offer herself for re-election. She will, however, continue to server on the Board until such date. Shareholders are further advised that Mr. MH Ahmed has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Hospitality with effect from 14 August 2018. Mr. Ahmed is a businessman who has served on the boards of various listed companies, including as an alternate director for MTN. He is currently an independent non-executive director for both Montauk Holdings and Deneb Investments, where he also serves as the Chair of the audit, risk and remuneration committees and is the founder of the Gallagher Charitable Trust.