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TIMES PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITED

時代地產控股有限公司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 1233)


APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND NOMINATION COMMITTEE



The Board is pleased to announce that Mr. Jin Qingjun has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company and members of the audit committee and nomination committee of the Company with effect from 28 October 2015.


This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.51(2) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the 'Listing Rules').


APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND NOMINATION COMMITTEE


Reference is made to the announcement of Times Property Holdings Limited (the 'Company') dated 3 August 2015 concerning the resignation of Dr. Wong, Kennedy, Ying Ho ('Dr. Wong') as an independent non-executive director of the Company and members of the audit committee and nomination committee of the Company.


Following the resignation of Dr. Wong, the board of the directors of the Company (the 'Board') is pleased to announce that Mr. Jin Qingjun ('Mr. Jin') has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company and members of the audit committee and nomination committee of the Company in place of Dr. Wong with effect from 28 October 2015.

Mr. Jin Qingjun, aged 58, is currently a senior partner of King & Wood Mallesons. His major areas of practice include securities, finance, investment, corporate, insolvency as well as foreign-related legal affairs. Mr. Jin has solid jurisprudence theory base and extensive legal practice experience. He has been adhering to work on major jobs in the past two decades, winning a higher reputation in the industry and among peers.


Mr. Jin is one of the first lawyers who are granted Security Qualification Certificate in the People's Republic of China (the 'PRC'), focusing on securities-related legal affairs for more than 20 years. Mr. Jin has previously worked as general counsel of Shenzhen Stock Exchange and a member of its Listing Supervisory Council, and he is currently a legal counsel for various financial institutions, securities companies, listed companies at home and abroad. In 2012, he was named as one of the Top 10 PRC Lawyers of the Year and PRC Securities Lawyer of the Year. Mr. Jin also serves as an independent director of Guotai Junan Securities Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, stock code: 601211) and independent director of Gemdale Corporation (a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, stock code: 600383), independent director of Tianjin Changrong Print and Packing Equipment Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, stock code: 300195) and Xi'an Dagang Road Machinery Co., Ltd (a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, stock code: 300103), a director of Konka Group Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, stock code: 000016, 200016), and external supervisor of China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, stock code: 3968; a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, stock code: 600036). Mr. Jin had been an independent non-executive director of China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd. (a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, stock code: 2039; a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, stock code: 000039).


Mr. Jin is the adjunct professor at China University of Political Science and Law and the School of Law, Renmin University of China; co-tutor for students of master's degree at the School of Law, Tsinghua University; Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration and Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, mediator of Shenzhen Securities and Futures Dispute Resolution Centre; and the PRC legal counsel of US Court of Appeals for the Washington D.C Circuit. Mr. Jin obtained his B.A. in English from Anhui University in 1982. He received his master's degree in International Law from China University of Political Science and Law in 1987. Mr. Jin also received a graduate diploma from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Kennedy School in 2009.

Save as disclosed in this announcement, Mr. Jin has not held any directorship in any listed public companies the securities of which are lised on any securities market in Hong Kong or overseas in the last three years. Mr. Jin is not a director of and does not hold any executive position in any member of the Group as at the date of this announcement. Mr. Jin does not have any relationship with any director, senior management or substantial or controlling shareholder of the Company and does not have interests in any shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).


Mr. Jin has entered into a letter of appointment with the Company with a term of three years and is entitled to an annual remuneration of HK$300,000. He is subject to retirement by rotation and re-election at the general meetings of the Company in accordance with the articles of association of the Company. His remuneration package was determined by the Board with reference to his duties and responsibilities, the Company's performance, prevailing market conditions and remuneration benchmarks in the industry.


There is no information to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements under Rule 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of the Listing Rules. There are no other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company pursuant to Rule 13.51(2)(w) of the Listing Rules.


The Board would like to take this opportunity to welcome Mr. Jin for joining the Board.



Hong Kong, 28 October 2015

By Order of the Board

Time Property Holdings Limited Shum Chiu Hung

Chairman


As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Mr. Shum Chiu Hung, Mr. Guan Jianhui, Mr. Bai Xihong, Mr. Li Qiang, Mr. Cen Zhaoxiong and Mr. Niu Jimin and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Ms. Sun Hui, Mr. Jin Qingjun and Mr. Wong Wai Man.

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