ARA LOGOS

Logistics Trust

Proposed Merger with ESR-REIT

15 October 2021

Important Notice

This presentation shall be read in conjunction with ARA LOGOS Logistics Trust's results announcements for the half year ended 30 June 2021.

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Where any information has been extracted or reproduced from published or otherwise publicly available sources (including the announcement dated 4 August 2021 released by the Sponsor in relation to the merger between the Sponsor and ARA Asset Management) or obtained from a named source (including ESR-REIT, the ESR-REIT Manager, the respective independent valuers engaged by the Manager and/or the ESR-REIT Manager), the sole responsibility of the directors of the Manager has been to ensure through reasonable enquiries that such information is accurately extracted from such sources or, as the case may be, reflected or reproduced in this presentation. The directors of the Manager do not accept any responsibility for any information relating to ESR-REIT and/or the ESR-REIT Manager or any opinion expressed by ESR-REIT, the ESR-REIT Manager and/or the abovementioned independent valuers.

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This presentation should be read in conjunction with the joint announcement released by ALOG and ESR-REIT on 15 October 2021 (in relation to the proposed merger of ALOG and ESR-REIT) (the "Joint Announcement") as well as the announcement released by ESR-REIT on 15 October 2021 (in relation to the proposed merger of ALOG and ESR-REIT) (together with the Joint Announcement, the "Announcements"). A copy of each of the Announcements is available on http://www.sgx.com.

The presentation is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read in conjunction with, the full text of the Announcements. In the event of any inconsistency or conflict between the Announcements and the information contained in this presentation, the Announcements shall prevail. All capitalised terms not defined in this presentation shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Joint Announcement.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1

Transaction Overview

2 Rationale and Benefits to Unitholders

3

Approvals Required

4

Indicative Timeline

5 Conclusion

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1TRANSACTION

OVERVIEW

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TRANSACTION OVERVIEW

Transaction Structure

Scheme Consideration

Permitted

Distributions

Enlarged REIT

Structure

  • ESR-REITto acquire all units of ARA LOGOS Logistics Trust ("ALOG") held by ALOG Unitholders via a Trust Scheme
  • Conditional upon the completion of ESR Cayman Ltd ("ESR") and ARA Asset Management Ltd ("ARA") merger to form ESR Group(1)
  • ALOG Unitholders will be entitled to the following cash and consideration units (collectively the "Scheme Consideration"):
    • S$0.095(2) in cash per unit (the "Cash Consideration"); and
    • 1.6765 new ESR-REIT units(3) per ALOG unit, issued at S$0.510 per unit(4) ("the "Consideration Units")
  • Based on the issue price of S$0.510 per ESR-REIT unit, the illustrative value of the Scheme Consideration is S$0.950(5) per unit which is in line with the 52-week high closing price for ALOG units
  • By way of illustration, if the Trust Scheme becomes effective in accordance with its terms, a Unitholder will receive S$95.00 in cash and 1,676 Consideration Units for every 1,000 units held as at the Books Closure Date
  • The ALOG Manager shall be entitled to announce, declare, pay or make distributions(6) to unitholders (the "Permitted Distributions") without any adjustment to the Scheme Consideration; Unitholders shall have the right to receive and retain the Permitted Distributions in additionto the Scheme Consideration
  • ALOG will be delisted and become a sub-trust of ESR-REIT
  • The Enlarged REIT ("ESR-LOGOSREIT") will continue to be managed by the ESR Group (including LOGOS)

Source: Company Information

Note: Unless stated otherwise, any reference to ESR Group's figures across this presentation assumes that the proposed merger between ESR Cayman and ARA Asset Management (including LOGOS) is completed

  1. Upon completion, ARA will hold 86.4% of LOGOS Property Group Limited ("LOGOS"). Refer to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange announcement dated 4 August 2021
  2. The aggregate Cash Consideration to be paid to each Unitholder shall be rounded to the nearest S$0.01
  3. The number of Consideration Units which each Unitholder will be entitled to pursuant to the Trust Scheme will be rounded down to the nearest whole number, and fractional entitlements shall be disregarded in the calculation of the aggregate Consideration Units to be issued to any Unitholder pursuant to the Trust Scheme
  4. 52-weekhigh closing price for ESR-REIT units

(5)

The illustrative value of the Scheme Consideration is subject to change based on market conditions

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(6)

Permitted Distributions include distributions that are declared, paid or made in the ordinary course of business in respect of the period from 1 July 2021 up to the day immediately before the effective date of the Trust Scheme

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