Link Real Estate Investment Trust : Notice of Listing on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited - U.S.$5,000,000,000 Guaranteed Euro Medium Term Note Programme of The Link Finance (Cayman) 2009 Limited

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NOTICE OF LISTING ON

THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONG KONG LIMITED

The Link Finance (Cayman) 2009 Limited

(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(as Issuer)

U.S.$5,000,000,000

Guaranteed Euro Medium Term Note Programme

guaranteed by

The Link Holdings Limited

(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

and

Link Properties Limited (領展物業有限公司)

(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

and

HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Asia) Limited (滙豐機構信託服務(亞洲)有限公司)

(incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

in its capacity as trustee, and with recourse limited to the assets,

of

Link Real Estate Investment Trust (領展房地產投資信託基金)

(a collective investment scheme authorised under section 104 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong))

(stock code: 823)

managed by

Link Asset Management Limited (領展資產管理有限公司)

(incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

in its capacity as manager of Link Real Estate Investment Trust

Arranger

HSBC Dealers

ANZ	Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited
BNP PARIBAS	Bank of America Merrill Lynch
China CITIC Bank International Limited	Citigroup
Daiwa Capital Markets Singapore Limited	DBS Bank Ltd.
Deutsche Bank	Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
HSBC
Mizuho Securities	Morgan Stanley
MUFG	OCBC Bank
SMBC Nikko	Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
UBS
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J.P. Morgan

Application has been made to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited for the listing of the U.S.$5,000,000,000 Guaranteed Euro Medium Term Note Programme (the Programme) of The Link Finance (Cayman) 2009 Limited within a period of 12 months from 25 January 2018 for professional investors (as defined in Chapter 37 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong) only, as described in the Offering Circular dated 25 January 2018. The listing of the Programme will become effective from 26 January 2018.

Hong Kong, 25 January 2018

As at the date of this notice:

• - the board of directors of The Link Finance (Cayman) 2009 Limited comprises:

  George Kwok Lung HONGCHOY

  Andy CHEUNG Lee Ming

• - the boards of directors of The Link Holdings Limited and Link Properties Limited, each comprises:

  George Kwok Lung HONGCHOY

  Andy CHEUNG Lee Ming

-the board of directors of Link Asset Management Limited comprises:

Chairman (also an Independent Non-Executive Director)

Nicholas Charles ALLEN

Executive Directors

George Kwok Lung HONGCHOY (Chief Executive Officer) Andy CHEUNG Lee Ming (Chief Financial Officer)

Non-Executive Director

Ian Keith GRIFFITHS

Independent Non-Executive Directors Ed CHAN Yiu Cheong

Blair Chilton PICKERELL Poh Lee TAN

May Siew Boi TAN Peter TSE Pak Wing Nancy TSE Sau Ling David Charles WATT Elaine Carole YOUNG

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