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CCO - Capital & Counties Properties PLC - Appointment of non-executive director

Release Date: 03/06/2010 14:55
Code(s): JSE CCO
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CCO - Capital & Counties Properties PLC - Appointment of non-executive director and audit committee chairman Capital & Counties Properties PLC (Incorporated and registered in the United Kingdom and Wales with registration Number 07145041 and registered in South Africa as an external company with Registration Number 2010/003387/10) JSE code: CCO ISIN: GB00B62G9D36 CAPITAL & COUNTIES PROPERTIES PLC 3 June 2010 APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN The Board of Directors of Capital & Counties Properties PLC is pleased to announce the appointment of Henry Staunton as Non-Executive Director, effective 2 June 2010. In accordance with the intention set out in the Company`s Prospectus dated 12 March 2010, Henry Staunton will also be appointed as Chairman of the Audit Committee, effective 1 July 2010, at which point Ian Durant will step down from that committee. Henry Staunton was a Partner of Price Waterhouse in London for 12 years to 1993 when he was appointed Finance Director of Granada Group plc. He was Finance Director of Granada Media plc upon its IPO in 2000, and ITV plc until 2006. He is an experienced Non-Executive Director whose current appointments include Legal & General Group Plc and Merchants Trust PLC. Ian Durant, Chairman of Capital & Counties Properties PLC, commented: "Henry Staunton brings a wealth of experience to Capital & Counties. As a former audit firm Partner, a highly regarded Finance Director in the media, hotels and leisure sectors and an experienced Non-Executive Director we welcome him and look forward to his contribution to the board and to his role as Chair of the Audit Committee." ENDS For corporate enquiries please contact: Ruth Pavey, Company Secretary, Capital & Counties Properties PLC T: +44 (0)20 7887 7085 Wendy Baker, Hudson Sandler (UK) T: +44 (0)20 7796 4133 Nicholas Williams, College Hill (South Africa) T: +27 (0)114473030 Notes to Editors About Capital & Counties Properties PLC CAPITAL & COUNTIES PROPERTIES PLC is one of the largest companies that specialises in central London real estate and is a constituent of the FTSE-250 Index. CAPITAL & COUNTIES PROPERTIES PLC holds 3.5 million square feet of assets valued at GBP1.2 billion (as at 31 December 2009) in three landmark London estates: Covent Garden London, which has assets valued at GBP548 million, including the historic Market Building; Earls Court & Olympia Group and 50% of the Empress State building in Earls Court amounting to aggregate property assets of GBP434 million; and the Great Capital Partnership, a joint venture with Great Portland Estates, which holds a further GBP247 million of assets in London`s West End. The company demerged from Liberty International PLC (now Capital Shopping Centres Group PLC) in May 2010, and is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the JSE, Johannesburg. Sponsor: Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Limited Date: 03/06/2010 14:55:02 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.

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