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QHL - Queensgate Hotels and Leisure Limited - Restructure of the board of

Release Date: 26/10/2011 11:00
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QHL - Queensgate Hotels and Leisure Limited - Restructure of the board of directors and refocus of the business QUEENSGATE HOTELS AND LEISURE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 1998/013649/06) Share code: QHL ISIN Code: ZAE000113718 ("Queensgate" or "the company") RESTRUCTURE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND REFOCUS OF THE BUSINESS In compliance with section 3.59 of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, the board is pleased to announce the appointment of the following executive directors with effect from 31 October 2011: Mr Daryl Charles Ducasse (Chief Executive Officer) Mr Kenneth Dreyer Morison (Financial Director) Mr Jack Colin Human will change his role from executive chairman to non- executive chairman. Messrs Andrew John Hubbard and Holger Gunther Boy Friedrichsen have resigned from the board with effect from 31 October 2011. The board would like to thank Andrew and Holger for their service over the years, on-going support and commitment to Queensgate and facilitating the recent change in direction of the Company. The new appointees to the Board have been made pursuant to the Company signing an asset management agreement, which will involve, inter alia, the refocus and recapitalisation of Queensgate into profitable and cash flow generating activities, details of which will be announced in due course. The initial focus will be bringing the Company back up to date in terms of various compliance matters. Brief profiles of the new appointees are outlined below. Daryl Charles Ducasse As a commercial property practitioner with more than 22 years of trading, transaction advisory, finance and banking experience, Daryl is dedicated to the creation and preservation of client and shareholder wealth. He is an active equities, warrants and futures trader, with a keen focus on energy and resources. Daryl is responsible for overseeing the restructuring of Queensgate, and driving the implementation of strategy, transactions and growth. He serves on the board of Continuiti Real Estate Asset Management (Pty) Ltd and is a member of Merkurius Capital Solutions CC, a private client consulting firm. Kenneth Dreyer Morison ("Ken") B.Com, ACA, CA (SA) Ken completed his articles with Coopers & Lybrand and went on to become the Group Financial Director for TrenTyre (Pty) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of NYSE listed GoodYear Tire & Rubber Co. He is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, as well as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. Ken holds positions in a number of property owning companies, and is currently a director of Continuiti Real Estate Asset Management and a member of Merkurius Capital Solutions CC. Ken`s contributions to Queensgate comprise financial management and reporting, systems efficiency, improving profitability and overseeing transaction feasibilities. Johannesburg 26 October 2011 Designated Advisor Arcay Moela Sponsors (Proprietary) Limited Date: 26/10/2011 11:00:02 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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