FORTRESS REIT LIMITED - Change to the board of directors and change in function of director
Change to the board of directors and change in function of director
FORTRESS REIT LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 2009/016487/06)
JSE share codes: FFA ISIN: ZAE000248498
FFB ISIN: ZAE000248506
LEI code: 378900FE98E30F24D975
Bond Company code: FORI
(Approved as a REIT by the JSE)
(“Fortress”)
CHANGE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CHANGE IN FUNCTION OF DIRECTOR
Shareholders are referred to the SENS announcement published on 5 March 2020 wherein it was announced
that Dr Iraj Abedian, Fortress’ independent non-executive chairperson, had indicated his intention to
retire from the board by the end of the financial year.
Shareholders are advised Dr Abedian will retire as Fortress’ independent non-executive chairperson with
effect from 30 June 2020, having served on the board and as chairperson of Fortress since 1 December 2015.
The board of directors of Fortress expresses its appreciation for Iraj’s valuable contribution over the
years and wishes him well with his future endeavours.
Robin Lockhart-Ross has accordingly been appointed as independent non-executive chairperson of Fortress
with effect from 1 July 2020. He was appointed to the board of Fortress as an independent non-executive
director on 2 July 2018 and during his tenure has chaired the risk committee, the audit committee and
the special subcommittee. Robin also serves as an independent non-executive director and chairperson of
the board of Trematon Capital Investments Limited and an independent non-executive director of Heriot
REIT Limited.
Following his appointment as independent non-executive chairperson of Fortress, Robin will step down as
chair of the audit committee. A further announcement in respect of the reconstitution of the board
committees will be released on SENS in due course.
29 June 2020
Lead sponsor
Java Capital
Joint sponsor
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking
Date: 29-06-2020 09:43:00
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