Dr Kong Weipeng, a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of the manager is appointed chairman of the Board, a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Nominating Committee.
Sonny Tan Hock Sun, an independent director of the manager is appointed as the Lead Independent Director, the Chairman of Nominating Committee, and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
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Lyu Guoliang, the Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of the manager is appointed as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
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Dr Cao Yong ceases to be the Lead Independent Director and relinquishes his designation as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee but continues as a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Sun Shu is appointed as the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and relinquishes his designation as Chairman of the Nominating Committee but continues as a member of the Nominating Committee.
Tan Huay Lim ceases to be a member of the Remuneration Committee.
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As at June 30, Dasin Retail Trust’s NAV stood at $1.46 compared to its last done price of 44 cents, giving a P/NAV of 0.3 times. Dasin Retail Trust’s unit price is down 44% year-to-date.
Despite the change in ownership of the manager, a change in ownership of the trust itself has yet to materialise.
At present, technical issues may be contributing to Dasin Retail Trust’s underperformance.
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Its current liabilities as at June 30 are temporarily high due to the re-classification of a $422.65 million offshore syndicated loan and a RMB375.15 million onshore syndicated term loan which are due on Dec 19.
Once these are termed out, and Sino-Ocean Capital takes control of the trust itself, in addition to the manager, investors’ sentiment could improve.
