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NOTICE OF BOOK CLOSURE DATE FOR DIVIDEND, DISTRIBUTION *

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Name of Announcer * KEPPEL CORPORATION LIMITED

Company Registration No. 196800351N

Announcement submitted on behalf of KEPPEL CORPORATION LIMITED

Announcement is submitted with respect to *

KEPPEL CORPORATION LIMITED

Announcement is submitted by * Caroline Chang/Kenny Lee

Designation * Company Secretaries

Date & Time of Broadcast 25-Jan-2013 19:27:20

Announcement No. 00127

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Dividend Value Payment Type Dividend Type Financial Year

End

Dividend Number Tax Exemption Clause

SGD 0.27 Per 1 Ordinary share

Tax Exempted (1- tier)

Final 31/12/2012 45 This dividend is paid under the one-tier corporate tax system and is exempt from Income Tax in Singapore in the hands of the

shareholders.

Corporate Action details (e.g. Rights

ratio, dividend ratio, tax rate, etc) *

FINAL DIVIDEND AND DIVIDEND IN SPECIE

Record Date * 26-04-2013

Record Time * 17:00

Date Paid/Payable (if applicable) 08-05-2013

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1/25/2013


NOTICE OF BOOKS CLOSURE DATE FOR FINAL DIVIDEND FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31
DECEMBER 2012 & DIVIDEND IN SPECIE
FINAL DIVIDEND
The Board of Directors of Keppel Corporation Limited ("KCL" or the "Company") is recommending a final dividend of 27 cents per share tax exempt one-tier in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2012. The final dividend is subject to shareholders' approval at the Annual General Meeting of the Company ("AGM") to be held on 19 April 2013 and, if approved, will be paid on 8 May 2013.
DIVIDEND IN SPECIE
The Company is proposing a dividend in specie of up to 366,606,000 units in Keppel REIT ("Keppel REIT Units") currently held through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Keppel Real Estate Investment Pte. Ltd. ("KREI"), to entitled shareholders of the Company ("Entitled Shareholders") on the basis of one (1) Keppel REIT Unit for every five (5) ordinary shares in the Company (the "Proposed Distribution").
The Proposed Distribution is subject to shareholders' approval at an Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") to be convened on the same date as the AGM. If so approved at the EGM, Entitled Shareholders are expected to receive Keppel REIT Units on 8 May 2013.
For more information, please refer to the announcement titled "Proposed Dividend in Specie of
Units in Keppel REIT" released on SGXNET on 24 January 2013.
A circular to Shareholders (the "Circular") in relation to the Proposed Distribution, together with a notice of the EGM to be convened, will be despatched to Shareholders in due course.
NOTICE OF BOOKS CLOSURE DATE
Subject to the approval of shareholders for the final dividend at the AGM, and for the Proposed Distribution at the EGM, both of which will be held on 19 April 2013, notice is hereby given that the Share Transfer Books and Register of Members of the Company will be closed from 5.00 p.m. on 26 April 2013 to determine the entitlement of shareholders to the final dividend and the Proposed Distribution ("Books Closure Date").
Duly completed transfers in respect of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company ("KCL Shares") received by the Company's Registrar, B.A.C.S. Private Limited, at 63 Cantonment Road, Singapore 089758 up to 5.00 p.m. on 26 April 2013 will be registered to determine shareholders' entitlement to the proposed final dividend and Proposed Distribution.
In respect of KCL Shares deposited in the securities accounts with The Central Depository (Pte) Limited ("CDP"), the final dividend will be paid by the Company to CDP which will, in turn distribute the entitlements to the final dividend to CDP account holders. Depositors who are entitled to the Keppel REIT Units are expected to receive Keppel REIT Units in their CDP securities accounts on 8 May 2013.
Entitled shareholders holding physical share certificates of the Company ("Scrip-based Shareholders") who wish to have Keppel REIT Units credited to their Securities Accounts pursuant to the Proposed Distribution should deposit with CDP their physical share certificates of the Company together with the duly executed instruments of transfer in favour of CDP no later than 5.00 p.m. on 10 April 2013.
Scrip-based Shareholders should note that they will not be able to trade in such Keppel REIT Units on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited ("SGX-ST") unless they open Securities Accounts with CDP for such Keppel REIT Units to be held by CDP and recorded as such in the Register of Unitholders maintained by Boardroom Corporate & Advisory Services Pte. Ltd. (a member of Boardroom Limited), the Unit Registrar and Unit Transfer Office of Keppel REIT. Scrip-based Shareholders are therefore encouraged to open Securities Accounts with the CDP.
In the case of Scrip-based Shareholders who have not opened their Securities Account with CDP, the Unit Registrar and Unit Transfer Office will send to each such Scrip-based Shareholder at his address as recorded in the Register of Members a confirmation note indicating the number of K-REIT Units he is entitled to and his entitlements shall be recorded in the Register of Unitholders.
By Order of the Board

Caroline Chang / Kenny Lee

Company Secretaries

25 January 2013

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