Appointment to the
Supervisory Board of Klépierre

Paris - January 15, 2013

The Supervisory Board of Klépierre held on December 20th 2012, has coopted Mrs Catherine SIMONI as a member of the Supervisory Board, and has been admitted as an independent director, in compliance with the recommendations of the AFEP/Medef Code. This appointment will be submitted to a ratification by the next general shareholders' meeting to be held on April 11th, 2013.

Mrs Catherine SIMONI will be replacing Mr Jérôme Bédier, who resigned in May 2012. Her mandate shall run until the shareholders' meeting that will approve the accounts for the year 2013.

Mrs Catherine SIMONI is a Managing Director at Carlyle Group and is currently managing the French Real Estate portfolio.

Following this appointment, the Supervisory Board of Klépierre is composed of the following members:

  • Mr David SIMON, Chairman
  • Mr Vivien LÉVY-GARBOUA, Vice Chairman
  • Mrs Dominique AUBERNON
  • Mr Bertrand de FEYDEAU*
  • Mr Steven FIVEL
  • Mr Bertrand JACQUILLAT*
  • Mr François KAYAT
  • Mrs Catherine SIMONI*
  • Mrs Marie-Rose VAN LERBERGHE*

*Independent director

Catherine SIMONI joined Carlyle Group 12 years ago in Real-Estate. Catherine SIMONI was previously a Director at SARI Development, the development division of Nexity, where she was responsible for implementing business plans on several major French office developments, including leasing and sale of such developments. Prior to SARI Development, Catherine was a Manager at Robert & Finestate, a subsidiary of J.E. Robert Company, where she worked on transactions in real estate and real estate-backed loan portfolios in France, Spain, Belgium and Italy.
Catherine SIMONI, 48 years-old, graduate in Engineering from University of Nice, France.

AGENDA01/31/2013        2012 Annual earnings (press release after market close)

 

04/11/2013        General meeting of shareholders

 

KLÉPIERRE
Vanessa FRICANO / vanessa.fricano@klepierre.com:
mailto:vanessa.fricano@klepierre.com
Tel: + 33 1 40 67 52 24
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Tel: + 33 1 40 67 53 08 		DDB FINANCIAL
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Tel: +33 1 53 32 61 51

About Klépierre

A leading player in retail real estate in Europe, Klépierre combines development, rental, property and asset management skills. Its portfolio is valued at 16.4 billion euros on June 30, 2012 and comprises 265 shopping centers in 13 countries of Continental Europe (92.9%), retail properties via its listed subsidiary Klémurs (3.8%) and offices buildings in Paris (3.2%). Klépierre holds a controlling stake in Steen & Strøm (56.1%), Scandinavia's number one shopping center owner and manager.
Klépierre's largest shareholder is the Simon Property Group (28.9%), world leader in the shopping center industry, along with BNP Paribas (22.5%), the number one bank in the Euro zone.
Klépierre is a French REIT (SIIC) listed on Euronext ParisTM and is included into the SBF 80, EPRA Euro Zone and GPR 250 indexes. Klépierre is also included in several ethical indexes - DJSI World, FTSE4Good, ASPI Euro Zone - and is a member of both Ethibel Excellence and Ethibel Pioneer investment registers. This distinction marks the Group's commitment to a voluntary sustainable development policy.

For more information, visit our website: www.klepierre.com:
http://www.klepierre.com/

PR UK: 20130115_UK_C_SIMONI_VDEF.pdf:
http://hugin.info/155397/R/1670653/542955.pdf


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