CITY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

(Co. Reg. No. 196300316Z)

(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)

RESULTS OF RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT THE 61ST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF CITY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED HELD ON 24 APRIL 2024

The Board of Directors (the "Board") of City Developments Limited (the "Company") wishes to announce that at the Company's 61st Annual General Meeting held today, 24 April 2024 ("61st AGM"), all resolutions referred to in the Notice of the 61st AGM dated 26 March 2024 were duly passed based on the proxy votes cast which have been reviewed by the polling agent and verified by the scrutineers.

(a) The results of the votes cast in respect of each of the resolutions are set out below:

FOR

AGAINST

Total

As a

As a

number of

percentage

percentage

shares

Resolution number and details

of total

of total

represented

Number of

Number of

number of

number of

by votes for

shares

votes for

shares

votes for

and against

and against

and against

the relevant

the

the

resolution

resolution

resolution

(%)

(%)

Ordinary Business - Ordinary Resolutions

Resolution 1

Receipt of the Directors'

600,148,009

598,303,731

99.69%

1,844,278

0.31%

Statement, Audited Financial

Statements and the Auditors'

Report thereon

Resolution 2

Declaration of a Final Ordinary

600,355,403

600,273,703

99.99%

81,700

0.01%

Dividend

Resolution 3

Approval of Directors' Fees of up

600,302,203

600,086,159

99.96%

216,044

0.04%

to $2,000,000 for the financial

year ending 31 December 2024

Resolution 4(a)

Re-election of Mr Kwek Leng

597,947,931

565,945,421

94.65%

32,002,510

5.35%

Beng as a Director retiring in

accordance with Clause 83(a) of

the Constitution of the Company

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CITY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED (Co. Reg. No. 196300316Z)

FOR

AGAINST

Total

As a

As a

number of

percentage

percentage

shares

Resolution number and details

of total

of total

represented

Number of

Number of

number of

number of

by votes for

shares

votes for

shares

votes for

and against

and against

and against

the relevant

the

the

resolution

resolution

resolution

(%)

(%)

Ordinary Business - Ordinary Resolutions (cont'd)

Resolution 4(b)

Re-election of Mr Sherman Kwek

600,343,403

599,275,109

99.82%

1,068,294

0.18%

Eik Tse as a Director retiring in

accordance with Clause 83(a) of

the Constitution of the Company

Resolution 4(c)

Re-election of Mr Lee Jee Cheng

599,847,421

589,130,388

98.21%

10,717,033

1.79%

Philip as a Director retiring in

accordance with Clause 83(a) of

the Constitution of the Company

Resolution 4(d)

Re-election of Ms Chan Swee

600,310,503

581,372,497

96.85%

18,938,006

3.15%

Liang Carolina (Carol Fong) as a

Director retiring in accordance with

Clause 83(a) of the Constitution of

the Company

Resolution 5

Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as

600,334,203

588,948,838

98.10%

11,385,365

1.90%

Auditors

Special Business - Ordinary Resolutions

Resolution 6

Authority for Directors to issue

600,344,203

591,728,509

98.56%

8,615,694

1.44%

ordinary shares and/or make or

grant offers, agreements or

options pursuant to Section 161

of the Companies Act 1967 and

the listing manual of Singapore

Exchange Securities Trading

Limited

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CITY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED (Co. Reg. No. 196300316Z)

FOR

AGAINST

Total

As a

As a

number of

percentage

percentage

shares

Resolution number and details

of total

of total

represented

Number of

Number

number of

number of

by votes for

shares

votes for

of shares

votes for

and against

and against

and against

the relevant

the

the

resolution

resolution

resolution

(%)

(%)

Special Business - Ordinary Resolutions (cont'd)

Resolution 7

Renewal of Share Purchase

600,248,803

597,639,891

99.57%

2,608,912

0.43%

Mandate

Resolution 8

Renewal of IPT Mandate for

158,878,642

157,995,108

99.44%

883,534

0.56%

Interested Person Transactions

(b) Details of parties who abstained from voting on the following resolutions:

Name

Number of shares held

Resolution Number

Mr Kwek Leng Beng (Director)

397,226

4(a), 8

Hong Leong Investment Holdings

Aggregate of

8

Pte. Ltd. and its subsidiaries

440,316,144

Scrutineer

TS Tay Public Accounting Corporation was appointed the Scrutineer for the 61st AGM and is independent of Trusted Services Pte Ltd which was appointed as the polling agent for the 61st AGM.

Re-election of Directors to the Audit & Risk Committee ("ARC")

Pursuant to Rule 704(8) of the Listing Manual of Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited, Mr Lee Jee Cheng Philip and Ms Chan Swee Liang Carolina (Carol Fong), who were re-elected as Directors of the Company at the 61st AGM, will remain as chairman and member of the ARC respectively. The Board considers both Mr Lee and Ms Chan to be independent.

By Order of the Board

Yeo Swee Gim, Joanne

Enid Ling Peek Fong

Company Secretaries

24 April 2024

61ST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

24 April 2024

FY 2023 KEY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

RECORD REVENUE

$4.9B

50%

FY 2022: $3.3B

Highest revenue since the Group's inception in 1963

  • Driven by the property development segment with a $1.5B contribution from:
  • The fully-sold EC project Piermont Grand following its TOP in Jan 2023, enabling revenue and profit to be recognised in entirety upon completion under prevailing accounting policies for ECs
  • The Shirokane land site in Tokyo, which was sold in Jul 2023

PATMI:

  • Lower PATMI was due to the absence of substantial divestment gains in FY 2022, coupled with higher financing costs for FY 2023

FY 2023

EBITDA

Exclude divestment gains

and impairment losses

$1.1B

$1.0B

FY 2022: $2.3B

FY 2022: $655.5MM

PBT

$472.6MM

$352.7MM

FY 2022: $1.9B

FY 2022: $186.0MM

PATMI

$317.3MM

$188.6MM

FY 2022: $1.3B

FY 2022: $47.0MM

No fair values adopted on investment properties.

Investment properties are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.

2

FY 2023 KEY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

NAV per share

RNAV per share

$10.12$17.12

0.4%

1.4%

FY 2022: $10.16

FY 2022: $16.98

If FV gains on investment properties had been factored in and the Group's hotels continue to be stated at cost

$19.46

If revaluation surpluses of the hotel portfolio had been included (based on 2022/2023 internal & external valuations)

Proposed Dividends

Share Price Performance

12.0 cents

57.1%

FY 2022: 28.0 cents

Comprises:

  • Special Interim Dividend
    • 4.0 cents (paid in Sep 2023)
  • Final Dividend
    • 8.0 cents

Dividend payout ratio

$6.65

36%

19.2%

FY 2022: $8.23, ▲20.9%

$8.23

YTD 2023 HIGHEST - $8.35 (1 Feb)

(30 Dec)

$6.65 (29 Dec)

No fair values adopted on investment properties.

Investment properties are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.

3

FY 2023 CAPITAL POSITION

Strong Balance Sheet & Liquidity Position

Gearing

Sufficient

Financing

Balanced

Liquidity

Flexibility

Debt Profile

Net Gearing

Total Cash1

Interest Cover Ratio

% of Fixed Rate Debt

103%

$2.2B

2.8x

45%

FY 2022: 84%

FY 2022: $2.4B

FY 2022: 9.8x

FY 2022: 42%

Net Gearing2

Cash and Available

Average

Average

(include fair value)

Committed Credit Facilities

Borrowing Cost

Debt Maturity

61%

$3.6B

4.3%

2.2 years

FY 2022: 51%

FY 2022: $4.1B

FY 2022: 2.4%

FY 2022: 2.3 years

  • Net of overdraft
  • Net gearing is computed using total borrowings less cash, over total equity (including FV of IP)

4

Growth

  • Build development pipeline & recurring income streams

Enhancement

Enhance asset portfolio

  • Drive operational efficiency

Transformation

  • Transform via Strategic Investments,
    Fund Management, Innovation & Venture Capital

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