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           ESR Logistics                                                                                                                  6   Logistics Infra





                                                   Deal Making (’16 ~ ’18)                                                          Exit (’19 ~ )

                        Identified early growth potential in China’s logistics business through local investment network in ‘16  Exited partially to recoup investment cost
                                                                                                                        for re-investment in Sep ‘19 ($410M)
                        •  Rapid growth of China’s e-commerce such as Alibaba and JD.com was expected to increase the demand for quick delivery of small
                         quantity batch, requiring logistics centers in strategic locations in tier 1 & 2 cities as core infra business  •  Sold 4.6% out of 11%
                        •  Leveraged local investment network to meet with 80 industry experts in China and visit major logistics centers in Korea/China/Japan
                         to cross-check the operational qualities to validate the investment opportunities for 8 months  30     Partial Exit
                                                                                                                                @ HK$22.5                 ESR
             Target             Oct - Dec ’12                    Jan ’17                    Feb - May ’17
             Sector     Meeting with industry experts in China  Logistics centers site visits  China logistics entry strategy development  25


                        •  Alibaba ex-logistics head and other   •  China’s top 4 logistics centers and   •  Visited 10 logistics centers in China,
                         executives in logistics business (12)  mgmt. meeting        Japan and Korea to check the     20
                        •  4 e-commerce star-ups (Xuxian,                            operations, including Amazon (China)
                         Urwork, etc) and financial advisors (19)                    and Namamugi (Japan)
                        •  Industry experts (Wonhung, Fuyuan,                       •  Meeting with key mgmt. and executives
                         etc) (12)                                                   to identify potential investment targets  15                   Hang Seng
                                                                                                                                                        Index
                        Identified ESR Logistics among China’s top 3 companies (combined market share of 67%) based on :
                                                                                                                      10
                        •  Growth prospects, potential for global expansion, value up and synergy creation opportunities  Nov-19  May-20  Nov-20  May-21  Nov-21
                        •  ESR was also undervalued as compared to other major companies and operating unique asset-light business model using REITs
                         and Fund                                                                                                 Enterprise Value (U$bn)
                                                            Landbank    Tier 1 City  e-commerce
                        Top 3 Companies    Description                                              Remarks
              Deal                                           (Sqm)      location  Customer (%)
            Sourcing                      Singapore-listed                                         Up for sale           3.4 x                   10.4    10.5
                            GLP                              26.6m       29%         26%
                                         (market cap $9.6bn)                                   (indicative price $15bn)
                                                                                                                                        HK IPO
                         ESR Logistics     China, Private    2.6m        67%         77%         Pre-IPO in process
                                          Australia-listed                                                                                6.6
                          Goodman                            2.4m        28%         32%        Majority-owned by CIC
                                         (market cap $10.4bn)
                                                                                                                                  4.1
                                                                                                                          3.3
              Deal      Based on in-depth study and review during the deal sourcing process, made quick investment decision by
             Review     directly negotiating with majority shareholder
               &        •  Convinced Warburg Pincus PE, majority shareholder, with SK’s value-add and potential synergy creation opportunities
            Execution    (including SK-owned real estate, datacenter development for SK Telecom’s high-speed internet services)
                        •  Acquired 10% stake for $330M to become the second largest shareholder in Aug ‘17, and added 1% in Aug ‘18  ’17A  ’18A  ’19A  ’20A  ’21A



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