Announced by CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd. on behalf of CTBC Bank Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch to renew the office lease with IFC Development Limited
1.Name and nature of the underlying asset (e.g., land located at Sublot XX,
Lot XX, North District, Taichung City):
Building name:Two International Finance Centre
Building type:Office building
Address:Suites 2106-2110 on 21/F and the whole of 28/F,
Two International Finance Centre, No.8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong
2.Date of occurrence of the event:2025/11/21
3.Date of the board of directors resolution:2025/11/21
4.Other approval date:No
5.Transaction unit amount (e.g.XX square meters, equivalent to XX ping),
unit price, and total transaction price:
Total lettable area:30,708 sq.ft. (equivalent to 863 ping)
Effective Rent:HKD107.29/sq.ft./month
Total rent (IFRS16 Right-of-Use Asset):HKD112,010,012
6.Trading counterparty and its relationship with the Company (if the trading
counterparty is a natural person and furthermore is not a related party of
the Company, the name of the trading counterparty is not required to be
disclosed):
Trading counterparty:IFC Development Limited (Landlord)
Non-related party
7.Where the trading counterparty is a related party, announcement shall also
be made of the reason for choosing the related party as trading counterparty
and the identity of the previous owner, its relationship with the Company
and the trading counterparty, and the previous date and monetary amount of
transfer:NA
8.Where an owner of the underlying assets within the past five years has
been a related party of the Company, the announcement shall also include the
date and price of acquisition and disposal by the related party, and its
relationship with the Company at the time of the transaction:NA
9.Projected gain (or loss) through disposal (not applicable for
acquisition of assets; those with deferral should provide a table
explaining recognition):NA
10.Terms of delivery or payment (including payment period and
monetary amount), restrictive covenants in the contract,
and other important terms and conditions:
Pursuant to the rental payment clause stated on the Lease Agreement
11.The manner of deciding on this transaction (such as invitation to tender,
price comparison, or price negotiation), the reference basis for the
decision on price, and the decision-making unit:
Manner of deciding on this transaction: lease negotiations with landlord
Reference basis:(1) Recent market transactions &
(2) 2 valuation reports on the market rent
Decision-making unit: Board of CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd &
CTBC Bank Co., Ltd.
12.Name of the professional appraisal firm or company and
its appraisal price:
(1) Jones Lang LaSalle Limited (JLL)
21/F market rent - HKD655,900 per month,
28/F market rent - HKD2,434,700 per month
(2) Vincorn Consulting & Appraisal Limited (VINCORN)
21/F market rent - HKD838,000 per month,
28/F market rent - HKD2,860,000 per month
13.Name of the professional appraiser:
(1) JLL: Rachel Yeung & Jacqueline Wong
(2) VINCORN: Vincent Cheung & Kit Cheung
14.Practice certificate number of the professional appraiser:
(1) JLL: Rachel Yeung (MRICS membership no.6764153) &
Jacqueline Wong (MRICS membership no.1302865)
(2) VINCORN: Vincent Cheung (FRICS membership no.1160491) &
Kit Cheung (MRICS memberbership no.6199426)
15.The appraisal report has a limited price, specific price,
or special price:N/A
16.An appraisal report has not yet been obtained:N/A
17.Reason for an appraisal report not being obtained:N/A
18.Reason for any significant discrepancy with the appraisal reports
and opinion of the CPA:N/A
19.Name of the CPA firm:N/A
20.Name of the CPA:N/A
21.Practice certificate number of the CPA:N/A
22.Broker and broker's fee:N/A
23.Concrete purpose or use of the acquisition or disposal:
(1) Suites 2106-2110 on 21/F - office for Private Banking
(2) Whole of 28/F - office for CTBC Bank Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch
24.Any dissenting opinions of directors to the present transaction:No
25.Whether the counterparty of the current transaction is a
related party:No
26.Date of ratification by supervisors or approval by
the audit committee:2025/11/20
27.The transaction is to acquire a real property or right-of-use
asset from a related party:No
28.The price assessed in accordance with the Article 16 of the
Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets
by Public Companies:NA
29.Where the above assessed price is lower than the transaction price,
the price assessed in accordance with the Article 17 of the same
regulations:NA
30.Date on which material information regarding the same event
has been previously released:NA
31.Any other matters that need to be specified:No