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  Directors of Reckson Australia Management Limited
Scott Rechler
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr Rechler has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RexCorp since January 2007. At the time of the merger with SLGreen, Mr Rechler was the Chairman and CEO of Reckson Associates. Mr Rechler was employed at Reckson Associates from 1989 until January 2007. For various periods during his tenure at Reckson Associates Mr Rechler also held the positions of President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board, and also served as a director of Reckson Associates since its formation.

Mr Rechler was the architect of Reckson Associates’ successful public offering in June 1995 and led Reckson Associates from a Long Island based owner and developer to one of the largest office REITs in the United States before its merger with SLGreen in January 2007. While at Reckson Associates, Mr Rechler oversaw in excess of US$4.0 billion in acquisitions and developments.
   
Michael Maturo
President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr Maturo has served as President and Chief Financial Officer of RexCorp since January 2007. At the time of the merger with SLGreen, Mr Maturo was the President and Chief Financial Officer of Reckson Associates. Mr Maturo was employed at Reckson Associates from 1995 until January 2007. For various periods during his tenure at Reckson Associates Mr Maturo also served as Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chairman of the Investment Committee. While at Reckson Associates Mr Maturo oversaw the finance, accounting, treasury management, public reporting, capital markets, investor relations, strategic planning, and investment functions, and allocation of capital.

During his tenure with Reckson Associates, Mr Maturo led Reckson Associates’ efforts to obtain its investment grade rating and thereafter the issuance of US$800million of senior unsecured notes. In addition, Mr Maturo led efforts to raise over US$2.0billion of additional debt and equity capital during this time period. Mr Maturo specialised in diverse phases of real estate finance, including corporate and property debt financings and recapitalisation transactions. Prior to joining Reckson Associates, Mr Maturo was a senior manager with EY Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group.
   
Jason Barnett
Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Mr Barnett has served as Vice Chairman and General Counsel of RexCorp since January 2007. At the time of the merger with SLGreen, Mr Barnett served as Senior Executive Vice President Corporate Initiatives, General Counsel and Secretary. Mr. Barnett was employed at Reckson Associates from 1996 until 2007. While employed at Reckson Associates Mr Barnett was responsible for the coordination of all legal and compliance matters, and was involved in over US$2.5billion of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and financings. Mr Barnett was also involved in approximately US$2.0 billion of public securities offerings on behalf of Reckson Associates.

Prior to joining Reckson Associates, Mr Barnett practised as an associate in the corporate REIT practice area of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP.
   
Philip Meagher
Independent Director
Mr. Meagher has over 30 years' experience in law, property trust management and professional trusteeship. From 2003 to 2005 he was a Business Development Manager, Corporate Services of the Trust Company of Australia Ltd. Prior to that he worked in various capacities within the Permanent Trustee Company including as Senior Manager of Property Custody and Accounting, as well as New South Wales Manager of Corporate Trusts. Mr. Meagher has previously served as Managing Director of Equitable Group Ltd, the wholly owned funds management subsidiary of QBE Limited and was the local Executive Director of British Land Company Holdings Australia Limited. Mr. Meagher is an admitted solicitor in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
   
William Robinson
Independent Director
Mr Robinson has over 40 years of domestic and international experience in finance, mining and property. He is currently a director of the ASX-listed Unwired Australia Group as well as Chairman of a US mutual fund – Emerging Market Growth Fund Limited. Mr Robinson has been a director of companies in Australia, Africa, Asia, North America and Europe including Deutsche Asset Management and Deutsche Real Estate Ltd, Southern Mining Corporation Ltd. and Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Ltd and CIGA Hotels SPA. Mr Robinson is an Associate of the Bankers Institute of Australasia and Australian Society of Accountants and also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
   
Mervyn Peacock
Independent Director
Mr Peacock has had over 35 years domestic and international experience in a variety of investment areas including Fund Management, Private Equity, Infrastructure and Property. Mr Peacock was Chief Investment Officer and a Director of AMP Capital Investors for five years until his retirement in January 2006. Prior to that he was Investor Relations Manager of AMP Ltd.

Mr Peacock currently holds a number of directorships including Great Southern Ltd, Lane Cove Tunnel Group, Interlink Roads Pty Ltd, Riverland Water Pty Ltd, The Infrastructure Fund of India, and ABN AMRO Investments Australia Ltd.

Mr Peacock is qualified as a Fellow of the Insurance Institute, an Associate of the Australian Society of Accountants, is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
   
  Senior Management of Reckson Australia Management Ltd. RAML
  Senior Management of Reckson Australia Management Limited RAML, as an affiliate of Reckson, will have access to the resources of Reckson. In particular, Reckson will make available to RAML the following executives as and when required. RAML will also seek to employ additional support staff in Australia.

Scott Rechler
Chief Executive Officer

Michael Maturo
Chief Financial Officer

Jason Barnett
Executive Vice President/General Counsel
Francis Sheehan
Fund Manager
Mr. Sheehan has served as Vice President, Legal-Corporate of Reckson since October 2004. Mr. Sheehan is responsible for many of the corporate legal responsibilities of Reckson, including Securities Exchange Commission and New York Stock Exchange compliance and many of Reckson's corporate governance matters. Mr. Sheehan works closely with Reckson's executive officers to effectuate public offerings of debt and equity securities. Prior to joining Reckson, Mr. Sheehan was General Counsel of Pinnacor Inc., a Nasdaq-listed technology company, where he was responsible for all their legal and compliance matter since 2000. Prior to that, Mr. Sheehan practised as an associate in the corporate REIT practice area at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood and was involved in numerous real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, initial public offerings and financings, including all of Reckson's corporate matters and transactions since 1995.