FORBES GLOBAL CEO CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN INDONESIA IN 2013

Jakarta, December 8, 2011 – Forbes, the publisher of leading business magazines Forbes and Forbes Asia, today announced that it will hold its 13th annual Forbes Global CEO Conference in Indonesia in 2013.

Under an agreement signed by Hariyono Tjahjarijadi, President Director of PT Bank Mayapada Internasional, and William Adamopoulos, President & Publisher of Forbes Asia, and witnessed by Dato’ Sri Dr. Tahir, Chairman and CEO of Mayapada Group and Christopher Forbes, Vice Chairman, Forbes, the event will take place in Indonesia in September/October 2013. It is the first time the conference is being held in Indonesia and Mayapada Group will be the host sponsor of the event.

The Forbes Global CEO Conference, launched in 2001, gathers under one roof some of the world’s most successful tycoons, entrepreneurs, multinational CEOs, emerging company CEOs, financiers, and thought leaders. Since its inception, the Forbes Global CEO Conference has traveled to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Sydney. Next year’s conference is being held in Dubai on October 21-23, 2012.

Dr. Tahir commented: “The Mayapada Group is delighted to host the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Indonesia in 2013. As a rising star on the world stage, Indonesia is increasingly recognized by global business leaders as a strategic destination for commerce and investment, with its vast natural resources, growing middle class, entrepreneurial talent and stable government.”

Mr. Adamopoulos added: “We are excited to bring our Conference to Indonesia, a country that has been garnering global attention as an emerging giant. No doubt the Forbes community of world class entrepreneurs and captains of industry will enjoy meeting in Indonesia, a place brimming with economic potential, buzz and opportunity.”

Recent speakers at the Forbes Global CEO Conference include the world’s richest man, Carlos Slim, and other multi-billionaire tycoons such as Lakshmi Mittal, CEO of steelmaker ArcelorMittal, Rob Walton, Chairman of Wal-Mart, Li Ka-Shing, Chairman of Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa, and Sheldon Adelson, Chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp.

Past speakers also include Wilbur Ross, Chairman and CEO of WL Ross and Invesco Private Capital, Mario Polegato, Chairman of GEOX Group, Hiroshi Mikitani, CEO of Rakuten, Liang Xinjun, Vice Chairman and CEO of Fosun Group, Nobel-prize winning economist Michael Spence, Zong Qinghou, Chairman of Hangzhou Wahaha Group, Malvinder Singh, Group Chairman of Fortis Healthcare, Andrew Forrest, Chief Executive of Fortescue, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairman and MD of Biocon, Dato’ Sri Dr. Tahir, Chairman and CEO of Mayapada Group, Michael Hintze, CEO of CQS

Henri Loyrette, President and Director of Louvre Museum, Stefano Pessina, Executive Chairman of Alliance Boots, Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Sons and Shi Zhengrong, CEO of Suntech Power.