Centro Names 5 New Plan Directors

Super MergerSub Inc., an affiliate of Australian property investment manager Central Properties Group, has announced the designation of five members of the New Plan Excel Realty Trust Inc. board of directors.The new board members, whose appointments were made pursuant to a previously announced merger agreement, are Andrew Scott, John Hutchinson, Graham Terry, Romano Nenna, and Anthony Torney, all of whom are members of Centro's executive committee. New Plan directors William Newman, Glenn J. Rufrano, Raymond H. Bottorf, Norman Gold, Matthew Goldstein, Nina Matis, Melvin Newman, and Gregory White have all resigned from the board, Centro reported. New Plan directors Irwin Engelman, H. Carl McCall, and George Puskar will continue to serve on the eight-member board. Centro and New Plan, a New York-based real estate investment trust, can be found online at http://www.centro.com.au and http://www.newplan.com.