ICIS Appoints Larry Tan as Data & Analytics Manager

SINGAPORE, February 9 - ICIS, a global chemical market intelligence and news service, has
appointed petrochemical industry veteran Larry Tan as Data & Analytics
Manager, effective 1 February.

Larry Tan will be working for ICIS on a part time basis. He concurrently
holds a director position in FuelChem, a consultancy firm he founded in 2008.

He has more than 25 years of experience in the oil & petrochemical
industries, most of it spent with industry giant ExxonMobil.

Paul Ray, ICIS' Head of Data and Analytics, said Larry Tan's
understanding of the petrochemical industry would be a "tremendous asset" for
ICIS.

"I'm delighted to welcome Larry into ICIS and firmly believe that his
industry background will provide tremendous strength to the entire family of
ICIS products and services," Ray said.

Larry Tan has extensive experience in refinery planning, catalytic
research, operations, supply chain, shipping, sales & marketing and bulk
commodity trading.

"I am delighted to come on board ICIS as I have known and worked with
many of their very dedicated and professional staff since the mid 1990s,"
Larry said.

"I look forward to working with them again, as colleagues now, to jointly
build on the many wonderful products and services that ICIS offers and to
potentially enhance their functionalities to better serve the informational
needs of our clients globally."

Notes to Editors:

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    For further information please contact:
    Sheila Seow
    ICIS pricing
    tel: +65-6780-4395
    email: Sheila.seow@icis.com

For further information please contact: Sheila Seow, ICIS pricing, tel: +65-6780-4395, email: Sheila.seow at icis.com