Press Release: Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated
September 10, 2002
CHICAGO, LONDON and SINGAPORE -- Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE: JLL) announced that, at its September 6
meeting, the Board of Directors unanimously approved changes to the composition of the Board to create a majority
of non-employee Directors. This change was accomplished by reducing the size of the Board from fourteen to nine
Directors, of whom three Directors are employees and six Directors are not employees. Continuing on the Board are
Stuart L. Scott, Chairman of the Board, Christopher A. Peacock, Chief Executive Officer, and Peter C. Roberts,
Chief Operating Officer, as employee directors, and Henri-Claude de Bettignies, Darryl Hartley-Leonard, Derek A.
Higgs, Sheila A. Penrose, Jackson P. Tai and Thomas C. Theobald, as non-employee directors.
"We are committed to strong corporate governance and had been considering this change even prior to the New
York Stock Exchange proposal regarding board independence," said Stuart Scott, Chairman of the Board of Jones
Lang LaSalle Incorporated. "On behalf of our entire Board, I thank our employee Directors leaving the Board
for their excellent service. We have been, and continue to be, very fortunate to have a Board composed of Directors
with exceptional skills and experience."
The reduction in the number of employee directors was accomplished by accepting the resignations as Directors of
Robin S. Broadhurst, Christopher M.G. Brown, Robert S. Orr, Lynn C. Thurber and Earl E. Webb, who remain in their
executive positions with the firm.
Jones Lang LaSalle is the world's leading real estate services and investment management firm, operating across
more than 100 markets on five continents. The company provides comprehensive integrated expertise, including management
services, implementation services and investment management services on a local, regional and global level to owners,
occupiers and investors. Jones Lang LaSalle is also the industry leader in property and corporate facility management
services, with a portfolio of approximately 725 million square feet under management worldwide.
Source: Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated