【人事变动】丽星邮轮执董Veitch辞任，签不竞争协议代价7,800万元

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丽星邮轮(00678-HK)宣布，执行董事Veitch已辞任公司职务，从而专注担任由公司与Apollo Management各自拥有50%权益的NCLC总裁兼行政总裁的职务。

另外，丽星与Veitch订立不竞争协议，据此，Veitch同意将不从事与本公司业务构成竞争的业务或受聘於该等业务，为期5年，代价为1,000万美元(约7,800万港元)，代价将由公司内部资源支付。

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Veitch signs $10 million "no compete" agreement with Star Cruises

Star Cruises Ltd. announced today that Colin Veitch has resigned as an executive Director with effect from June 17, 2008, in order to concentrate on his role as president and chief executive officer of NCLC. It also announced that on June 19, it entered into a non-competition agreement with Mr. Veitch for a consideration of US$10 million (approximately HK$78 million).

NCL Corporation Ltd. is the parent of Norwegian Cruise Line and is owned 50% by Star Cruises and 50% by investment partnerships organized by Apollo Management, L.P. ely;

A stock exchange announcement from Star Cruises says that "Mr. Veitch has confirmed that he has no disagreement with the Board and there is no matter in relation to his resignation that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the company."

The announcement says: "The Directors believe that it is in the interest of the Group to enter into the Non-Competition Agreement with Mr. Veitch given that Mr. Veitch has significant expertise and experience in the cruise industry generally, and has developed specific insight and knowledge of various Asian markets as an executive Director of the Company, in addition to extensive experience in other international markets as president and chief executive officer of NCLC.

The Company is expected to benefit from the covenants of Mr. Veitch under the Non-Competition Agreement, which promote and encourage a continued alignment of his interests with those of the Company and its affiliates."

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