The Maples Group is pleased to continue its
enhanced community support in response to the ongoing challenges
presented by COVID-19. The Group recently made donations on behalf
of its clients to local not-for-profit organisations Literacy Is For
Everyone ("LIFE") and The Pines Retirement Home ("The
Pines"). These donations follow the Group's recent donation of
over US$135,000 to a number of local organisations supporting the
community at this time. All of this is in addition to the Group's
ongoing charitable donations (made through the Maples Foundation to a
wide range of not-for-profit organisations in the Cayman Islands) and
the Group's focus on promoting education in the Cayman Islands with
its significant annual legal and non-legal scholarship awards.

LIFE, an independent charitable organisation
committed to improving the education and literacy of over 2,700
primary school children in the Cayman Islands, received a donation of
US$25,000 that will go towards hiring a second employee. The new
team member will support the expansion of LIFE's
programmes, which have become increasingly important in the recent
home-schooling environment, including online classes and resources
designed to help parents engage in their child's
literacy.

"We
are grateful for this donation which allows us to add a second staff
member for the first time in our eight year history. This will help
to manage over 150 volunteers and enable us to expand our programmes
in response to the global pandemic's impact on students in the Cayman
Islands,"
said Marilyn Conolly, Executive Director of
LIFE.

As the elderly in our
community are particularly vulnerable at this time, the Group also
made a separate contribution of over US$67,000 to The Pines to
support the renovation of their assisted living care villas. These
villas provide a level of independence to those who may not
need 24/7 care and are usually offered to those prior to enrolling in
The Pines as fulltime residents. Constructed in
1990, the buildings are now in need of modernisation and improvements
to make the facilities more accessible. In addition to giving the
villas an overall facelift, the funds will also be used to install
handrails and ramps in key areas such as at villa entrances and exits
for those with limited mobility.

"As a lifelong sponsor of The Pines, we
are always amazed by the Maples Group's continued support of ourefforts," said Lynda Mitchell, Manager of The Pines. "Their
contributions sincerely make a difference for us, and we are forever
enormously grateful. We look forward to thelaunch of this
much needed project."

Commenting on the Group's
latest philanthropic efforts, Scott Somerville, CEO of the fiduciary,
fund, regulatory and compliance, and entity formation and management
services businesses of the Maples Group, said:

"Young children and the elderly are undoubtedly two of the demographics most affected by the social impacts of COVID-19. We are proud to support LIFE and The Pines and hope these donations will help their staff and volunteers to continue their essential work during this unprecedented time. We take our role as a corporate citizen seriously and remain committed to inspiring change and promoting positive development through our support of these and other organisations in the local community."

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