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    GENERAL: DOW: Downer terminates contract
    
    16 September 2015
    
    DOWNER TERMINATES CONTRACT
    
    Downer EDI Limited (Downer) today announced it has terminated a contract with
    Tecnicas Reunidas S.A.
    
    Tecnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR) is the head contractor with responsibility for
    the engineering, procurement and construction of a Technical Ammonium Nitrate
    plant located on the Burrup Peninsula, near Karratha in Western Australia.
    
    Downer's contract, awarded in March 2014, was for structural, mechanical,
    electrical and instrumentation works, which involved the installation of
    pre-fabricated modules supplied by TR. The original contract value was $72
    million.
    
    Downer's decision to terminate the contract followed a failure by TR to
    remedy a substantial breach of the contract. Downer has not taken this
    decision lightly but considers it has no alternative given TR's conduct.
    
    Downer is in the process of demobilising from the site and will work with TR
    to ensure the safe and orderly hand-over of the work as required by the
    contract. To date, Downer has been paid approximately $89m by TR, which is
    inclusive of scope work performed under the contract and in accordance with a
    separate settlement agreement.
    
    Downer also intends to refer claims totalling more than $60m to arbitration
    for resolution. The claims include costs for the growth in the contract
    quantities and re-work required as a result of non-conforming free-issue
    modules as well as costs incurred as a result of extensive delays and
    disruption. It is expected this process will take approximately 18 months to
    conclude.
    
    Downer does not believe that there will be any impact to its guidance of
    around $190 million net profit after tax for the year ending 30 June 2016
    resulting from the above events.
    
    About Downer
    Downer EDI Limited (Downer) is a leading provider of services to customers in
    markets including: Transport Services; Technology and Communications
    Services; Utilities Services; Engineering, Construction and Maintenance
    (EC&M); Mining; and Rail. Downer employs about 19,000 people, mostly in
    Australia and New Zealand but also in the Asia-Pacific region, South America
    and Southern Africa.
    
    For further information please contact:
    Michael Sharp, Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations +61
    439 470 145
    End CA:00270239 For:DOW    Type:GENERAL    Time:2015-09-16 12:02:08
    				
 
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