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06/10/2014 11:06
GENERAL

REL: 1106 HRS Fletcher Building Limited

GENERAL: FBU: Fletcher Building impacted by Auckland electricity failure

Fletcher Building operations impacted by Auckland electricity failure

Auckland, 6 October 2014 -

Fletcher Building advises that an electricity outage in the Auckland area
which occurred early on Sunday 5 October has caused disruption to its
Auckland operations.

Supply of electricity has been disrupted due to a fire at an electrical
substation, and this has impacted a number of the company's manufacturing and
distribution facilities in the eastern suburbs of Auckland.

The company has decided not to operate a number of sites in the affected
areas today in light of the disruption caused to the sites and the potential
risk to staff travelling in the affected areas. Individual business units
within Fletcher Building are developing plans to recommence operations based
on site-specific needs. There remains uncertainty as when reliable
electricity supply will be fully restored, and this will impact on the pace
with which businesses return to normal operations.

Fletcher Building is working to minimise the impact to its customers.

At this stage the company does not expect that the power outage will have a
material impact on its results for the 2015 financial year.

For further information contact:

Philip King
Group General Manager,
Investor Relations & Capital Markets
Phone:  + 64 9 525 9043
Mobile:   + 64 27 444 0203

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