Annual Shareholders' Meeting Voting Results

Fletcher Building advises that all resolutions put to its annual shareholders’ meeting held in Auckland earlier today were passed by shareholders.  The final results of the voting by poll were:
                                                                  For                           Against
1. Re-election of R S Deane as a director        279,209,687               1,256,864
2. Re-election of G J McGrath as a director      279,565,296     926,068
3. Election of J F Judge as a director               279,547,229     952,020
4. Directors to fix auditors’ remuneration     280,255,059     78,508
5. CEO’s participation in the Executive Long-Term Share Scheme     277,696,798     2,527,131
                                            
In view of the re-election of directors the company can now advise in terms of the NZX Listing Rule 3.3.1A that the independent directors are:
 R S Deane
 P E A Baines
 H A Fletcher
 J F Judge
 G J McGrath
 Sir Dryden Spring
 K M Vautier

For further information contact:
Martin Farrell
Company Secretary
Phone: +649 525 9091
Fax: +649 525 9030