Retail offer and lender discussions successfully concluded

Retail offer and lender discussions successfully concluded

(NOT FOR RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES)

Auckland, 15 May 2018: Fletcher Building Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to advise that it
has successfully completed the retail entitlement offer (“Retail Entitlement Offer”) of its fully
underwritten 1 for 4.46 pro-rata accelerated entitlement offer (“Entitlement Offer”) of new fully
paid ordinary shares in Fletcher Building (“New Shares”) announced on 17 April 2018. A total of
approximately NZ$750 million of gross proceeds will be raised under the Offer.

The Retail Entitlement Offer closed on Friday 11 May 2018 at 7:00pm (NZ time) and raised gross
proceeds of approximately NZ$132.3 million. Fletcher Building received good support from
existing retail shareholders with eligible retail shareholders electing to take up approximately 58%
of their entitlements under the Retail Entitlement Offer.

Retail bookbuild
Fletcher Building will offer for sale under the retail shortfall bookbuild approximately 20.2 million
new shares, being approximately NZ$97 million at the offer price of NZ$4.80 per share (“Offer
price”), which represents those entitlements attributable to renouncing and ineligible retail
shareholders.

Fletcher Building advises that the retail shortfall bookbuild (“Retail Bookbuild”) will commence
after market close today, 15 May 2018. Any proceeds (in excess of the Offer Price) from the sale
of Retail Entitlements through the Retail Bookbuild will be paid (net of any applicable
withholding tax) on a pro rata basis to those eligible retail shareholders who did not take up
their entitlements in full or who were not eligible to participate in the Retail Entitlement Offer.
There is no guarantee that any amount will be realised for the sale of Retail Entitlements
through the Retail Bookbuild.

Any amounts paid to eligible retail shareholders who did not take up their full entitlement or
ineligible retail shareholders with nominated A$ bank accounts will be converted from New
Zealand dollars by the Registrar at the prevailing exchange rate for buying Australian dollars using
New Zealand dollars at the time of payment. That exchange rate may be different to the exchange
rate used to set the A$ Offer Price.

Fletcher Building expects to make an announcement on NZX and ASX in relation to the
completion of the Retail Entitlement Offer, including the outcome of the Retail Bookbuild, prior to
open of trading tomorrow, 16 May 2018.

Bank Syndicate and USPP Noteholder update
Fletcher Building is also pleased to advise that it has agreed a permanent solution to the
breaches of financial covenants across its funding arrangements arising as a result of the
previously announced losses in its Building & Interiors business (‘B&I’).

The terms of the permanent solution agreed by Fletcher Building with its syndicate bank lenders
and USPP noteholders are consistent with those targeted by the Company, as announced on 17
April. Key terms agreed under both the Syndicated Facility Agreement (‘SFA’) and the USPP
note and guarantee agreements are as follows:
• Previously announced B&I losses to be excluded from covenant calculations;
• Revised covenants: senior leverage ratio <3.25x; senior interest cover >3.00x; total
interest cover >2.00x:
• Until the earlier of 30 June 2019 or the date on which the senior leverage ratio (including
the previously announced B&I losses) is less than 1.75x for three consecutive months:
- additional margin payable of 1.25%
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; and,
- proceeds from disposals of assets above a threshold must be first offered for
repayment of senior debt.

For the SFA, the Company has elected to reduce its total available facilities from $1,270 million to
$925 million, with no change to the maturity of these remaining facilities.

For the USPP, there will be no prepayment of any notes, all existing facilities have been
maintained and there is no change to the maturity of the facilities. There is no change to
underlying margin payable on the USPP notes, other than the 1.25% additional margin outlined
above which will cease to be payable no later than 30 June 2019.

The NZ$500 million standby facility that was established as a contingent facility in support of the
Entitlement Offer will now not be required and accordingly will be cancelled with effect from 18
May 2018.

The net proceeds from the equity raise of approximately NZ$725m will be applied to the
repayment of senior debt under the SFA. Following this repayment and based on the Company’s
31 March 2018 financial position, the Company’s gross borrowings will be $1,787 million and total
available debt facilities will be $2,712 million.


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After 30 June 2019 or when the senior leverage ratio (including the previously announced B+I losses) is less
than 1.75x for three consecutive months: pricing for two of the three SFA tranches reverts to pricing applicable as
at December 2017 and pricing for the other SFA tranche reduces to current market pricing (rather than the
existing pricing level, which was below current market pricing); and pricing for all USPP notes reverts to pricing
applicable as at December 2017.

It is intended that formal documentation with the senior bank lenders and USPP noteholders will
take effect on Friday 18 May 2018, contemporaneously with settlement of the Retail Entitlement
Offer.

Further information and shareholder enquiries
Shareholders with any questions in relation to the Offer, can contact the Fletcher Building Offer
Information Line on 0800 650 034 (within New Zealand) and 1800 501 366 (within Australia) or
+64 9 488 8777 (outside of New Zealand or Australia) between 8.30am and 5:00pm (NZ time and
Sydney time) Monday to Friday. For other questions, shareholders should consult their broker,
solicitor, accountant, financial adviser, or other professional adviser.

#Ends

For further information please contact:

MEDIA
Leela Gantman
Head of Communications
+64 27 541 6338
Leela.gantman@fbu.com
INVESTORS AND ANALYSTS
Rodney Deacon
Head of Investor Relations
+64 21 631 074
Rodney.deacon@fbu.com

This announcement has been prepared for publication in New Zealand and Australia and may not be
released or distributed in the United States. This announcement does not constitute an offer, invitation
or recommendation to subscribe for or purchase any security or financial product and neither this
announcement nor anything attached to this announcement shall form the basis of any contract or
commitment. In particular, this announcement does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of
an offer to buy, securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction in which such an offer would be
illegal. Any securities described in this announcement have not been, and will not be, registered under
the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any state
or jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered or sold directly or indirectly in the United
States except in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration of the U.S. Securities Act
and any other applicable U.S. state securities laws.

Forward looking statements
This announcement contains forward looking statements, including statements of current intention,
statements of opinion and predictions as to possible future events. Forward looking statements should,
or can generally, be identified by the use of forward looking words such as “believe”, “expect”,
“estimate”, “will”, “may”, “target” and other similar expressions within the meaning of securities laws of
applicable jurisdictions, and include but are not limited to the expected outcome of the various and
ongoing negotiations in connection to the Offer. Indications of, and guidance or outlook on, future
earnings or financial position or performance are also forward looking statements. Such statements
are not statements of fact and there can be no certainty of outcome in relation to the matters to which
the statements relate. These forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors that could cause the actual outcomes to be
materially different from the events or results expressed or implied by such statements. Those risks,

uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors are not all within the control of Fletcher Building
and cannot be predicted by Fletcher Building and include changes in circumstances or events that
may cause objectives to change as well as risks, circumstances and events specific to the industry,
countries and markets in which Fletcher Building operates. They also include general economic
conditions, exchange rates, interest rates, competitive pressures, selling price, market demand and
conditions in the financial markets which may cause objectives to change or may cause outcomes
not to be realised.
None of Fletcher Building or any of its subsidiaries, advisors or affiliates (or any of their respective
officers, employees or agents) makes any representation, assurance or guarantee as to the accuracy
or likelihood of fulfilment of any forward looking statement or any outcomes expressed or implied in
any forward looking statements. Statements about past performance are not necessarily indicative of
future performance.
Key dates
Event Day Date
Retail Bookbuild Tuesday
15 May 2018
Settlement of Retail Entitlement Offer and Retail
Bookbuild on ASX
Thursday
17 May 2018
Settlement of Retail Entitlement Offer and Retail
Bookbuild on NZX Main Board and allotment of
New Shares under the Retail Entitlement Offer and
Retail Bookbuild on NZX Main Board and ASX
Friday
18 May 2018
Trading of New Shares commences on NZX Friday
18 May 2018
Trading of New Shares commences on ASX Monday
21 May 2018
Despatch of holding statement in respect of New
Shares issued under the Retail Entitlement Offer
Monday
21 May 2018