Kiwi Consortium Obtains Overseas Investment Commission Approval For Forest Purchase
Auckland, 16 February 2004 – Fletcher Challenge Forests advised today that the Kiwi Consortium had obtained the approval
of the Overseas Investment Commission for the purchase, for NZ$560 million, of the majority of the Company’s forests.
There are no other conditions to be satisfied by the Kiwi Consortium in respect of the forest sale.
The Company’s shareholders will vote on the forest sale, and the associated capital return, at a shareholders’ meeting
to be held on Friday 20 February 2004.