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NZX Markets Temporarily Closed For Trading

Date 28/12/2003

NZX wishes to inform all market participants that it will not open for trading until further notice due to technical difficulties currently being experienced by Computershare Investor Services Limited share registry.

The market will reopen when NZX is satisfied that the Computershare system has been restored and that market integrity has been assured. In the meantime, we will be sending out regular updates every hour.

All necessary market participants have been notified.