Fletcher Building faces its shareholders: Barbara Chapman says she'll go once building giant secures new chair

Fletcher Building faces its shareholders: Barbara Chapman says she'll go once building giant secures new chair
Acting Fletcher Building chair Barbara Chapman won't be at the meeting today, as she has covid. (Image: NZME)
Rebecca Stevenson
Fletcher Building’s acting chair, Barbara Chapman, says she will leave the board when the building giant appoints a new chair. Fletcher Building is holding its annual general meeting on Wednesday and shareholders will gather in Auckland to confront the weak performance of the firm which led it to raise $700 million to relieve pressure from its balance sheet. In prepared speech notes published to the New Zealand Exchange (NZX) on Wednesday morning – Chapman was not present as she has covid – she said it had been a fru...

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