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Recent media releases issued by the Leighton Group and reported to the Australian Stock Exchange are listed below. Older media releases can be found in the Archived media releases section.

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Release Date Description Group Company Classification Location
Australia wide
17 Nov 2008 RMIA announces Risk Manager of the Year
Leighton Holdings Ltd’s Executive General Manager, Risk Management, David Hudson, is the Risk Management Institution of Australasia’s 2008 Risk Manager of the Year. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LHL Miscellaneous Australia wide
14 Mar 2008 Leighton Holdings’ Wal King named 2008 Business Leader Awards winner
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia together with Perpetual, announced today that Wal King, Chief Executive Officer of Leighton Holdings Limited, is the winner of the 2008 Chartered Accountants Business Leader Award. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LHL Miscellaneous Australia wide
07 Mar 2008 Wal King is Property Person of the Year
Wal King, chief executive of Leighton Holdings, has been named as Property Person of the Year 2008 by the Urban Taskforce. view pdf (0.2Mb) > 		LHL Miscellaneous Australia wide
29 Jan 2008 S&P confirms Leighton’s stand alone credit quality but revises rating due to shareholder structure / Moody’s Baa1 rating unchanged
Leighton Holdings Limited (Leighton) is disappointed to advise that Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has revised Leighton’s credit rating from BBB+ to BBB because of “the weak credit quality of Leighton’s unrated German parent Hochtief AG”. The rating revision “reflects the potential adverse influence that the parent could have on Leighton’s credit quality in the event of significant financial stress at Hochtief.” view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LHL Corporate Australia wide
Australian Capital Territory
21 May 2008 John Holland in alliance to deliver $300m water security project in the ACT
John Holland is pleased to announce that, in partnership with Abigroup, it has been appointed as Contractor Alliance Partner for the Bulk Water Alliance (BWA), a major water security project in the Australian Capital Territory. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		JHG Engineering and infrastructure Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
17 Nov 2008 Leighton Properties and Mirvac selected to deliver first phase of $1.7 billion Green Square Town Centre
Mirvac/Leighton Properties has been selected to partner with Landcom to deliver the first phase of the $1.7 billion Green Square Town Centre. Planning Minister, Kristina Keneally, said the selection of Mirvac/Leighton Properties to co-develop six hectares of the Town Centre represents a huge step towards realising the landmark project. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LPPL Building and property New South Wales
29 Oct 2008 Thiess in Consortium to deliver the Royal North Shore Hospital and Community Health Services Project
The New South Wales Government has reached a financial close with the InfraShore Consortium (InfraShore), led by Thiess Pty Ltd and ABN AMRO Australia Pty Limited, in a contract to deliver the Royal North Shore Hospital and Community Health Services Project. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		TPL Building and property New South Wales
29 Sep 2008 Consortium including Thiess preferred tenderer for Royal North Shore Hospital project
NSW Minister for Health John Della Bosca today announced that InfraShore Consortium is the preferred tenderer for the multi-million dollar Royal North Shore Hospital and Community Health Services Project. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		TPL Building and property New South Wales
11 Jun 2008 Leighton Contractors in Alliance to deliver Ballina bypass project
Leighton Contractors has been appointed as an alliance team member by the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) to deliver the Ballina bypass project where preliminary site work is now underway. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LCPL Engineering and infrastructure New South Wales
30 Apr 2008 Leighton awarded $565 million of work in Abu Dhabi and Australia
TDIC-Leighton awarded a series of new projects worth US$435 million for TDIC in Abu Dhabi; and Investa awards $101 million "Ark" commercial building to Thiess Pty Ltd. view pdf (0.3Mb) > 		LI, TPL Building and property Abu Dhabi, New South Wales
Queensland
23 Dec 2008 Leighton Contractors joins alliance to deliver Eastern Busway
Leighton Contractors will join Queensland Transport and SKM-Maunsell AECOM in an alliance to deliver the Eastern Busway – Buranda to Main Avenue project in Brisbane’s south, after today being selected as preferred construction partner by the Queensland Government. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LCPL Engineering and infrastructure Queensland
16 Sep 2008 Thiess Awarded $260 Million Curragh North Mine Contract Extension
Thiess Pty Ltd has secured a $260 million contract extension from Wesfarmers Curragh Pty Ltd for coal mining and pre-strip overburden removal at its Curragh North Mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		TPL Mining and resources Queensland
12 Aug 2008 John Holland and Leighton Asia awarded $422 million of new work
John Holland Awarded Abbot Point X50 Expansion Marine Works and SL2 Shiploader Contracts Valued at $287 Million. Leighton Asia awarded redevelopment contract for major theme park in Hong Kong. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LA, JHG Building and property, Engineering and infrastructure Hong Kong, Queensland
30 Jul 2008 BrisConnections reaches financial close for Airport Link
BrisConnections has today reached financial close on Australia’s largest tollroad project, Airport Link, a Public Private Partnership with the Queensland State Government. BrisConnections will now proceed to list on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ASX code “BCSCA”. The BrisConnections Initial Public Offer was fully underwritten by Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan and Macquarie. Macquarie Capital Advisers Limited acted as sole bookrunner. view pdf (0.4Mb) > 		TPL, JHG Engineering and infrastructure, Financial Queensland
15 Jul 2008 John Holland awarded $136.5m Yarwun 2 Alumina Refinery construction contract
John Holland is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $136.5 million contract for construction works associated with Rio Tinto Alcan’s Yarwun 2 Alumina Refinery in Gladstone, Queensland. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		JHG Mining and resources Queensland
10 Jun 2008 John Holland Awarded $148 Million Murrumba Downs Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade
John Holland is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $148 million contract to upgrade the Murrumba Downs Wastewater Treatment Plant by Moreton Bay Regional Council. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		JHG Engineering and infrastructure Queensland
19 May 2008 Thiess and John Holland preferred tenderer for $4bn Airport Link project
BrisConnections was today announced by the Premier of Queensland, the Honourable Anna Bligh, MP, as the preferred bidder for the Airport Link, Northern Busway (Windsor to Kedron) and Airport Drive Connection Projects. BrisConnections is a fully integrated consortium bringing together the expertise of Macquarie Capital Group Limited, Thiess Pty Ltd, John Holland Pty Ltd, Arup and PB. Pty Ltd, Arup and PB. view pdf (0.4Mb) > 		TPL, JHG Engineering and infrastructure Queensland
01 May 2008 Leighton Contractors to Construct $330m Green Star Building in Brisbane
Leighton Contractors Pty Limited has been awarded the $330 million design and construction contract for the GPT Group’s landmark One One One Eagle Street development in Brisbane. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LCPL Building and property Queensland
22 Apr 2008 Leighton Contractors to build the next major link for Queensland’s Bruce Highway
Leighton Contractors will build the next major link in the upgrade of the Bruce Highway after winning the $109 million construction contract for works between Uhlmann Road and the Bribie Island overpass. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LCPL Engineering and infrastructure Queensland
03 Mar 2008 Leighton Contractors paves the way for Ipswich Motorway Upgrade
Leighton Contractors has been appointed as the principal contractor by the Queensland Department of Main Roads to deliver the $700 million Ipswich Motorway Upgrade - Wacol to Darra, as a key member of the SAFElink Alliance. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LCPL Engineering and infrastructure Queensland
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