Brickworks : BKW inclusion in S&P/ASX200

Microsoft Word - S&PASX 200

11 March 2016

Australian Securities Exchange Attention: Companies Department

BY ELECTRONIC LODGEMENT

Dear Sir/Madam,

Re: Brickworks inclusion in S&P/ASX 200

Brickworks Limited (ASX:BKW) today welcomed S&P Dow Jones Indices' announcement noting the Group's upcoming inclusion in the S&P/ASX 200 index.

Official inclusion is effective after the close of trading on 18 March 2016.

Brickworks Chief Executive Officer Lindsay Partridge said inclusion in the ASX 200 reflected the ongoing significant level of investor support for the Group.

"The improved liquidity and profile that will arise from being included in the index will be beneficial to all our shareholders," Mr Partridge said.

The Company plans to announce its full year results for the half year ended 31 January 2016 on 23 March 2016.

Brickworks Limited was formed in 1934 and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 1962 and has paid a dividend every year since then. It has three Groups - Building Products, Land and Development and Investments. The Building Products Group includes Australia's largest brick producer Austral Bricks™, Austral Masonry™, Bristile Roofing™ and Austral Precast™. The Land and Development operation maximises value from surplus land and redundant building products sites. Investments include a 42.72% holding in Washington H. Soul Pattinson.

BRICKWORKS LIMITED (ASX CODE: BKW) www.brickworks.com.au

For further information:

Lindsay Partridge, Managing Director Tel: [phone]

Robert Millner, Chairman Tel: [phone]