FBuShare 2026 plan

 

Please note there will be no new FBuShare offer in 2026.

If you are an existing FBuShare participant, please continue to hold your Purchased Shares until the vesting date to be eligible for any Award Shares you are set to receive.

 

How does FBuShare work?

  1. Invitation sent

    Eligible employees will receive an invitation to apply to join FBuShare.

  2. Plan Window

    Applications to join FBuShare can be made any time before the end of the offer period.

  3. Payment

    Your Annual Investment Amount will be divided by the number of salary or wage payments you receive in the year.

  4. Check Online

    Your contributions and shares can be viewed by logging in to your online FBuShare portfolio.

FBuShare 2026 plan offer

There will be no new FBuShare offer for 2026.

This is because we realise that it can be costly for our people to meaningfully contribute to the plan and it does not fully support our new operating model where business unit performance is the key focus.

Employees are invited to join FBuShare

Where an offer is being made, eligible employees of the Fletcher Building Group are sent an invitation to apply to join FBuShare during the offer period (March each year).

Where the Group holds an email address for you, your invitation will be sent to your email address. If the Group does not have an email address for you, your invitation will be mailed to your postal address.

If you don't receive an invitation or you're not sure whether you are eligible, check with your team leader or People and Performance team.

Choose your Annual Investment Amount

You can choose the annual amount you wish to invest from your after-tax pay, subject to certain maximum and minimum annual amounts, which are set out in the Information Guide. This is your Annual Investment Amount.

FBuShare is flexible

You can increase the amount you invest (up to a maximum of NZ$5,000 a year, or the equivalent in other currencies), decrease the amount you invest (to a minimum of NZ$250 a year, or the equivalent in other currencies), suspend participation in the Plan, or withdraw from the Plan altogether during the Plan window (which is a period in March each year specified by Fletcher Building). You can also choose to sell some or all of your shares at any time – but if you sell your shares before the end of the Qualification Period you will no longer be entitled to Award Shares on those sold shares.

Regular Payments

Your Annual Investment Amount will be divided by the number of after-tax payments you receive in the year, and the resulting amount will be deducted from each after-tax payment you receive (your Regular Payment). For example, if your Annual Investment Amount is NZ$3,600 and you are paid monthly, your Regular Payment will be NZ$300.

Purchased Shares

Your Regular Payment will be used to purchase shares in Fletcher Building on the NZSX or the ASX each month – these shares are called Purchased Shares.

Additional Shares

If Fletcher Building declares a dividend in respect of shares that you hold in the Plan, the net cash amount of that dividend will be used to acquire additional shares, and these too will be held in the Plan. You may also become entitled to additional shares if the company undertakes a rights issue or bonus issue. These additional shares are referred to as Additional Shares and will also be held in the Plan.

Award shares

If you remain employed within the Fletcher Building Group (in most circumstances) and retain ownership of your Purchased Shares for three years (the Qualification Period), you will receive 1 free share (Award Share) for every 2 Purchased Shares acquired using Regular Payments made in the first year of the Qualification Period. You will also be entitled to Award Shares on any Additional Shares on a similar basis.

Qualification Period

The qualification period is three years. The qualification period for Purchased Shares ends on the third anniversary of the commencement of the plan year during which those Purchased Shares were acquired under the plan.

Remaining in the Plan

Once you join, you will remain in the Plan and will continue to invest the same Annual Investment Amount unless you vary your Annual Investment Amount, suspend your participation in the Plan or withdraw from the Plan.

Voting rights

As a Fletcher Building shareholder you will have full voting rights on any shares that you hold in the Plan.

Investing from Fiji or Tonga

If you are employed in a country where it is not possible or practicable due to local laws to offer shares (such as in Fiji or Tonga), you will be invited to participate in a phantom plan. The phantom plan will operate in the same way as the share plan, except that no actual shares will be physically purchased, held or sold. Instead the phantom plan will reflect the cash equivalent of the share plan.

Participated in FBuShare 2023?

Employees that participated in FBuShare in 2023 will be eligible for Award Shares in April 2026.

What is FBuShare vesting?

FBuShare vesting is the allocation of Award Shares or Phantom Award Shares to employees that participated in FBuShare 2023 and who still hold Purchased Shares or Phantom Purchased Shares acquired in the 2023 plan year on 1 April 2026.

What happens on 1 April 2026 for FBuShare share plan participants?

Your 2023 Award Shares will be allocated to you based on the number of Purchased Shares and Dividend Shares acquired in the 2023 plan year and still held on your behalf in the FBuShare portfolio. Please refer to Allocation of Award Shares for more information.

In some countries, the Plan Administrator will manage the sale of sufficient shares to cover any applicable withholding tax obligations. Please refer to the Tax on Award Shares for a list of these countries.

How does the change to the 2026 plan impact the shares I already hold?

Any shares that you have purchased through the Plan (called Purchased Shares) remain yours. All Award Shares that you are set to receive under the Plan for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 offers will continue to vest as per the current rules (i.e. on 1 April 2026, 2027 and 2028 respectively).

Already in FBuShare?

If you are currently participating in FBuShare any contributions that you are currently making will automatically stop from 1 April.

Why is the company not offering FBuShare in 2026?

We realise that it can be costly for our people to meaningfully contribute to the plan and it also doesn’t fully support our new operating model where business unit performance is the key focus.

Further Information

You should read the following details before investing:

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