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DOWNER EDI LIMITED Board/Management Information 2019

May 21, 2019

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Board/Management Information

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Downer EDI Limited ABN 97 003 872 848 Triniti Business Campus 39 Delhi Road North Ryde NSW 2113 1800 DOWNER www.downergroup.com

Media/ASX and NZX Release

22 May 2019

DOWNER APPOINTS NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Downer EDI Limited (Downer) today announced the appointment of Peter Watson to the position of Non-executive Director, effective 22 May 2019. Mr Watson joins Downer as an independent Director.

The Chairman of Downer, Mike Harding, said Mr Watson was an experienced Chief Executive Officer and Non-executive Director, including in the industrial, transport, defence, health, justice and utilities sectors.

Mr Watson is currently the Chairman LogiCamms Limited and a Consultant of Stephenson Mansell Group where he provides coaching and mentoring to senior executives.

Mr Watson was formerly the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Transfield Services Limited, now known as Broadspectrum. Mr Watson is a former Chairman of Watpac Limited, Regional Rail Link Authority in Victoria and AssetCo management which managed PPP assets, a former Director of the Major Transport Infrastructure Board in Victoria, Yarra Trams and Save the Children Australia and was a Board member of Infrastructure Australia.

Mr Watson holds a Diploma of Civil Engineering from the Caulfield Institute of Technology.

About Downer

Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand and customers are at the heart of everything it does. It exists to create and sustain the modern environment and its promise is to work closely with its customers to help them succeed, using world-leading insights and solutions to design, build and sustain assets, infrastructure and facilities. Downer employs more than 53,000 people across more than 300 sites, primarily in Australia and New Zealand, but also in the Asia-Pacific region, South America and Southern Africa. It also owns 88 per cent of Spotless Group Holdings Limited. For more information visit downergroup.com.

For further information please contact:

Michael Sharp, Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations

+61 439 470 145

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