Attached is a market release from Trustpower Limited (TPW) advising that Vince Hawksworth has resigned as the Chief Executive and will be taking up the role of Chief Executive at Mercury NZ Limited. Current Trustpower Director, Dr David Prentice, will take over as interim Chief Executive.

"Infratil adds its thanks, to those of the Trustpower Board, to Mr Hawksworth for his outstanding leadership over the last 10 years and we wish him well with Mercury", said Infratil Chief Executive Marko Bogoievski. "We also congratulate David on his appointment and look forward to working with him."

Infratil is the 51% shareholder in Trustpower.

Any enquiries should be directed to:

Mark Flesher, Investor Relations, Infratil Limited
mark.flesher@infratil.com