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01.26.12Masonite Announces Special Shareholder Meeting

Tampa, FL, Janruary 26, 2012 – Masonite International Corporation today announced a Special Shareholder Meeting to be held on Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight time at the Company's office at One Tampa City Centre, 201 N Franklin Street, Suite 300, Tampa, Florida, 33602.

The purpose of the meeting is to seek approval to three special resolutions approving proposed amendments to the Company's existing Shareholders Agreement and Articles. If approved, the amendments would (a) install an enhanced public financial disclosure regime (effective immediately), (b) increase the current 290 shareholder limit to 490, reduce a quorum of a shareholders meeting from 25% to 15% and effect certain other administrative changes (effective immediately), and (c) upon a listing of the Company's securities on the NYSE, NASDAQ or other nationally recognized stock exchange, implement other more substantive changes so that the Company would have a governance structure more consistent with other listed companies.

The notification and proxy materials are being mailed to shareholders and their intermediaries of record as of January 25, 2012. The meeting notice and other related documents are located at

Notice and Proxy Statement
Shareholder letter

About Masonite

Masonite International Corporation is a leading global manufacturer of residential and commercial doors, committed to providing the highest value building products to customers in approximately 70 countries around the world. Additional information about Masonite can be found at www.masonite.com.

Forward-looking Statements

This document and other written reports and oral statements made by the Company may include forward-looking statements, all of which are subject to risks and uncertainties. One can identify these forward-looking statements by their use of words such as "expected," "anticipates", "intends" and other words of similar meaning, or by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Such forward-looking statements reflect management's current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management. All forward-looking statements in this document are qualified by these cautionary statements. Readers must carefully consider any such statements and should understand that such statements are based on management’s current plans, estimates and assumptions and are subject to many factors, risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from the Company’s forward-looking statements. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual future results may vary materially. Therefore, we caution you not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any responsibility to update these forward-looking statements. This release does not constitute an offer of any securities or the solicitation to buy any securities. There can be no assurance if or when the Company's securities will be listed on a nationally recognized stock exchange.