Chorus Limited (NS) — Major Shareholding Notification 2018

Dec 19, 2018

Disclosure of beginning to have substantial holding

Section 276, Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

To New Zealand Stock Exchange

and

To Chorus Ltd

Date this disclosure made: 18 December 2018 Date on which substantial holding began: 17 December 2018

Substantial product holder(s) giving disclosure

Full Name(s): Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)

Summary of substantial holding to which disclosure relates

Class of quoted voting products: Ordinary shares (CNU NZ & CNU AU)

Summary for: Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)

For this disclosure,—

• (a) Total number held in class: 21,804,402 (b) Total in class: 436,075,010 (c) Total percentage held in class: 5.000%

Details of relevant interests

Details for ACC

Nature of relevant interest(s):

Beneficial owner of securities under §235(1)(b) of the Financial Markets Conduct Act

No relevant agreement document needs to be attached under regulation 139.

For that relevant interest,—

• (a) Number held in class: 21,804,402 (b) Percentage held in class: 5.000%

• (c) Current registered holder(s): ACC holds 20,855,388 shares via New Zealand Central Securities Depository Limited (NZCSD) and 949,014 shares via JPMorgan Nominees Australia

• (d) Registered holder(s) once transfers are registered: unknown

Details of transactions and events giving rise to substantial holding

Details of the transactions or other events requiring disclosure:

From 14 November 2018 to 17 December 2018, ACC had the following aggregated on-market transactions in Chorus Ltd:

• Purchases of 629,875 NZX listed shares for consideration of NZD $2,905,157.50

• Purchases of 140,000 ASX listed shares for consideration of AUD $653,751.77

• Sales of 700,000 NZX listed shares for consideration of NZD $3,506,125.00

Additional information

Address of substantial product holder(s): ACC: Justice Centre, 19 Aitken Street, PO Box 242, Wellington, NZ

Contact details: Matthew Cunliffe +64 4 816 5743 investmentscompliance@acc.co.nz

In accordance with the Financial Markets Authority’s Guidance Note: Guidance on Substantial Product Holder Disclosures issued on 27 September 2017, ACC has not made disclosures for employees who manage the financial products of which ACC is the beneficial owner.

Name of any other person believed to have given, or believed to be required to give, a disclosure under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 in relation to the financial products to which this disclosure relates: n/a

Certification

I, Matthew Cunliffe, certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information contained in this disclosure is correct and that I am duly authorised to make this disclosure by all persons for whom it is made.