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CHORUS LIMITED Major Shareholding Notification 2023

Sep 21, 2023

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Major Shareholding Notification

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Form 604

Corporations Act 2001

Section 671B

Notice of change of interests of substantial holder

To Company Name/ Scheme Chorus Limited ACN/ ARSN 152 485 848 1. Details of substantial holder (1) Name L1 Capital Pty Ltd and each of the entities set out in Section 3 ACN/ ARSN (if applicable) L1 Capital Pty Ltd (125 378 145) and L1 Capital Strategic Equity Management Pty Ltd (648 751 928)

There was a change in the interests of the substantial holder on 20/09/2023 The previous notice was given to the company on 2/06/2023 The previous notice was dated 2/06/2023

2. Previous and present voting power

The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme that the substantial holder or an associate (2) had a relevant interest (3) in when last required, and when now required, to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme, are as follows:

Class of securities(4) Previous notice Previous notice Present notice Present notice
Person's votes Voting power(5) Person's votes Voting power(5)
FPO 36,463,390 8.34% 40,729,182 9.38%

Based on issued capital of 437,445,703 shares Based on issued capital of 434,167,294 shares

3. Changes in relevant interests

Particulars of each change in, or change in the nature of, a relevant interest of the substantial holder or an associate in voting securities of the company or scheme, since the substantial holder was last required to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme are as follows:

Date of
change
Person whose relevant interest
changed
Nature of change (6) Consideration given in
relation to change (7)
Class and number of
securities affected
Person's votes
affected
See
Annexure A
elevant interests
f each relevant interest of the substantial holder in voting securities after the change are as follows:
Holder of
relevant
interest
Registered Holder of securities Person entitled to be
registered as holder (8)
Nature of relevant
interest
Class and number of
securities
Person's votes
See
Annexure B

4. Present relevant interests

Particulars of each relevant interest of the substantial holder in voting securities after the change are as follows:

5. Changes in association

The persons who have become associates (2) of, ceased to be associates of, or have changed the nature of their association (9) with, the substantial holder in relation to voting interests in the company or scheme are as follows:

Name and ACN/ ARSN(if applicable) Nature of association
N/A
s
es of persons named in this form are as follows:
Name Address
L1 Capital PtyLtd Level 45,101 Collins Street,Melbourne,VIC,3000
L1 Capital Strategic EquityManagement PtyLtd Level 45,101 Collins Street,Melbourne,VIC,3001
Print name
Capacity
Sign here
Date
22/09/2023
Jane Stewart
Head of Legal & Compliance

6. Addresses

The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows:

Signature

DIRECTIONS

(1) If there are a number of substantial holders with similar or related relevant interests (eg. a corporation and its related corporations, or the manager and trustee of an equity trust), the names could be included in an annexure to the form. If the relevant interests of a group of persons are essentially similar, they may be referred to throughout the form as a specifically named group if the membership of each group, with the names and addresses of members is clearly set out in paragraph 6 of the form.

(2) See the definition of "associate" in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001.

(3) See the definition of "relevant interest" in sections 608 and 671B(7) of the Corporations Act 2001.

(4) The voting shares of a company constitute one class unless divided into separate classes.

(5) The person's votes divided by the total votes in the body corporate or scheme multiplied by 100.

  • (6) Include details of:

(a) any relevant agreement or other circumstances because of which the change in relevant interest occurred. If subsection 671B(4) applies, a copy of any document setting out the terms of any relevant agreement, and a statement by the person giving full and accurate details of any contract, scheme or arrangement, must accompany this form, together with a written statement certifying this contract, scheme or arrangement; and

(b) any qualification of the power of a person to exercise, control the exercise of, or influence the exercise of, the voting powers or disposal of the securities to which the relevant interest relates (indicating clearly the particular securities to which the qualification applies).

See the definition of "relevant agreement" in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001.

(7)

Details of the consideration must include any and all benefits, money and other, that any person from whom a relevant interest was acquired has, or may, become entitled to receive in relation to that acquisition. Details must be included even if the benefit is conditional on the happening or not of a contingency. Details must be included of any benefit paid on behalf of the substantial holder or its associate in relation to the acquisitions, even if they are not paid directly to the person from whom the relevant interest was acquired.

(8) If the substantial holder is unable to determine the identity of the person (eg. if the relevant interest arises because of an option) write "unknown".

(9) Give details, if appropriate, of the present association and any change in that association since the last substantial holding notice.

Annexure A

L1 Capital Pty (ACN 126 378 145) and L1 Capital Strategic Equity Management Pty Ltd (ACN 648 751 928) change in substantial holding in Chorus Limited. This is Annexure "A" of 1 page referred to in the Form 604 (Notice of change of interests of substantial holder)

Print Name

Sign Here

Jane Stewart

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Capacity

Date

Head of Legal & Compliance

22/09/2023

Changes in relevant interests

Date of change Person whose relevant interest changed Nature of change (6) Consideration given in
relation to change (7)
Class and number of securities
affected
Class and number of securities
affected

Person's votes affected
30/06/2023 L1 Capital PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 1,428,126.57
$
185,978 FPO 185,978
30/06/2023 L1 Capital Strategic EquityManagement PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 230,477.69
$
30,014 FPO 30,014
3/07/2023 L1 Capital Strategic EquityManagement PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 1,771,000.00
$
230,000 FPO 230,000
4/07/2023 L1 Capital Strategic EquityManagement PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 105,250.81
$
13,686 FPO 13,686
5/07/2023 L1 Capital Strategic EquityManagement PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 1,592,364.26
$
205,599 FPO 205,599
6/07/2023 L1 Capital Strategic EquityManagement PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 749,284.86
$
97,599 FPO 97,599
26/07/2023 L1 Capital Strategic EquityManagement PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 235,534.76
$
30,458 FPO 30,458
27/07/2023 L1 Capital Strategic EquityManagement PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 384,885.47
$
49,017 FPO 49,017
28/07/2023 L1 Capital Strategic EquityManagement PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 824,931.13
$
103,992 FPO 103,992
31/07/2023 L1 Capital Strategic EquityManagement PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 732,817.01
$
92,237 FPO 92,237
1/08/2023 L1 Capital Strategic EquityManagement PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 407,537.24
$
51,283 FPO 51,283
2/08/2023 L1 Capital Strategic EquityManagement PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 233,059.52
$
29,832 FPO 29,832
18/08/2023 L1 Capital Strategic EquityManagement PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 50,608.31
$
6,547 FPO 6,547
31/07/2023 L1 Capital PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 940,373.18
$
118,489 FPO 118,489
31/08/2023 L1 Capital PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 6,654,197.40
$
902,384 FPO 902,384
4/09/2023 L1 Capital PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 4,053,392.00
$
560,000 FPO 560,000
6/09/2023 L1 Capital PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 258,135.48
$
36,616 FPO 36,616
7/09/2023 L1 Capital PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 728,378.29
$
103,319 FPO 103,319
8/09/2023 L1 Capital PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 156,404.20
$
22,017 FPO 22,017
11/09/2023 L1 Capital PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 591,196.19
$
86,706 FPO 86,706
12/09/2023 L1 Capital PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 939,659.60
$
137,780 FPO 137,780
13/09/2023 L1 Capital PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 1,645,741.67
$
241,626 FPO 241,626
13/09/2023 L1 Capital Strategic EquityManagement PtyLtd On-Market Sale 450,703.78
$
66,205 FPO 66,205
14/09/2023 L1 Capital PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 612,132.48
$
89,118 FPO 89,118
15/09/2023 L1 Capital PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 5,129,878.08
$
734,451 FPO 734,451
20/09/2023 L1 Capital PtyLtd On-Market Purchase 1,328,388.10
$
191,725 FPO 191,725
20/09/2023 L1 Capital Strategic EquityManagement PtyLtd On-Market Sale 127,402.39
$
18,476 FPO 18,476

Annexure B

L1 Capital Pty (ACN 126 378 145) and L1 Capital Strategic Equity Management Pty Ltd (ACN 648 751 928) change in substantial holding in Chorus Limited. This is Annexure "B" of 1 page referred to in the Form 604 (Notice of change of interests of substantial holder)

Print Name Sign Here

Jane Stewart Capacity Date

Head of Legal & Compliance 22/09/2023

Details of present relevant interests

Holder of relevant interest Registered holder of securities Persons entitled to be a registered holder Nature of relevant
interest
Class and number of securities Class and number of securities
L1 Capital Pty Ltd Merrill Lynch (Australia) Nominees Pty Limited Merrill Lynch (Australia) Nominees Pty Limited Power to (or to control)
exercise vote and/or dispose of
the securities as discretionary
investment managers or
advisers of superannuation
funds, pooled superannuation
trusts, managed investment
schemes and investment
management agreements.
4,353,796 FPO
L1 Capital Pty Ltd Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC as above 8,786,456 FPO
L1 Capital Pty Ltd Goldman Sachs International Goldman Sachs International as above 7,680,163 FPO
L1 Capital Strategic Equity Management Pty Ltd State Street Australia Limited (SSAL) State Street Australia Limited (SSAL) as above 1,884,432 FPO
L1 Capital Strategic Equity Management Pty Ltd Citicorp Nominees Pty Ltd Citicorp Nominees Pty Ltd as above 10,326,088 FPO
L1 Capital Strategic Equity Management Pty Ltd National Nominees Limited National Nominees Limited as above 1,327,923 FPO
L1 Capital Strategic Equity Management Pty Ltd JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as above 6,370,324 FPO