TELSTRA GROUP LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2022

Feb 20, 2022

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Market Announcements Office Australian Securities Exchange Level 4, 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000

Sydney, 21 February 2022

TPG Telecom regional network sharing agreement with Telstra

21 February 2022 – TPG Telecom Limited (ASX: TPG) ( TPG Telecom ) attaches a joint media statement announcing a ten-year regional Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN) commercial agreement with Telstra Corporation Limited (ASX: TLS) ( Telstra ), which will provide TPG Telecom group’s subscribers with 4G and 5G services within a defined coverage zone across regional and urban fringe areas.

Under the arrangements:

• TPG Telecom will gain access to around 3,700 of Telstra’s mobile network assets.

• TPG Telecom’s current 4G coverage will increase from approximately 96 per cent to around 98.8 per cent of the population.

• Telstra will obtain access to and deploy infrastructure on up to 169 of TPG Telecom’s existing mobile sites.

• TPG Telecom will decommission around 725 mobile sites it currently operates within the MOCN coverage area.

• TPG Telecom will provide Telstra with access to some of its existing 4G and 5G spectrum to use in the regional network.

Compared with TPG Telecom’s current arrangements, there will be no material increase in total network costs, while the 98.8% population coverage will be achieved at a significantly lower cost than building an equivalent network.

TPG Telecom expects the deal to be strongly value accretive over time as a result of:

• Opportunities for customer growth both within the MOCN coverage area and of customers who live outside the MOCN area and rely on regional mobile coverage.

• Avoided future capital expenditure and operating costs associated with the TPG Telecom regional sites to be decommissioned.

• Avoided capital expenditure that would have been required to expand TPG Telecom‘s mobile network coverage into regional Australia.

• Spectrum payments received from Telstra.

These benefits are expected to materially offset the costs of the MOCN agreement as well as the impact of decommissioning costs, expected to be up to $50m, and lease expenses at decommissioned sites.

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TPG Telecom Limited ABN 76 096 304 620 Level 1, 177 Pacific Highway, North Sydney, NSW 2060

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Subject to approval of the MOCN agreement and timing, TPG Telecom will recognise one-off, noncash accounting impacts in its 2022 financial results arising from the decommissioning of sites as follows:

• the recognition of onerous lease related charges of up to $150 million, and

• a write-down to the value of network infrastructure assets of up to $75 million.

Authorised for lodgement with ASX by:

Trent Czinner Company Secretary TPG Telecom Limited

Investor relations enquiries : Bruce Song, bruce.song@tpgtelecom.com.au, 0426 386 006

Media enquiries : Jen Zemek, jennifer.zemek@tpgtelecom.com.au, 0451 123 307

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Telstra and TPG Telecom sign landmark network sharing agreement for regional Australia

21 February 2022 - Telstra and TPG Telecom today announced a ground-breaking ten-year regional Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN) commercial agreement, which will provide significant value to Telstra’s wholesale mobile revenues, while providing TPG Telecom group’s subscribers with 4G and 5G services within a defined coverage zone across regional and urban fringe areas.

Under the innovative deal TPG Telecom will gain access to around 3,700 of Telstra’s mobile network assets, increasing TPG Telecom’s current 4G coverage from around 96 per cent to 98.8 per cent of the population.

Telstra will gain access to TPG Telecom’s spectrum across 4G and 5G, which will allow it to grow its network, increase capacity and continue to provide the country’s largest and fastest network.

Under the MOCN arrangement Telstra will share its Radio Access Network (RAN) for 4G and subsequently 5G services in the defined coverage zone, however both carriers will continue to operate their own core network where key differentiating functionality resides. Telstra will also obtain access to and deploy infrastructure on up to 169 TPG Telecom existing mobile sites, improving coverage for TPG and Telstra customers in the zone. The non-exclusive agreement includes the option for TPG Telecom to request two contract extensions of five years each.

Telstra CEO Andrew Penn said the deal provided significant value to shareholders and customers and was a continuation of Telstra’s strategy to maximise the utilisation and monetisation of its assets.

“This additional spectrum will mean that all Telstra customers will continue to experience Australia’s best and fastest network across the country, in combined 4G and 5G speeds. In particular, the spectrum agreement will ensure that regional and rural customers will now experience faster speeds in more locations on their mobiles.”

TPG Telecom CEO Iñaki Berroeta said the landmark network sharing agreement would significantly expand TPG Telecom’s mobile network footprint in regional Australia and enable growth of its customer base in regional and metropolitan areas.

“It represents a material uplift in the capability of our network and will provide significant value for TPG Telecom shareholders over the medium and long term.

“We will be open for business in regional and rural Australia like never before, offering a 4G network that provides 98.8% population coverage and rapidly growing 5G coverage across the nation.

“The agreement demonstrates best-practice asset utilisation and a commitment to rationalising our operations to deliver a better customer experience, while increasing capital efficiency.

Mr Penn said, “With more people moving to regional areas as a result of COVID, congestion in some areas has increased. This additional spectrum will also ensure that Telstra customers will experience significantly reduced congestion at busy times.

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“Telstra’s network has always been and will continue to be the best network – the structure of the deal ensures that we will continue to differentiate in network leadership for our customers in coverage and services.

“We can do that because we will maintain our one million square km competitive advantage in mobile coverage where no other operators have invested. Mobile coverage is often talked about as population coverage, however we all know that it’s the square kilometres of coverage when you travel between towns and cities that also matters. It is the fabric of our mobile network.

“This is critical for customers living and working in those areas. It provides security and safety when travelling long distances on major roads and is only available for our customers travelling through or working or living in those areas.”

Mr Penn said the innovative deal would realise more value from Telstra’s network infrastructure for shareholders while making a very significant contribution to Telstra’s wholesale mobile revenues.

“The deal provides TPG Telecom with the opportunity to access some of our network assets within the defined zone. The access is similar to the way Telstra currently provides wholesale services to its MVNOs and Belong in this zone.

“Similar to monetising our passive infrastructure, it allows Telstra to have an innovative way of monetising some of our active mobile infrastructure, in areas where the population coverage is much smaller and more challenging in terms of returns and further investment and where there are already a number of competitors.

“Additional scale from this agreement therefore supports return on invested capital in these areas and makes ongoing investment in the network and innovation more sustainable.”

Mr Berroeta said the agreement was a win for TPG customers who would have access to a significant part of the best regional network in Australia.

“The deal will give TPG Telecom’s consumer, enterprise and wholesale customers seamless access to a national network. This will enable TPG Telecom’s Vodafone, TPG, iiNet, Lebara and felix brands to improve their services for regional Australians.”

Access to this additional coverage will be automatic for all of TPG Telecom group’s customers and will appear to them as being provided by their current TPG Telecom group provider.

TPG Telecom will continue to operate its own 3G, 4G and 5G networks in metropolitan areas reaching around 80 per cent of the population, which includes its network infrastructure sharing arrangement with Optus in those areas.

TPG Telecom will decommission the 725 mobile sites it currently operates within the MOCN coverage area, reducing environmental impact, energy consumption, operating costs and future capex.

Subject to approval by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the MOCN is expected to be available to TPG customers by the end of the year.

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Telstra media contact: Steve Carey, General Manager Media M: +61 413 988 640

E: media@team.telstra.com

Telstra investor contact: Nathan Burley, Investor Relations T : +61 457 529 334

E : investor.relations@team.telstra.com

TPG Telecom Investor relations enquiries : Bruce Song, bruce.song@tpgtelecom.com.au, 0426 386 006

TPG Telecom Media enquiries : Jen Zemek, jennifer.zemek@tpgtelecom.com.au, 0451 123 307

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