Waiver from NZX Main Board Listing Rule 7.11.1

NZX Regulation Decision
Chorus Limited (“CNU”)
Application for waiver from NZX Debt Market Listing Rule
7.11.1







8 November 2018

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Waiver from Rule 7.11.1
Decision
1. Subject to the conditions in paragraph 2 below, and on the basis that the information provided
by CNU is complete and accurate in all material respects, NZXR grants CNU a waiver from
Rule 7.11.1 in respect of the CNU020s, to the extent that this Rule would otherwise require
CNU to allot the CNU020s within five Business Days after the latest date on which
applications for the CNU020s close.
2. The waiver in paragraph 1 above is provided on the conditions that:
a. CNU allots the CNU020s no later than nine Business Days after the latest date on which
applications for the CNU020s close; and
b. CNU clearly and prominently discloses this waiver and its implications in the Terms
Sheet for the CNU020s.
3. The information on which this decision is based is set out in Appendix One to this decision.
This waiver will not apply if that information is not, or ceases to be, full and accurate in all
material respects.
4. The Rules to which this decision relates are set out in Appendix Two to this decision.
5. Capitalised terms that are not defined in this decision have the meanings given to them in
the Rules.
Reasons
6. In coming to the decision to provide the waiver set out in paragraph 1 above, NZXR has
considered that:
a. the policy of Rule 7.11.1 is to ensure that, where application monies have been
submitted, subscribers obtain the benefit of their investment without undue delay. The
granting of this waiver will not offend the policy behind Rule 7.11.1;
b. CNU has submitted, and NZXR has no reason not to accept, that bringing the allotment
date forward is not practicable due to the large size of the offer and re-setting format of
the CNU020s, as it would restrict the time available to firms participating in the Offer to
sell down their respective allocations to investors;
c. the conditions of the waiver provide comfort that the impact on investors will be limited
to four Business Days. Further, CNU will be required to provide information on the
extended allotment period to prospective investors, for the investors to consider before
they decide to invest in the CNU020s; and
d. there is precedent for this decision.
Confidentiality
7. CNU has requested that this application, and NZXR’s decision, be kept confidential until the
Offer of the Bonds is publically announced.
8. In accordance with Footnote 1 to Rule 1.11.2, NZXR grants CNU’s request.

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Appendix One
1. Chorus Limited (CNU) is a Listed Issuer with Equity Securities Quoted on the NZX Main
Board, and Debt Securities which mature 6 May 2021 (CNU010s) quoted on the NZX Debt
Market (Debt Market).
2. CNU intends to make an offer under the exclusion set out in Schedule 1, Clause 19 of the
Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 of unsecured, unsubordinated, re-setting bonds
(CNU020s) to be quoted on the Debt Market (Offer).
3. The Offer will open on 14 November 2018 and close at 12.00pm on 23 November 2018. The
joint lead managers for the Offer will conduct a bookbuild on 23 November 2018 following
the Offer close at 12.00pm in order to determine the margin of the CNU020 Bonds
(Bookbuild), which will then be used to determine the interest rate of the CNU020 Bonds
(subject to a minimum rate).
4. CNU intends to allot the CNU020 Bonds on 6 December 2018 and Quote the CNU020 Bonds
on the NZDX on 7 December 2018. The CNU020s will Reset on 6 December 2023 and
mature on 6 December 2028.
5. CNU will release a Terms Sheet on or prior to the Offer opening, setting out the main terms
of the CNU020 Bonds (Terms Sheet).
6. NZX Debt Market Listing Rule (Rule) 7.11.1 requires securities to be allotted within five
Business Days after the latest date on which applications for Securities close. CNU has
sought a waiver from Rule 7.11.1 to structure the Offer so that the Allotment Date is nine
Business Days after the Closing Date. Subscription monies for the Offer are payable by the
holder on allotment of the CNU020 Bonds.

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Appendix Two
Rule 7.11 Allotment
7.11.1 An Issuer making an issue of Securities Quoted or to be Quoted (other than Equity
Securities issued under Rule 7.3.10) shall proceed to allotment within five
Business Days after the latest date on which applications for Securities close.