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Final Terms Sheet
Fixed Rate Green Bonds

Maturing 15 August 2024




22 February 2019

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Final Terms Sheet

Fixed Rate

Green Bonds

Maturing

15 August 2024



22 February 2019

This terms sheet (Terms Sheet) sets out the key

terms of the offer by Contact Energy Limited

(Contact) of up to NZ$100,000,000 of unsecured,

unsubordinated, fixed rate, interest bearing bonds

maturing on 15 August 2024 (Bonds) under its

Master Trust Deed dated 23 February 2009 (as

amended from time to time) as modified and

supplemented by the Supplemental Trust Deed dated

15 February 2019 entered into between Contact and

The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Limited

(Supervisor) (together, Trust Documents).

Important notice

The offer of debt securities by Contact is made in reliance

upon the exclusion in clause 19 of schedule 1 of the

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMCA).

The offer contained in this Terms Sheet is an offer of

bonds that have identical rights, privileges, limitations

and conditions (except for the interest rate and maturity

date) as Contact’s:

 NZ$222,000,000 unsecured, unsubordinated, fixed

rate, interest bearing bonds (which have a fixed

interest rate of 5.80% per annum) maturing on 15

May 2019, which are currently quoted on the NZX

Debt Market under the ticker code CEN020 (CEN020

Bonds);



 NZ$150,000,000 unsecured, unsubordinated,

fixed rate, interest bearing bonds (which have a

fixed interest rate of 4.40% per annum) maturing

on 15 November 2021, which are currently

quoted on the NZX Debt Market under the ticker

code CEN030 (CEN030 Bonds), and

 NZ$100,000,000 unsecured, unsubordinated,

fixed rate, interest bearing bonds (which have a

fixed interest rate of 4.63% per annum) maturing

on 15 November 2022, which are currently

quoted on the NZX Debt Market under the ticker

code CEN040 (CEN040 Bonds),

(the CEN020 Bonds, the CEN030 Bonds and the

CEN040 Bonds, together the Existing Bonds).

The Bonds are of the same class as the Existing Bonds

for the purposes of the FMCA and the Financial Markets

Conduct Regulations 2014 (FMC Regulations).

The Issuer is subject to a disclosure obligation that

requires it to notify certain material information to NZX

Limited (NZX) for the purpose of that information being

made available to participants in the market and that

information can be found by visiting

www.nzx.com/companies/CEN.

The Existing Bonds are the only debt securities of

Contact that are currently quoted and in the same class

as the Bonds.

Investors should look to the market price of the Existing

Bonds referred to above to find out how the market

assesses the returns and risk premium for those bonds.


ADDRESS DETAILS:

Issuer:

Contact Energy Limited



Harbour City Tower

29 Brandon Street

Wellington 6143

04 499 4011

Joint Lead Manager:

ANZ Bank New Zealand

Limited


Level 25, ANZ Centre

23-29 Albert Street

Auckland 1010

0800 269 476

Joint Lead Manager:

Bank of New Zealand



Level 6, Deloitte Centre

80 Queen Street

Auckland 1010

0800 284 017

Joint Lead Manager :

Deutsche Craigs Limited



Level 36, Vero Centre

48 Shortland Street

Auckland 1010

0800 226 263

Registrar:

Link Market Services

Limited


Level 11, Deloitte

Centre

80 Queen Street

Auckland 1010

09 375 5998

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Issuer Contact Energy Limited

Description of Bonds

The Bonds are unsecured, unsubordinated, fixed rate, interest bearing debt

obligations of the Issuer ranking equally and without preference among

themselves and equally with all other outstanding unsecured and

unsubordinated indebtedness of Contact, except indebtedness preferred by

law.

The Supervisor, on behalf of the Bondholders, has the benefit of certain

provisions of Contact’s deed of negative pledge and guarantee dated 19 May

2005 (Negative Pledge). Among other things, the Negative Pledge provides

that the Issuer will not grant any security interest in its assets except under

certain limited exceptions set out in the Negative Pledge. The Bonds are not

guaranteed by any person.

The Bonds are Green Debt Instruments under the Issuer's Green Borrowing

Programme certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) based on the

Climate Bonds Standard. Further information about the Green Borrowing

Programme and the Green Borrowing Programme Framework is available on

the Issuer's website:

www.contact.co.nz/aboutus/sustainability/financial-sustainability

Financial Covenants

The ratio of consolidated unsubordinated group debt to consolidated

unsubordinated group debt plus shareholders’ funds (all as described in the

Negative Pledge) must not exceed 60%.

Purpose

The proceeds from the issue of the Bonds will be used by the Issuer for the

financing of renewable generation and other eligible assets (Green Assets) in

accordance with the terms of the Green Borrowing Programme Framework.

Joint Lead Managers ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited, Bank of New Zealand and Deutsche Craigs

Limited

Credit Ratings

Standard & Poor’s

Issuer Credit Rating

BBB (stable)

Issue Credit Rating

BBB


A rating is not a recommendation by any rating organisation to buy, sell or

hold Bonds. The above credit ratings are current as at the date of this Terms

Sheet and may be subject to suspension, revision or withdrawal at any time

by the assigning rating organisation.

Issue Amount NZ$100,000,000

Opening Date 18 February 2019

Closing Date 12pm, 22 February 2019

Rate Set Date 22 February 2019

Issue Date 1 March 2019

Maturity Date Thursday, 15 August 2024

Issue Margin 1.45 percent per annum

Interest Rate 3.55 percent per annum as being equal to the sum of the Base Rate plus the

Issue Margin

Base Rate The mid-market rate for an interest rate swap of a term matching the period

from the Issue Date to the Maturity Date as calculated by the Joint Lead

Managers in consultation with the Issuer, according to market convention,

with reference to ICAP New Zealand Limited (Bloomberg: ICNI > NZD

Interest Rate Swaps) (or its successor page) on the Rate Set Date and

expressed on a quarterly basis (rounded to 2 decimal places, if necessary,

with 0.005 being rounded up).

Issue Price NZ$1.00 per Bond

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Interest Payments Quarterly in arrear in equal payments.

The interest paid on the first Interest Payment Date will be for the period from

(and including) the Issue Date to the first Interest Payment Date. The interest

for this period will be calculated based on the number of days in the period

and a 365-day year, rather than being the equal quarterly payment made on

the other Interest Payment Dates.

Interest paid on the Bonds will be paid to the registered holder of the Bonds

on the relevant Record Date.

Interest Payment Dates 15 February, 15 May, 15 August and 15 November each year up to and

including the Maturity Date being the dates determined by the Issuer with the

prior written consent of the Supervisor and recorded in the register of the

Bonds.

The first Interest Payment Date is Wednesday, 15 May 2019

Record Date 10 calendar days before the relevant Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date

or, if not a Business Day, the preceding Business Day.

Business Day A day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which registered banks are

generally open for business in Auckland and Wellington.

If an Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the due

date for any payment to be made on that date will be the next Business Day.

Minimum Application Amount NZ$5,000 with multiples of NZ$1,000 thereafter.

ISIN NZCEND0050L0

NZX Debt Market Quotation Application has been made to NZX for permission to quote the Bonds on the

NZX Debt Market and all the requirements of NZX relating thereto that can be

complied with on or before the distribution of this Terms Sheet have been

duly complied with. However, NZX accepts no responsibility for any statement

in this Terms Sheet. NZX is a licensed market operator, and the NZX Debt

Market is a licensed market under the FMCA.

NZX Debt Market Ticker Code CEN050

Transfers The registered owner of a Bond may transfer that Bond at any time, subject to

the terms of the Trust Documents and any applicable securities laws and

regulations. Bonds may be transferred using any commonly used written

instrument of transfer, by any method of transfer permitted by the NZX Listing

Rules dated 1 January 2019 (Listing Rules) or by any other means of transfer

of marketable securities which is not contrary to law and which may be

operated in accordance with the Listing Rules and which is approved by the

Issuer.

Expected date of initial quotation

and trading on NZX Debt Market

4 March 2019

Repo-eligibility Contact intends to apply to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand for the Bonds

to be included as eligible securities for domestic market operations.

No Event of Default Failure by the Issuer to:

1. allocate the proceeds of the Bonds as described in the Green Borrowing

Programme Framework;

2. comply with CBI criteria or the Green Borrowing Programme in respect of

the Bonds;

3. maintain CBI certification of the Green Borrowing Programme;

4. comply with any environmental laws and standards in respect of the

Green Assets or otherwise;

5. receive further assurance from CBI;

6. comply with the Green Borrowing Programme Framework (including

updating its website in respect of the Bonds);

7. notify Bondholders that the Bonds cease to comply with the Green

Borrowing Programme Framework or Green Borrowing Programme; or

8. in any other way ensure that the Bonds retain their green attributes,

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is not an Event of Default or other default or breach of any obligation under

the Trust Documents and does not have the result of requiring, or permitting

Bondholders to require, the Bonds to be repaid.

Registrar and Paying Agent Link Market Services Limited.

The Bonds will be accepted for settlement within the NZClear system.

Early Repayment Bondholders have no rights to require the Issuer to redeem the Bonds early

except through the Supervisor in the case of an Event of Default (as set out in

the Trust Documents). The Issuer does not have the right to redeem the

Bonds early.

In the case of an Event of Default (as set out in the Trust Documents) which

is continuing unremedied, the Supervisor may declare, and may be directed

by an Extraordinary Resolution (as defined in the Trust Documents) of the

Bondholders to declare, the principal amounts of the Bonds, together with any

accrued interest, to be immediately due and payable.

Supervisor The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Limited

Governing Law New Zealand

Who May Apply

& How to Apply

All of the Bonds including any oversubscriptions will be reserved for

institutional investors and clients of the Joint Lead Managers and other

Primary Market Participants invited to participate in the bookbuild.

There will be no public pool for the Bonds.

Retail investors should contact the Joint Lead Managers, their financial

advisor or any Primary Market Participant for details on how they may acquire

Bonds. You can find a Primary Market Participant by visiting

www.nzx.com/investing/find-a-participant

Any allotment of Bonds will be at the Issuer’s discretion, in consultation with

the Joint Lead Managers. The Issuer reserves the right to refuse to make any

allotment (or part thereof) without giving any reason. The Issuer may deal

with oversubscriptions (if any) in its sole discretion.

Applications cannot be withdrawn or revoked. Applications may be scaled in

the event of oversubscriptions. The Issuer in consultation with the Joint Lead

Managers reserves the right to scale at its discretion.

Each investor’s financial advisor will be able to advise them as to what

arrangements will need to be put in place for the investors to trade the Bonds

including obtaining a common shareholder number (CSN), an authorisation

code (FIN) and opening an account with a Primary Market Participant as well

as the costs and timeframes for putting such arrangements in place.

Selling Restrictions It is a term of the offer of the Bonds that the selling restrictions included in this

Terms Sheet apply.

Singapore Securities and Futures

Act Product Classification

Solely for the purposes of its obligations pursuant to sections 309B(1)(a) and

309B(1)(c) of the Securities and Futures Act (Chapter 289 of Singapore), as

modified or amended from time to time (the SFA), Contact has determined,

and hereby notifies all relevant persons (as defined in Section 309A of the

SFA) that the Bonds are "prescribed capital markets products" (as defined in

the Securities and Futures (Capital Markets Products) Regulations 2018) and

Excluded Investment Products (as defined in MAS Notice SFA 04-N12: Notice

on the Sale of Investment Products and MAS Notice FAA-N16: Notice on

Recommendations on Investment Products).


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The dates set out in this Terms Sheet are indicative only and the Issuer, in conjunction with the Joint Lead Managers,

may change the dates set out in this Terms Sheet. The Issuer has the right in its absolute discretion and without

notice to close the offer early, to extend the Closing Date, or to choose not to proceed with the offer. If the Closing

Date is changed, other dates (such as the Issue Date, Interest Payment Dates and the Maturity Date) may be

changed accordingly.

Any internet site addresses provided in this Terms Sheet are for reference only and, except as expressly stated

otherwise, the content of any such internet site is not incorporated by reference into, and does not form part of, this

Terms Sheet.

Copies of the Trust Documents will be made available by the Issuer for inspection during usual business hours by any

Bondholder at the Issuer’s registered office listed above (or such office as the Issuer may notify the Bondholders from

time to time). Copies of the Trust Documents are also available on the Issuer's website:

www.contact.co.nz/aboutus/investor-centre/investor-information#Bond-information

Investors should seek qualified, independent financial and taxation advice before deciding to invest. Investors will be

personally responsible for all tax return filing obligations in respect of their investment in the Bonds, compliance with

the financial arrangements rules (if applicable) and payment of provisional or terminal tax (if required) on interest

derived.

The Supervisor accepts no responsibility for the information contained in this Terms Sheet.

For further information regarding the Issuer, visit www.nzx.com/companies/CEN.




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SELLING RESTRICTIONS

The Bonds may only be offered for sale or sold in New

Zealand in conformity with all applicable laws and

regulations in New Zealand. No Bonds may be offered for

sale or sold in any other country or jurisdiction except in

conformity with all applicable laws and regulations of that

country or jurisdiction and the selling restrictions

contained in this Terms Sheet. This Terms Sheet may not

be published, delivered or distributed in or from any

country or jurisdiction except under circumstances which

will result in compliance with all applicable laws and

regulations in that country or jurisdiction and the selling

restrictions contained in this Terms Sheet.

Without limiting the generality of the above, the following

selling restrictions apply in respect of each relevant

jurisdiction:


Relevant Member States of the European

Economic Area

In relation to each Member State of the European

Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus

Directive (each, a Relevant Member State), with effect

from and including the date on which the Prospectus

Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State

(the Relevant Implementation Date) no Bonds have been

offered and no Bonds will be offered that are the subject

of the offering contemplated by this Terms Sheet in

relation thereto to the public in that Relevant Member

State except that an offer of Bonds to the public in the

Relevant Member State may be made with effect from

the Relevant Implementation Date:

a) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as

defined in the Prospectus Directive;

b) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other

than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus

Directive) subject to obtaining the prior consent of

the relevant Joint Lead Manager, or Joint Lead

Managers nominated by Contact for any such offer;

or

c) in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2)

of the Prospectus Directive,

provided that no such offer of the Bonds shall require

Contact or any Joint Lead Manager to publish a

prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus

Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article

16 of the Prospectus Directive.

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an

“offer of the Bonds to the public” in relation to any Bonds

in any Relevant Member State means the communication

in any form and by any means of sufficient information on

the terms of the offer and the Bonds to be offered so as

to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe

for the Bonds, as the same may be varied in that

Relevant Member State by any measure implementing

the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State,

and the expression "Prospectus Directive" means

Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended or superseded) and

includes any relevant implementing measure in each

Relevant Member State.

United Kingdom

No communication, invitation or inducement to engage in

investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of

the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA))

has been or may be made or caused to be made or will

be made in connection with the issue or sale of the

Bonds in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the

FSMA applies to Contact.

All applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to

anything done in relation to the Bonds in, from or

otherwise involving the United Kingdom must be

complied with.


Singapore

Each Joint Lead Manager has acknowledged that this

Terms Sheet has not been registered as a prospectus

with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly,

the Bonds have not been and will not be offered or sold,

or made the subject of an invitation for subscription or

purchase nor may the Terms Sheet or any other

document or material in connection with the offer or sale,

or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Bonds

been, nor will it be, circulated or distributed, whether

directly or indirectly, to any person in Singapore other

than (a) to an institutional investor (as defined in Section

4A of the SFA) pursuant to Section 274 of the SFA, (b) to

a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the

SFA) pursuant to Section 275(1) of the SFA, or any

person pursuant to Section 275(1A) of the SFA, and in

accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275

of the SFA, or (c) otherwise pursuant to, and in

accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable

provision of the SFA.

Where the Bonds are subscribed or purchased under

Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is:

a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor

(as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole

business of which is to hold investments and the

entire share capital of which is owned by one or

more individuals, each of whom is an accredited

investor; or

b) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited

investor) whose sole purpose is to hold

investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an

individual who is an accredited investor,

securities or securities-based derivatives contracts

(each term as defined in Section 2(1) of the SFA) of

that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest

(howsoever described) in that trust shall not be

transferred within six months after that corporation or

that trust has acquired the Bonds pursuant to an offer

made under Section 275 of the SFA except:

1) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person

or to any person arising from an offer referred to in

Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the

SFA;

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2) where no consideration is or will be given for the

transfer;

3) where the transfer is by operation of law;

4) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA; or

5) as specified in Regulation 37A of the Securities

and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Securities

and Securities-based Derivatives Contracts)

Regulations 2018.


Australia

No prospectus or other disclosure document (as defined

in the Corporations Act 2001 of Australia (Corporations

Act)) in relation to the Bonds (including this Terms Sheet)

has been, or will be, lodged with, or registered by, the

Australian Securities and Investments Commission

(ASIC) or any other regulatory authority in Australia. No

person may:

a) make or invite (directly or indirectly) an offer of the

Bonds for issue, sale or purchase in, to or from

Australia (including an offer or invitation which is

received by a person in Australia); and

b) distribute or publish, any Terms Sheet, information

memorandum, prospectus or any other offering

material or advertisement relating to the Bonds in

Australia,

unless:

i. the minimum aggregate consideration payable

by each offeree or invitee is at least A$500,000

(or its equivalent in an alternative currency and,

in either case, disregarding moneys lent by the

offeror or its associates) or the offer or

invitation otherwise does not require disclosure

to investors in accordance with Part 6D.2 or

Part 7.9 of the Corporations Act;

ii. the offer or invitation is not made to a person

who is a “retail client” within the meaning of

section 761G of the Corporations Act;

iii. such action complies with all applicable laws,

regulations and directives; and

iv. such action does not require any document to

be lodged with, or registered by, ASIC or any

other regulatory authority in Australia.

By applying for the Bonds under this Terms Sheet, each

person to whom the Bonds are issued (an Investor):

a) will be deemed by Contact and the Joint Lead

Managers to have acknowledged that if any Investor

on-sells the Bonds within 12 months from their

issue, the Investor will be required to lodge a

prospectus or other disclosure document (as defined

in the Corporations Act) with ASIC unless either:

i. that sale is to an investor within one of the

categories set out in sections 708(8) or 708(11)

of the Corporations Act to whom it is lawful to

offer the Bonds in Australia without a

prospectus or other disclosure document lodged

with ASIC; or

ii. the sale offer is received outside Australia;

and


b) will be deemed by Contact and the Joint Lead

Managers to have undertaken not to sell those

Bonds in any circumstances other than those

described in paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above for

12 months after the date of issue of such Bonds.

This Terms Sheet is not, and under no circumstances is

to be construed as, an advertisement or public offering of

any Bonds in Australia.


Hong Kong

No Bonds have been offered or sold or will be or may be

offered or sold in Hong Kong, by means of any

document, other than (a) to professional investors as

defined in the Securities and Futures

Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong (the SFO) and any

rules made under the SFO; or (b) in other circumstances

which do not result in the document being a prospectus

as defined in the Companies (Winding Up and

Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong

Kong (the C(WUMP)O) or which do not constitute an

offer to the public within the meaning of the C(WUMP)O.

No advertisement, invitation or document relating to the

Bonds may be issued or in the possession of any person

or will be issued or be in the possession of any person in

each case for the purpose of issue, whether in Hong

Kong or elsewhere, which is directed at, or the contents

of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public

of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the

securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to

the Bonds which are or are intended to be disposed of

only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to

‘professional investors’ as defined in the SFO and any

rules made under the SFO.


Japan

The Bonds have not been and will not be registered in

Japan pursuant to Article 4, Paragraph 1 of the Financial

Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan (Act No. 25 of

1948, as amended, the FlEA) in reliance upon the

exemption from the registration requirements since the

offering constitutes the small number private placement

as provided for in “ha” of Article 2, Paragraph 3, Item 2 of

the FlEA. A Japanese Person who transfers the Bonds

shall not transfer or resell the Bonds except where the

transferor transfers or resells all the Bonds en bloc to one

transferee. For the purposes of this paragraph, Japanese

Person shall mean any person resident in Japan,

including any corporation or other entity organised under

the laws of Japan.














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United States of America

The Bonds have not been and will not be registered

under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities

Act) and may not be offered or sold within the United

States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons

(as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act

(Regulation S)) except in accordance with Regulation S

or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not

subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities

Act.

None of Contact, any Joint Lead Manager nor any person

acting on its or their behalf has engaged or will engage in

any directed selling efforts in relation to the Bonds, and

each of Contact, any Joint Lead Manager have complied

and will comply with the offering restrictions requirements

of Regulation S under the Securities Act.


The Bonds will not be offered or sold within the United

States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons

(i) as part of their distribution at any time, or (ii) otherwise

until 40 days after the completion of the distribution of all

Bonds of the Tranche of which such Bonds are part, as

determined and certified by any Joint Lead Manager,

except in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S

under the Securities Act. Any Bonds sold to any

distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling

concession, fee or other remuneration during the

distribution compliance period require a confirmation or

notice to the purchaser at or prior to the confirmation of

the sale to substantially the following effect:


‘The Bonds covered hereby have not been registered

under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as

amended (the ‘Securities Act’) or with any securities

regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of

the United States and may not be offered or sold within

the United States, or to or for the account or benefit of,

U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the

Securities Act) (i) as part of their distribution at any time

or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the

commencement of the offering of the Bonds and the

closing date except in either case pursuant to a valid

exemption from registration in accordance with

Regulation S under the Securities Act. Terms used above

have the meaning given to them by Regulation S.’


Until 40 days after the completion of the distribution of all

Bonds of the Tranche of which those Bonds are a part,

an offer or sale of the Bonds within the United States by

any Joint Lead Manager, or any dealer or other

distributor (whether or not participating in the offering)

may violate the registration requirements of the

Securities Act if such offer or sale is made otherwise than

in accordance with Regulation S.






Indemnity

By its subscription for the Bonds, each Bondholder

agrees to indemnify Contact, the Joint Lead Managers

and the Supervisor and each of their respective directors,

officers and employees for any loss, cost, liability or

expense sustained or incurred by Contact, the Joint Lead

Managers or the Supervisor, as the case may be, as a

result of the breach by that Bondholder of the selling

restrictions set out above.

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CBI disclaimer


The certification of the Issuer's Green Borrowing Programme by the Climate Bonds Initiative is based solely on the

Climate Bonds Standard and does not, and is not intended to, make any representation or give any assurance with

respect to any other matter relating to the Bonds, the Green Borrowing Programme, any other Green Debt Instrument

or Green Asset, including but not limited to this Terms Sheet, the Trust Documents, any transaction documents, the

Issuer or the management of the Issuer.


The certification of the Green Borrowing Programme by the Climate Bonds Initiative was addressed solely to the

board of directors of the Issuer and is not a recommendation to any person to purchase, hold or sell the Bonds (or

any other Green Debt Instruments in the Green Borrowing Programme) and such certification does not address the

market price or suitability of the Bonds or the Green Borrowing Programme for a particular investor. The certification

also does not address the merits of the decision by the Issuer or any third party to participate in the Bonds, any other

Green Debt Instruments or any Green Asset and does not express and should not be deemed to be an expression of

an opinion as to the Issuer or any aspect of the Bonds, any other Green Debt Instruments or any Green Asset

(including but not limited to the financial viability of the Bonds, any other Green Debt Instruments or any Green Asset)

other than with respect to conformance with the Climate Bonds Standard.


In issuing or monitoring, as applicable, the certification, the Climate Bonds Initiative has assumed and relied upon and

will assume and rely upon the accuracy and completeness in all material respects of the information supplied or

otherwise made available to the Climate Bonds Initiative.

The Climate Bonds Initiative does not assume or accept any responsibility to any person for independently verifying

(and it has not verified) such information or to undertake (and it has not undertaken) any independent evaluation of

any Green Debt Instruments, Green Asset or the Issuer. In addition, the Climate Bonds Initiative does not assume

any obligation to conduct (and it has not conducted) any physical inspection of any Green Debt Instruments or Green

Asset. The certification may only be used with the Green Borrowing Programme and may not be used for any other

purpose without the Climate Bonds Initiative’s prior written consent.


The certification does not and is not in any way intended to address the likelihood of timely payment of interest when

due on the Bonds (or any other Green Debt Instruments in the Green Borrowing Programme and/or the payment of

principal at maturity or any other date.


The certification may be withdrawn at any time in the Climate Bonds Initiative’s sole and absolute discretion and there

can be no assurance that such certification will not be withdrawn.


Joint Lead Manager disclaimer


None of the Joint Lead Managers nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees and agents: (a) accept any

responsibility or liability whatsoever for any loss arising from this term sheet or its contents or otherwise arising in

connection with the offer of Green Bonds; (b) authorised or caused the issue of, or made any statement in, any part of

this term sheet; and (c) make any representation, recommendation or warranty, express or implied regarding the

origin, validity, accuracy, adequacy, reasonableness or completeness of, or any errors or omissions in, any

information, statement or opinion contained in this term sheet and accept no liability (except to the extent such liability

is found by a court to arise under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 or cannot be disclaimed as a matter of

law).

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