LINK ALLIANCE AWARDED AUCKLAND CITY RAIL LINK CONTRACT

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Media/ASX and NZX Release
18 April 2019

LINK ALLIANCE AWARDED AUCKLAND CITY RAIL LINK CONTRACT

Downer EDI Limited (Downer) announced today that the Link Alliance had been selected by City
Rail Link Limited as the preferred bidder for the C3 alliance contract, the largest package of work
for the NZ$4.4 billion Auckland City Rail Link project. The Link Alliance is a joint venture between
Downer, Vinci Grands Projects, Soletanche Bachy, AECOM, Tonkin + Taylor, and WSP Opus.

Separate to C3, Downer is also preferred supplier to maintain three stations, that are part of the
Auckland City Rail Link project, for up to 30 years. Downer’s total share of all work is expected to
exceed NZ$1 billion of revenue from the construction and maintenance contracts currently
underway or planned for the future.

The Chief Executive Officer of Downer, Grant Fenn, said the Link Alliance would deliver C3 for this
landmark project under an alliance contract model which shares the construction risk across all the
parties.

“We look forward to working closely with our joint venture partners and City Rail Link Limited to
deliver important infrastructure that will improve connections across Auckland for many years to
come,” Mr Fenn said.

The CEO of Downer New Zealand, Steve Killeen, said this was an exciting project for Auckland.

“I am very proud of our efforts on City Rail Link over the past four years and this new contract will
build on our current projects to support the long term development of such a great city,” Mr Killeen
said.

The C3 contract will expand on Downer’s contribution to the City Rail Link project. In April 2015,
two Joint Venture Design and Construction contracts were awarded to provide early input into the
design for the Downtown area. These contracts were awarded to Downer and Soletanche Bachy
JV and Connectus (McConnell Dowell and Downer JV).

The C3 contract comprises the construction of two new railway stations near Aotea Square and
Karangahape road in Auckland central, the redevelopment of the railway station at Mount Eden
and the tunnels connecting them. The two new railway stations near Aotea Square and
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Karangahape road are both underground stations designed to carry larger nine-car trains to better
meet the needs of a growing city.

For further information please contact:
Michael Sharp, Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations +61 439 470 145

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heart of everything it does. It exists to create and sustain the modern environment and its promise is to work
closely with its customers to help them succeed, using world-leading insights and solutions to design, build
and sustain assets, infrastructure and facilities. Downer employs more than 53,000 people across more than
300 sites, primarily in Australia and New Zealand, but also in the Asia-Pacific region, South America and
Southern Africa. It also owns 88 per cent of Spotless Group Holdings Limited. For more information visit
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