SPH Notice – BNP Paribas SA ("BNPP SA") and its affiliates

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Disclosure of beginning to have substantial holding
Section 276, Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013
To The New Zealand Stock Exchange
and
To Chorus Limited
Date this disclosure made: 22 March 2021
Date on which substantial holding began: 17 March 2021
Substantial product holder(s) giving disclosure
Full name(s): BNP PARIBAS SA (“BNPP SA”) and its affiliates
Summary of substantial holding
Class of quoted voting products: Ordinary Shares
Summary for BNP PARIBAS SA (“BNPP SA”) and its affiliates
For this disclosure,—
(a) total number held in class: 26,604,686
(b) total in class: 447,024,884
(c) total percentage held in class: 5.95%
Details of relevant interests
Details for substantial product holder(s): Please refer to table below
Nature of relevant interest(s): Please refer to table below
For that relevant interest,—
(a) number held in class: Please refer to table below
(b) percentage held in class: Please refer to table below
(c) current registered holder(s): Please refer to table below
(d) registered holder(s) once transfers are registered: Please refer to table below
For a derivative relevant interest, also—
(a) type of derivative: N/A
(b) details of derivative: N/A
(c) parties to the derivative: N/A
(d) if the substantial product holder is not a party to the derivative, the nature of the
relevant interest in the derivative: N/A

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Substantial
product
holder(s)
Current
registered
holder(s)
Nature of
relevant
interest
Registered
holders(s)
once
transfers
are
registered
Number
held in
class
Percentage
held in
class
BNP Paribas
Arbitrage
(“BNPP
ARB”)
BNPP ARB
BNPP ARB
has voting
rights and
rights to
dispose
Unknown 16,395 0.00%
BNP Paribas
Securities
Services
(“BPSS”)
Various
Clients
BPSS has a
relevant
interest in
ordinary
shares in its
capacity as
agency
lender
Unknown 26,588,291 5.95%

Details of transactions and events giving rise to substantial holding
Details of the transactions or other events requiring disclosure: BPSS has a relevant
interest in ordinary shares in its capacity as agency lender and thus giving rise to
substantial holding.
Additional information
Address(es) of substantial product holder(s):
Substantial product
holder(s)
Address
BNPP SA 16, BOULEVARD DES ITALIENS, 75009 PARIS, FRANCE
BNPP ARB 1 RUE LAFFITTE, 75009 PARIS, FRANCE
BPSS 3 RUE D ANTIN, 75002, PARIS 02, FRANCE

Contact details: Jacky Tai, +65 6819 8478,
DL.CMPL_APAC_DOI@ASIA.BNPPARIBAS.COM
Nature of connection between substantial product holders:
Substantial
product holder(s)
Nature of connection
BNPP ARB Subsidiary of BNPP SA

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BPSS Subsidiary of BNPP SA

Name of any other person believed to have given, or believed to be required to give, a
disclosure under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 in relation to the financial
products to which this disclosure relates: N/A
Certification
I, Jacky Tai, certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information
contained in this disclosure is correct and that I am duly authorised to make this disclosure
by all persons for whom it is made.