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Channel Infrastructure announces Bond Offer

Debt Issuance28 April 2022CHIEnergy

Product
Disclosure

Statement

Offer of unsecured,

unsubordinated, fixed

rate bonds by Channel

Infrastructure NZ Limited

This document gives you important

information about this investment to

help you decide whether you want to

invest. There is other useful information

about this offer on www.disclose-

register.companiesoffice.govt.nz.

Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited has

prepared this document in accordance

with the Financial Markets Conduct Act

2013. You can also seek advice from a

financial advice provider to help you to

make an investment decision.

Issued by

Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited

28 April 2022

Joint Arrangers:

Joint Lead Managers:

1.

Key information

summary

1.1 What is this?

This is an offer (Offer) of unsecured,

unsubordinated, fixed rate bonds (Bonds).

The Bonds are debt securities issued by

Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited (Channel

Infrastructure). You give Channel Infrastructure

money, and in return Channel Infrastructure

promises to pay you interest and repay the

money at the end of the term. If Channel

Infrastructure runs into financial trouble, you

might lose some or all of the money you invested.

1.2 About the Channel

Infrastructure Group

Channel Infrastructure is New Zealand’s leading

fuel infrastructure company.

The Channel Infrastructure Group primarily owns

critical infrastructure, supplying the Northland

and Auckland fuel markets and all jet fuel to

Auckland International Airport. Utilising the

deep-water harbour and jetty infrastructure at

Marsden Point, 280 million litres of storage tanks,

and the 170-kilometre pipeline from Marsden

Point to Auckland, Channel Infrastructure

receives, stores, tests and distributes fuel

imported and owned by its customers.

Independent Petroleum Laboratory Limited

provides fuel quality testing services.

Channel Infrastructure plans to transfer some

or all of its import terminal assets to Channel

Terminal Services Limited (Channel Terminal

Services) during 2022, with the remaining

assets including its refining assets and liabilities

remaining with Channel Infrastructure.

Channel Infrastructure is listed on the NZX Main

Board and has Subordinated Notes quoted

on the NZX Debt Market. As at 27 April 2022,

its market capitalisation is approximately

$399 million.

1.3 Purpose of this Offer

The net proceeds of this Offer are to be

applied towards repaying a portion of Channel

Infrastructure’s existing bank debt and will also

provide diversification of funding that aligns with

an infrastructure business. See section 4 of this

product disclosure statement (PDS) (Purpose of

the Offer) for further detail.

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1.4 Key terms of the Offer

IssuerChannel Infrastructure NZ Limited

Description of the BondsUnsecured, unsubordinated, fixed rate bonds.

See section 5 of this PDS (Key features of the Bonds) for more information.

Offer amountUp to $100 million (with the ability to accept oversubscriptions of up to an

additional $25 million at Channel Infrastructure’s discretion). The Offer is not

underwritten.

Term5 years, maturing on 20 May 2027.

Interest RateThe Bonds will pay a fixed rate of interest until the Maturity Date.

The Interest Rate will be determined by Channel Infrastructure in conjunction with

the Joint Lead Managers following the bookbuild and set at the sum of the Swap

Rate and the Issue Margin or, if greater, any applicable minimum Interest Rate

announced via NZX.

Any such minimum Interest Rate and the indicative Issue Margin will be determined

by Channel Infrastructure in conjunction with the Joint Lead Managers and (as

applicable) announced via NZX on or about the Opening Date.

The Interest Rate will be announced by Channel Infrastructure via NZX on or about

the Rate Set Date.

See section 5 of this PDS (Key features of the Bonds) for more information.

Interest Payment DatesInterest will be paid quarterly in arrear in equal amounts on 20 February, 20 May,

20 August and 20 November in each year (or if that day is not a Business Day,

the next Business Day) until and including the Maturity Date, with the First Interest

Payment Date being 20 August 2022 (with payment on 22 August 2022, being the

first Business Day following the First Interest Payment Date).

Further payments, fees or

charges

Channel Infrastructure will pay brokerage to market participants in respect of the

Offer.

You are not required to pay any additional brokerage or any other fee or charges

to Channel Infrastructure to purchase the Bonds. However, you may have to pay

brokerage to the firm from whom you receive an allocation of Bonds or for the

transfer of Bonds.

Additionally, taxes may be deducted from interest payments on the Bonds.

See section 7 of this PDS (Ta x) for further details.

Opening DateFriday, 6 May 2022.

Closing DateFriday, 13 May 2022 at 11.00am.

Minimum application amount$5,000 and multiples of $1,000 thereafter.

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1.5 Who is responsible for
repaying you?

Channel Infrastructure is responsible for paying

interest on, and repayment of, the Bonds.

The obligations of Channel Infrastructure to

make payments with respect to the Bonds

are guaranteed by the Guarantors under the

Guarantee. As at the date of this PDS, Channel

Terminal Services is the only Guarantor. See

section 5 of this PDS (Key features of the Bonds)

for more information.

1.6 How you can get your

money out early

Neither you nor Channel Infrastructure can

redeem the Bonds prior to the Maturity Date.

However, Channel Infrastructure may be required

to repay the Bonds early if there is an Event of

Default (see section 5 of this PDS (Key features of

the Bonds)).

Channel Infrastructure intends to quote these

Bonds on the NZX Debt Market. This means

you may be able to sell them on the NZX Debt

Market before the end of their term if there are

interested buyers. If you sell your Bonds, the

price you get will vary depending on factors

such as the financial condition of the Channel

Infrastructure Group and movements in market

interest rates. You may receive less than the full

amount that you paid for them.

1.7 How the Bonds rank

for repayment

On a liquidation of Channel Infrastructure, each

Bond will rank as an unsecured, unsubordinated

obligation of Channel Infrastructure:

• behind any secured liabilities and liabilities

preferred by law;

• equally with other Bonds and equally among

the rights and claims of equal ranking

obligations including lenders of Channel

Infrastructure’s bank debt and all other

unsecured, unsubordinated obligations,

including trade creditors; and

• ahead of subordinated debt holders (including

the Subordinated Notes) and ahead of

Shareholders.

Section 5.1 of this PDS (Ranking) contains more

information about the ranking of the Bonds.

1.8 No security

The Bonds are not secured against any asset of

the Channel Infrastructure Group.

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1.9 Key risks affecting this
investment

Investments in debt securities have risks. A key

risk is that Channel Infrastructure does not

meet its commitments to repay you or pay you

interest (credit risk). Section 6 of this PDS (Risks

of investing) discusses the main factors that give

rise to the risk. You should consider if the credit

risk of these debt securities is suitable for you.

The interest rate for these Bonds should also

reflect the degree of credit risk. In general,

higher returns are demanded by investors from

businesses with higher risk of defaulting on their

commitments. You need to decide whether the

Offer is fair.

Channel Infrastructure considers that the most

significant risk factors are:

Terminal Services Agreements and

Customer Concentration Risk

A large proportion of revenue the Channel

Infrastructure Group receives is from its three

Customers under the TSAs. If a Customer fails to

perform its obligations under the TSAs (including

to pay fees) or if a TSA is terminated and no new

customers are found, it could have a material

adverse effect on its operations and financial

performance including its creditworthiness.

Single Site / Concentration of

Operations

The Channel Infrastructure Group operates

substantially from a single site at Marsden Point,

near the entrance to the Whangarei Harbour.

Having substantial operations on a single site

means that the Channel Infrastructure Group

may not be able to redirect operations to

another location if operations were disrupted at

the site (including the jetty). This could result in

a significant impact on Channel Infrastructure’s

financial position and creditworthiness. Events

that could cause a disruption to operations

include asset damage and business interruptions

resulting from natural disasters or failures of

assets and other hazards (including leaks

and ruptures, tanker oil spills, explosions, fires,

mechanical failures, catastrophic events, and

marine transportation incidents).

This summary does not cover all of the risks of

investing in the Bonds. You should also read

section 6 (Risks of investing) and section 5 of this

PDS (Key features of the Bonds).

1.10 No credit rating

Channel Infrastructure’s creditworthiness has

not been assessed by an approved rating

agency. This means that Channel Infrastructure

has not received an independent opinion of its

capability and willingness to repay its debts from

an approved source.

1.11 Where you can

find other market

information about

Channel Infrastructure

This is a short-form offer document that Channel

Infrastructure is permitted to make because

these Bonds rank in priority to existing quoted

financial products of Channel Infrastructure. The

existing quoted financial products are ordinary

shares in Channel Infrastructure which are traded

on the NZX Main Board and the Subordinated

Notes which are traded on the NZX Debt Market.

Investors should look at the market price of the

Subordinated Notes in order to find out how the

market assesses the returns and risk premium for

those debt securities. Channel Infrastructure is

subject to a disclosure obligation that requires it

to notify certain material information to the NZX

for the purpose of that information being made

available to participants in the market. Channel

Infrastructure’s page on the NZX website, which

includes information made available under the

disclosure obligation referred to above can be

found at www.nzx.com/companies/CHI.

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Contents
1. Key information summary 3

Letter from the Chairman 7

2. Key dates and Offer process 8

3. Terms of the Offer 9

4. Purpose of the Offer 12

5. Key features of the Bonds 12

6. Risks of investing 17

7. Tax 23

8. Selling restrictions 24

9. Who is involved? 25

10. How to complain 26

11. Where you can find more information 26

12. How to apply 27

13. Contact information 27

Glossary 28

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Dear Investor,
On behalf of the Board,

I am pleased to offer you an

opportunity to invest in the

unsecured, unsubordinated, fixed

rate Bonds which will be issued

by Channel Infrastructure NZ

Limited (the Offer). The purpose

of the Offer is to provide Channel

Infrastructure with diversification of funding that aligns

with an infrastructure business with stable earnings and

cash flows.

The Channel Infrastructure Group is the owner and

operator of nationally strategic infrastructure, including

the Marsden Point to Auckland pipeline; receiving,

storing, testing and distributing transport fuels imported

by its customers, safely, reliably and efficiently primarily

to the Northland and Auckland markets which make up

around 40% of New Zealand’s fuel demand.

The import terminal system (ITS) based at Marsden Point,

is expected to handle between 3 and 3.5 billion litres of

transport fuels annually:

• Supplying all of the jet fuel distributed to Auckland

International Airport (AIA)

In a “normal” (pre-COVID-19) year, around 75% of all

international airline seat capacity to and from New

Zealand is via AIA which means that the Channel

Infrastructure Group is critically linked to New

Zealand’s largest expected export earner – tourism –

underpinning long-term asset utilisation; and

• Providing New Zealand’s largest transport fuels

storage capacity

The shared terminal storage capacity of 180 million

litres, combined with an additional 100 million litres

of private storage capacity, makes Marsden Point

by far the largest import terminal in New Zealand,

with capacity to provide additional strategic fuel

stockholdings for the country.

Channel Infrastructure has long-term contracts in

place with bp, Mobil and Z Energy which incentivise the

utilisation of the infrastructure through a combination of

fixed and variable fees; higher take or pay commitments

over the first six years supporting the funding of terminal

conversion costs and allowing time for a recovery in jet

fuel demand from COVID-19 impacts to occur.

These contracts, together with the significant tax losses

available to Channel Infrastructure, are expected to

deliver stable earnings and cash flow, with all fees

subject to PPI-based indexation, which provides strong

protection for our earnings in an inflationary environment.

Channel Infrastructure’s vision is to be New Zealand’s

leading independent fuel infrastructure company, and

we have strong aspirations for growth.

We are passionate about playing our part to keep

Aotearoa moving today and our infrastructure is

expected to remain relevant as New Zealand’s fuel

requirements shift to lower-carbon fuels in the future,

with jet fuel (or a liquid alternative) demand underpinning

long-term asset utilisation and our pipeline delivering

fuel to Auckland at one tenth of the emissions compared

to transport by road.

Channel Infrastructure recently issued its first

Sustainability Report which sets out how our business

will continue to contribute to the Northland community

and New Zealand’s energy transition in the years ahead,

and how our business plans to make the most of the

opportunities before us.

Channel Infrastructure is seeking to raise up to $100

million from the Offer and may accept oversubscriptions

for up to an additional $25 million. The net proceeds of

the Offer will be used to repay a portion of existing bank

debt and to provide Channel Infrastructure with further

diversification of funding sources.

There are risks associated with this Offer that may affect

your returns and repayment of your investment in the

Bonds. An overview of these risks is set out in this PDS.

You should read this before deciding whether to invest in

the Bonds.

I encourage you to seek financial, investment or other

advice from a qualified professional adviser as you take

time to consider this Offer.

On behalf of Channel Infrastructure’s Directors, I welcome

your participation in this Offer and your support of

Channel Infrastructure’s nationally strategic infrastructure

business.

Yours sincerely

Simon Allen

Chairman

Letter from the Chairman

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2.

Key dates and

Offer process

The intended key dates of the Offer are as follows:

Minimum Interest Rate and indicative Issue Margin

announced

On or about Friday, 6 May 2022.

Opening DateFriday, 6 May 2022.

Closing DateFriday, 13 May 2022 at 11.00am.

Rate Set DateFriday, 13 May 2022.

Issue Date and allotment dateFriday, 20 May 2022.

Expected date of initial quotation and trading of the

Bonds on the NZX Debt Market

Monday, 23 May 2022.

Interest Payment Dates20 February, 20 May, 20 August and

20 November in each year.

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First Interest Payment Date20 August 2022 (with payment on 22 August 2022,

being the first Business Day following the First Interest

Payment Date).

Maturity DateThursday, 20 May 2027.


The timetable is indicative only and subject to change.

Channel Infrastructure may, in its absolute discretion and

without notice, vary the timetable (including by opening

or closing the Offer early, accepting late applications

and extending the Closing Date).

If the Closing Date is extended, the Rate Set Date, the

Issue Date, the expected date of initial quotation and

trading of the Bonds on the NZX Debt Market, the Interest

Payment Dates and the Maturity Date may also be

extended. Any such changes will not affect the validity of

any applications received.

Channel Infrastructure reserves the right to cancel

the Offer and the issue of the Bonds, in which case all

application monies received will be refunded (without

interest) as soon as practicable.

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If any date on which an interest payment is due to be made is not a Business Day, payment shall instead be made on the next Business Day.

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3.

Terms of

the Offer

IssuerChannel Infrastructure NZ Limited

Description of the

Bonds

Unsecured, unsubordinated, fixed rate bonds.

See section 5 of this PDS (Key features of the Bonds) for more information.

Offer amountUp to $100 million (with the ability to accept oversubscriptions of up to an additional

$25 million at Channel Infrastructure’s discretion).

Issue price$1.00 per Bond, being the Principal Amount of each Bond.

Term5 years, maturing on the Maturity Date (20 May 2027).

Interest RateThe Bonds will pay a fixed rate of interest until the Maturity Date.

The Interest Rate will be determined by Channel Infrastructure in conjunction with the

Joint Lead Managers following the bookbuild and set at the sum of the Swap Rate and

the Issue Margin or, if greater, any applicable minimum Interest Rate announced via NZX.

A bookbuild is a process whereby a margin is determined by reference to bids from

market participants for an allocation of Bonds at different margins.

Any such minimum Interest Rate and the indicative Issue Margin will be determined by

Channel Infrastructure in conjunction with the Joint Lead Managers and (as applicable)

announced via NZX on or about 6 May 2022.

The Interest Rate will be announced by Channel Infrastructure via NZX on or about the

Rate Set Date.

See section 5 of this PDS (Key features of the Bonds) for more information.

Interest Payment DatesSubject to the below, quarterly in arrear on 20 February, 20 May, 20 August and 20

November in each year (or if that day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day) until

and including the Maturity Date, with the First Interest Payment Date being 20 August

2022 (with payment on 22 August 2022, being the first Business Day following the First

Interest Payment Date).

Interest payments

and entitlement

Regular payments of interest on Interest Payment Dates will be of equal quarterly

amounts. Any other payment of interest on the Bonds will be based on the number of

days in the relevant period and a 365-day year.

On each Interest Payment Date, interest will be paid to the person registered as the

Bondholder as at the record date immediately preceding that Interest Payment Date.

The record date for each Interest Payment Date is 5.00pm on the date that is 10 Business

Days before the relevant Interest Payment Date. If the record date falls on a day which is

not a Business Day, the record date will be the immediately preceding Business Day.

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RankingOn a liquidation of Channel Infrastructure, each Bond, together with any unpaid interest,
will rank:

• behind any secured liabilities and liabilities which are preferred by law;

• equally with other Bonds and equally among the rights and claims of equal ranking

obligations including the lenders of Channel Infrastructure’s bank debt and all other

unsecured, unsubordinated obligations, including trade creditors; and

• ahead of holders of subordinated debt (including the Subordinated Notes) and ahead

of Shareholders.

On a liquidation of a Guarantor, the obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee

will rank as unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Guarantor.

More information on how the Bonds rank is in section 5 of this PDS (Key features of the

Bonds).

Early redemptionBondholders will have no right to require Channel Infrastructure to redeem their Bonds

prior to the Maturity Date. However, Channel Infrastructure may be required to repay the

Bonds early if there is an Event of Default (as described below).

See section 5 of this PDS (Key features of the Bonds) for more information.

Events of DefaultIf an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Supervisor may in its discretion,

and must upon being directed to do so by an Extraordinary Resolution of Bondholders,

declare the Bonds together with accrued interest to be due and payable.

The Events of Default are set out in in clause 8 of the Supplemental Trust Deed and are

summarised in section 5 of this PDS (Key features of the Bonds).

Financial covenantsThe Supplemental Trust Deed contains the following financial covenants:

(a) the ratio of EBITDA of the consolidated Channel Infrastructure Group to Net Interest

Expense of the consolidated Channel Infrastructure Group (calculated for the

12- month period ending on each relevant test date) will not be less than 2.5:1 on

two successive semi-annual test dates; and

(b) Net Debt of the consolidated Channel Infrastructure Group to Net Debt plus Equity

does not at any time exceed 60%.

The first test date for the financial covenants is 31 December 2022.

Opening DateFriday, 6 May 2022.

Closing DateFriday, 13 May 2022 at 11.00am.

Minimum application

amount

$5,000 and multiples of $1,000 thereafter.

Who may applyThe Offer will be open to institutional investors and members of the public who are

resident in New Zealand. More information about the restrictions can be found in section

8 of this PDS (Selling restrictions).

All of the Bonds offered under the Offer have been reserved for subscription by clients

of the Joint Lead Managers, Primary Market Participants and other approved financial

intermediaries invited to participate in the bookbuild.

There will be no public pool for the Bonds.

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How to applyApplication instructions are set out in section 12 of this PDS (How to apply).
Channel Infrastructure reserves the right to refuse all or any part of any application for

Bonds under the Offer without giving a reason.

No underwritingThe Offer is not underwritten.

BrokerageChannel Infrastructure will pay brokerage to market participants in respect of the Offer.

You are not required to pay any additional brokerage or any other fee or charges to

Channel Infrastructure to purchase the Bonds. However, you may have to pay brokerage

to the firm from whom you receive an allocation of Bonds, or for the transfer of Bonds.

Further payments, fees

or charges

Taxes or approved issuer levy may be deducted from interest payments on the Bonds.

You will also be required to indemnify Channel Infrastructure if it becomes liable to make

any payment of, or on account of, tax payable by you.

See section 7 of this PDS (Ta x) for more information.

QuotationApplication has been made to NZX for permission to quote the Bonds on the NZX Debt

Market and all the requirements of NZX relating to that quotation that can be complied

with on or before the date of distribution of this PDS have been duly complied with.

However, the Bonds have not yet been approved for trading and NZX accepts no

responsibility for any statement in this PDS. NZX is a licensed market operator, and the

NZX Debt Market is a licensed market, under the FMCA.

NZX ticker code CHI020 has been reserved for the Bonds.

Transfer restrictions Channel Infrastructure may decline to accept or register a transfer of the Bonds if the

transfer would result in the transferor or the transferee holding or continuing to hold

Bonds with a Principal Amount of less than $5,000 (if not zero) or if the transfer is not in

multiples of $1,000.

Selling restrictionsThe Offer is subject to certain selling restrictions, and you will be required to indemnify

certain people if you breach these. More information on this can be found in section 8 of

this PDS (Selling restrictions).

Governing lawNew Zealand.

Other DocumentsThe terms of the Bonds and other key terms of the Offer are set out in the Master Trust

Deed, as supplemented by the Supplemental Trust Deed.

The Supervisor will also have the benefit of the Guarantee under the Negative Pledge

Deed.

You should read these documents. Copies may be obtained from the Disclose Register at

www.disclose-register.companiesoffice.govt.nz.

SupervisorThe New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Limited.

Securities RegistrarComputershare Investor Services Limited.

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4.

The net proceeds of this Offer are to be applied towards

repaying a portion of Channel Infrastructure’s existing

bank debt and will also provide Channel Infrastructure

with diversification of funding that aligns with an

infrastructure business. This will not change, irrespective

of the total amount that is raised.

The Offer is not underwritten and is not conditional on

raising a minimum amount.

Purpose of

the Offer

5.


4.


Key features

of the Bonds

A number of the key features of the Bonds are described

in section 3 of this PDS (Terms of the Offer). The other key

features of the Bonds are described below.

The information in this section is a summary of certain

terms of the Supplemental Trust Deed and the Negative

Pledge Deed. Copies of the Supplemental Trust Deed

and the Negative Pledge Deed are included on the

Disclose Register at

www.disclose-register.companiesoffice.govt.nz.

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5.1 Ranking
Ranking on a liquidation

The Bonds constitute unsecured, unsubordinated

debt obligations of Channel Infrastructure. On

a liquidation of Channel Infrastructure amounts

owing to Bondholders rank equally with all other

unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of

Channel Infrastructure.

Amounts owing under the Guarantee constitute

unsecured, unsubordinated debt obligations

of each Guarantor and on a liquidation of a

Guarantor, amounts owing to Bondholders

under the Guarantee rank equally with all other

unsecured unsubordinated obligations of

that Guarantor.

The below diagram summarises the ranking

of the Bonds on a liquidation of Channel

Infrastructure (formerly The New Zealand

Refining Company Limited), based on the

financial position of Channel Infrastructure as

at 31 December 2021 which was reflective of

the refining business rather than the import

terminal business. Therefore, the table includes

amounts which relate to excise duty previously

payable by Channel Infrastructure on behalf

of its customers, provisions for import terminal

conversion costs expected to be incurred, and

carbon units to be surrendered in relation to

refinery operations. In the event of a liquidation

of Channel Infrastructure, the actual priority

amounts may differ.

Diagram showing ranking of the Bonds

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RANKINGRANKING ON LIQUIDATIONTYPE OF LIABILITY/EQUITYAMOUNT

HigherLiabilities that rank

ahead of the Bonds

Secured liabilities and liabilities preferred by law

2

(for

example, Inland Revenue and employee entitlements)

$121 million

3

Liabilities that rank

equally with the Bonds

These liabilities comprise:

• Bonds

• Bank borrowings

• Other unsubordinated and unsecured liabilities not

referred to above (including trade creditors and other

unsubordinated debt)

Total liabilities that rank equally with the Bonds:

$100 million

4

$25 million

$242 million

5


$367 million

Liabilities that rank

below the Bonds

The Subordinated Notes quoted on the NZX Debt Market$75 million

LowerEquity

6

Shares, reserves and retained earnings$492 million

1

Amounts shown are indicative. They are based on the financial position of Channel Infrastructure as at 31 December 2021, and are adjusted to reflect

the changes in the value of assets and liabilities that Channel Infrastructure reasonably expects to result from the issue of the Bonds. Amounts are

subject to rounding adjustments.

2

There are typically other preferred or secured claims which arise when a company is liquidated which are not possible to foresee and cannot therefore

be quantified.

3

This value includes approximately $114 million of excise duty that Channel Infrastructure paid on behalf of its customers while it was operating as a refinery.

An equivalent amount is included on Channel Infrastructure’s balance sheet as a receivable. As an import terminal operation, Channel Infrastructure no

longer pays excise duty on behalf of its customers and therefore this amount is expected to reduce to zero within a few months after the date on which

Channel Infrastructure commenced ITS services (and the equivalent receivable on its balance sheet will also reduce to zero), being 1 April 2022.

4

For the purposes of these calculations an issue size of $100 million of Bonds has been assumed. If the issue size is more or less than $100 million, bank

borrowings would reduce or increase accordingly. This would not impact the overall liabilities that rank equally with the Bonds as the proceeds of the

Bonds are to be applied towards repaying existing bank borrowings, which rank equally with the Bonds. It is noted that bank borrowings are expected to

increase in 2022 due to the conversion from a refinery to an import terminal.

5

This value includes approximately $166 million of provisions relating to the conversion from a refinery to an import terminal (which are disclosed in Note

15 of the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021, and which may or may not be payable on a liquidation), approximately $25 million of

trade creditors, approximately $18 million of liabilities associated with carbon units to be surrendered in relation to the refinery operations, approximately

$8 million of liabilities in respect of the defined benefit pension and medical plans. This excludes deferred tax liability of $101 million which is not expected

to be payable on a liquidation.

6

The amount of equity stated above includes Channel Infrastructure’s Shares.

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5.2 Restrictions on creating
further liabilities

The Channel Infrastructure Group may, at

any time after the issue of the Bonds (without

requiring the consent of Bondholders), borrow

money or otherwise create further liabilities

from time to time that rank equally with or in

priority to the Bonds, provided it complies with

the restrictions below. These further liabilities

may include, for example, further bonds or new

borrowing facilities with banks.

Financial covenants

Under the Supplemental Trust Deed, Channel

Infrastructure gives the following financial

covenants to the Supervisor:

(a) the ratio of EBITDA of the consolidated

Channel Infrastructure Group to Net Interest

Expense of the consolidated Channel

Infrastructure Group (calculated for the

12 month period ending on each relevant

test date) will not be less than 2.5:1 on two

successive semi-annual test dates; and

(b) Net Debt of the consolidated Channel

Infrastructure Group to Net Debt plus Equity

does not at any time exceed 60%.

For the purposes of the above financial

covenants, EBITDA is calculated by starting with

EBIT and adjusting to add back depreciation

and amortisation. EBIT means consolidated net

profit/loss after tax for that period (excluding

(by way of subtracting or adding back) interest

expense, income tax expense, equity accounted

gains or losses, gains or losses attributable to

minority interests, asset write-downs, impairment

or revaluations (or their reversals), gains or

losses on asset disposals, unrealised gains or

losses arising from any derivative transaction),

any income or charge attributable to a post-

employment benefit scheme and employee

share scheme and extraordinary gains or losses

(including restructuring costs associated with the

conversion to an import terminal).

Net Debt is calculated as the total amount

of financial indebtedness that would be

disclosed on its balance sheet less cash and

cash equivalents and Equity is the amount by

which Total Tangible Assets of the consolidated

Channel Infrastructure Group exceeds its Total

Liabilities. Total Tangible Assets is the aggregate

amount of all assets which would be disclosed

on its balance sheet (excluding intangible

assets or revaluations of derivative transactions)

and Total Liabilities is the aggregate amount

of all liabilities (excluding contingent liabilities

and derivative transactions) which would be

disclosed on its balance sheet.

The first test date for the financial covenants is

31 December 2022.

The description set out above is only a summary

of the financial covenants and the full details

can be found in clause 6 of the Supplemental

Trust Deed. The capitalised terms used in

this section 5.2 refer to defined terms in the

Supplemental Trust Deed and the Negative

Pledge Deed (to the extent not otherwise

defined in the Glossary).

Other restrictions on borrowing

Certain terms contained in Channel

Infrastructure’s other funding documents also

indirectly limit its ability to borrow. Channel

Infrastructure is planning on commencing a

refinancing process of its bank borrowings during

the 2022 calendar year and therefore expects its

bank funding documents to change as a result.

Its current bank funding documents contain the

following financial covenants:

• the ratio of bank debt to the sum of bank

debt and shareholder funds for Channel

Infrastructure must not be greater than 45%;

• the ratio of EBITDA as defined in the bank

funding documents to Interest Expense as

defined in the bank funding documents must

not be less than 4.0 times; and

• the ratio of EBITDA as defined in the bank

funding documents to Total Interest Expense

as defined in the bank funding documents

(which is the same as Interest Expense but

includes any interest or deferred interest

paid with respect to the Subordinated Notes

or similar instruments) must not be less than

2.0 times.

Neither Bondholders nor the Supervisor have

the benefit of the covenants given in favour of

Channel Infrastructure’s bank lenders and they

may therefore be amended or waived by the

relevant bank lenders. Channel Infrastructure

does not have to consult or notify Bondholders

or the Supervisor of any actual or potential

amendments or waivers under the bank funding

documents. If a member of the Channel

Infrastructure Group failed to comply with these

provisions and the bank lenders accelerated

their funding, it may (subject to meeting certain

thresholds) cause an Event of Default. The Events

of Default are set out in full in clause 8 of the

Supplemental Trust Deed.

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5.3 Restrictions on
granting security

Channel Infrastructure and each Guarantor

have agreed with the beneficiaries under

the Negative Pledge Deed that they will not

create or permit to subsist security over their

assets other than certain permitted security

interests which are described in the Negative

Pledge Deed. These permitted security interests

include, for example, security interests arising

by operation of law or securing certain taxes

or other governmental or regulatory levies,

duties or imposts, rights of set off and netting

and deferred purchase or title retention in

the ordinary course of business where the

amount secured is not outstanding for more

than 120 days. Channel Infrastructure and

each Guarantor may, in addition, from time to

time create or permit to subsist other security

interests over their assets, provided that the

aggregate principal amount secured by all such

other security interests does not exceed 7.5% of

the Total Tangible Assets of the consolidated

Channel Infrastructure Group. This is not a

complete list of the circumstances in which

Channel Infrastructure or a Guarantor may grant

security. Full details can be found in the Negative

Pledge Deed.

Under its current bank funding documents,

Channel Infrastructure and each Guarantor have

agreed similar (but more restrictive) undertakings

to those set out above that restrict the ability

of the Channel Infrastructure Group to grant

new security interests that rank equally with, or

in priority to, amounts owed to Bondholders in a

liquidation of Channel Infrastructure (although

these are not given in favour of the Supervisor

or the Bondholders and they may therefore

be amended or waived by the relevant bank

lenders).

5.4 Guarantees

The Bonds are guaranteed by the Guarantors

under the Guarantee.

Under the Guarantee, each Guarantor jointly

and severally guarantees to the Supervisor the

payment of all amounts owed to it and the

Bondholders in respect of the Bonds.

There are no limits on the obligations of any

Guarantor in respect of the amounts owing

under the Guarantee and there are no

conditions to the Guarantee. The obligations

of the Guarantors under the Guarantee are

unsecured.

Not every member of the Channel Infrastructure

Group is required to be a Guarantor. Under the

Negative Pledge Deed, Channel Infrastructure

must ensure that:

• at all times the Total Tangible Assets of the

Guaranteeing Group will not be less than

85% of the Total Tangible Assets of the

consolidated Channel Infrastructure Group;

and

• on each test date, EBITDA of the

Guaranteeing Group will not be less than

85% of EBITDA of the consolidated Channel

Infrastructure Group.

For full details of these provisions, see clause

5 of the Negative Pledge Deed. A summary of

the definition of EBITDA is set out above under

the heading financial covenants in section 5.2

of this PDS (Restrictions on creating further

liabilities) and the other capitalised terms used

in this section 5.4 refer to defined terms in the

Supplemental Trust Deed and the Negative

Pledge Deed (to the extent not otherwise

defined in the Glossary).

As at the date of this PDS, Channel Terminal

Services is the only Guarantor. Channel

Terminal Services is a member of the Channel

Infrastructure Group. Members of the Channel

Infrastructure Group may cease to be

Guarantors from time to time in accordance with

the terms of the Negative Pledge Deed.

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5.5 Events of Default
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing

under the Trust Deed, the Supervisor may in

its discretion, and must upon being directed

to do so by an Extraordinary Resolution of

Bondholders, declare the Bonds together with

accrued interest to be immediately due and

payable.

The Events of Default in the Trust Deed are:

• failure by Channel Infrastructure or a

Guarantor to make a payment under a

Transaction Document (which includes

failure to make payment under the Bonds),

subject to certain grace periods;

• the Issuer fails to comply with the financial

covenants set out in the Supplemental

Trust Deed;

• any material misrepresentation by Channel

Infrastructure or a Guarantor under a

Transaction Document, subject to certain

grace periods;

• a breach by Channel Infrastructure or a

Guarantor of a provision of a Transaction

Document in a material respect, subject to

certain grace periods;

• indebtedness of Channel Infrastructure or

any other Guarantor for borrowed money

in excess of $10 million in aggregate is not

paid within any applicable grace period

or (if no grace period applies) when due

or is accelerated by being declared due

and payable before it would otherwise

have been due by reason of any event of

default, termination event or equivalent or

analogous event; and

• an Insolvency Event occurs in respect of

Channel Infrastructure or a Guarantor.

Channel Infrastructure must defer interest on

the Subordinated Notes if an Event of Default

is continuing.

5.6 Other relevant

information about

the Trust Deed

The Trust Deed also contains a number of other

provisions, including provisions relating to:

• the role of the Supervisor and the powers

and duties of the Supervisor;

• the process for replacement of the

Supervisor;

• the right of the Supervisor to be indemnified;

• the payment of fees, expenses and other

amounts owing to the Supervisor (including

that amounts owing to the Supervisor

are, on a default, paid from the proceeds

of enforcement before payments to

Bondholders);

• holding meetings of Bondholders;

• the process for Bondholders to sell or

transfer their Bonds; and

• the process for amending the Trust Deed. To

summarise, the Trust Deed can be amended:

- with the consent of the Supervisor;

- by the Financial Markets Authority under

section 109 of the FMCA; or

-under section 22(7) or 37(6) of the Financial

Markets Supervisors Act 2011 or any other

enactment.

The Supervisor must only consent to an

amendment if:

- the amendment is approved by an

extraordinary resolution of the holders

of the debt securities (or each class

of holders that is or may be adversely

affected by the amendment or

replacement); or

-the Supervisor is satisfied that the

amendment or replacement does not

have a material adverse effect on the

Bondholders.

• You should read clause 19 of the Master Trust

Deed for further information.

You are not entitled to enforce any of your

rights or remedies under the Trust Deed

directly against Channel Infrastructure unless

the Supervisor fails to enforce such rights or

remedies within a reasonable period after

having become bound to do so in accordance

with the Trust Deed. The only circumstance in

which the Bonds can be declared redeemable

for a default are the specific Events of Default

(see the information under the heading “Events

of Default” for further information).

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6.

Risks of

investing

6.1 Introduction

This section describes the following potential key

risk factors:

• general risks associated with an investment

in the Bonds; and

• significant specific risks relating to Channel

Infrastructure’s creditworthiness.

Key risks outlined in this section are based

on an assessment of the probability of a risk

occurring and potential impact (individually or

in combination with other key risks) at the date

of this PDS. There is no guarantee or assurance

that key risks will not change, alter in their

significance or that other risks will not emerge.

Where practicable, Channel Infrastructure

seeks to implement risk mitigation strategies to

minimise exposure to some of the risks outlined

below. However, there can be no assurance that

these risk mitigation strategies will fully protect

Channel Infrastructure from all or any risks.

Investors should carefully consider these risk

factors (together with the other information in

this PDS and on the Disclose Register) before

deciding to invest in the Bonds. This summary

does not cover all of the risks of investing in the

Bonds.

Before making any investment decision it is

important that investors consider the suitability

of an investment in the Bonds in light of their own

individual risk profile for investments, investment

objectives and personal circumstances

(including financial and taxation issues). The risks

described in this section do not take account of

the personal circumstances, financial position or

investment requirements of any particular person

other than Channel Infrastructure. You can seek

the advice of a financial adviser to help you

make an investment decision.

6.2 General Risks

An investment in the Bonds is subject to the

following general risks.

General risks related to the

insolvency of Channel Infrastructure

If Channel Infrastructure becomes insolvent,

there may be a shortfall of funds to pay all

amounts ranking ahead of and equally with the

Bonds. There is also a risk that Channel Terminal

Services or any other Guarantor is unable to

meet its obligations under the Guarantee if

Channel Infrastructure defaults. If this occurs,

this would result in you not receiving a full return

of the Principal Amount and/or any interest due

and unpaid at that time.

Please refer to section 5 of this PDS (Key features

of the Bonds) for more information on the ranking

of the Bonds in the event of the insolvency of

Channel Infrastructure.

General risks related to the market

for the Bonds

If Bondholders wish to sell their Bonds before the

Maturity Date:

• Market price: The price at which

Bondholders are able to sell their Bonds

may be less than the amount they paid

for the Bonds. The price of the Bonds

may be affected by a number of factors,

both dependent on, or independent of,

Channel Infrastructure’s creditworthiness.

Independent factors may include the

time remaining to the Maturity Date, the

outstanding aggregate Principal Amount

of the Bonds, the level of demand for the

Bonds offered for sale in the secondary

market from time to time, any legal

restrictions limiting demand for Bonds,

the availability of comparable securities,

the level, direction and volatility of market

interest rates and market conditions

generally. For example, if market interest

rates go up, the market value of the Bonds

would typically be expected to go down

and vice versa.

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• Liquidity: The Bondholders may be unable
to sell their Bonds at all due to lack of

demand or because the Bonds cease to

be listed on the NZX Debt Market. There

can be no assurance that a secondary

market for the Bonds will develop or of the

liquidity of such a market. In the absence

of a liquid secondary market for the Bonds,

Bondholders may not be able to sell their

Bonds readily or at prices that will enable

them to realise a yield comparable to

that of similar instruments, if any, within a

developed secondary market. Even following

the development of a secondary market,

and depending on market conditions

and other factors, Bondholders seeking

to sell relatively small or relatively large

amounts of Bonds may not be able to do

so at prices comparable to those that

may be available to other Bondholders.

Due to these factors the Bonds may not be

readily saleable, their value may fluctuate over

time and such fluctuations may be significant

and could result in losses to a Bondholder who

wishes to sell Bonds prior to the Maturity Date.

6.3 Specific risks relating to

Channel Infrastructure’s

creditworthiness

Channel Infrastructure considers that the

following circumstances are those which could

significantly increase, either individually or in

combination, the risk that Channel Infrastructure

may default on its payment obligations under

the Bonds. Channel Infrastructure, as Channel

Terminal Services’ holding company, will largely

derive its income from interest and dividends

paid by Channel Terminal Services to Channel

Infrastructure.

Terminal Services Agreements and

Customer Concentration Risk

A large proportion of the revenue that the

Channel Infrastructure Group receives is from its

three Customers under the TSAs.

The TSAs contain a combination of fixed and

throughput-based fees to incentivise utilisation

of the infrastructure. The minimum take or pay

commitments provide certainty of earnings

(in particular, allowing for the recovery of jet

fuel demand to pre-COVID-19 levels), and are

intended to be sufficient to cover the cost of

the Channel Infrastructure Group’s operations

(including operating costs, maintenance capital

expenditure and financing costs) as well as the

funding of import terminal conversion costs.

The importance of the TSAs does however mean

that if a Customer fails to perform its obligations

under the TSAs (including to pay fees) or if a

TSA is terminated and no new customers are

found, it could have a material adverse effect on

Channel Infrastructure’s business and financial

performance including its creditworthiness.

A reason a Customer may fail to comply with

its obligations under a TSA could be due to the

insolvency of that Customer. There are a variety

of factors that could impact a Customer’s

solvency. These include supply chain disruptions,

environmental events, competition risks, change

in fuel demand, as well as the operation of

downstream infrastructure, such as the Wiri

Terminal (where the Marsden Point to Auckland

pipeline ends) and the Auckland joint user

hydrant installation terminal, otherwise known as

the JUHI (airport storage facility), change in the

regulatory environment and other factors which

impact the ongoing viability of a Customer.

The TSAs have an initial term of 10 years, with

two five-year rights of renewal at the Customer’s

option. If Customers do not wish to renew the

TSA at the end of the initial term, they must give

Channel Terminal Services two years’ notice.

The circumstances under which a Customer may

terminate a TSA prior to the end of its term include:

• material breaches;

• default in payment of money;

• unauthorised assignments of the TSA;

• insolvency events; and

• extended force majeure events.

Channel Terminal Services and Channel

Infrastructure’s primary obligations under the

TSAs are to make the ITS available and to

provide import terminal and ancillary services

to Customers, being principally the berthing of

ships at the Marsden Point jetty and discharge

of transport fuels into tanks at Marsden Point,

the conduct of fuel quality testing services as

requested by Customers, and the distribution of

the Customers’ fuel through the Marsden Point to

Auckland pipeline and the truck loading facility.

Channel Terminal Services and Channel

Infrastructure also have an obligation to

maintain the ITS to the standard of a reasonable

and prudent operator, including maintenance

and cleaning of tanks utilised for storage of

the Customers’ product at the Marsden Point

site. Subject to the terms of the TSAs, Channel

Terminal Services and Channel Infrastructure

may be liable to compensate Customers for

contamination or loss of the Customers’ product

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while it is in the custody of Channel Terminal
Services or if the ITS assets are unavailable.

To mitigate the risks associated with termination

of a TSA:

• the TSAs permit Channel Infrastructure to

make unutilised Marsden Point to Auckland

pipeline capacity available to new

customers after 1 April 2025;

• Channel Terminal Services provides

dedicated private storage services which

enables further freight cost optimisation for

its TSA customers as a result of increased

product supply scale and flexibility, which

(absent economically viable alternative

infrastructure systems) incentivises the use

of the infrastructure and provides Channel

Terminal Services with an additional income

stream;

• the TSAs contain remedy periods for

material breaches. Neither Channel Terminal

Services nor Channel Infrastructure is liable

to the Customers for a range of permitted

interruptions or where force majeure relief

applies;

• the TSAs do not permit termination for

convenience not relating to a termination

event described above;

• as at the date of this PDS, Channel

Infrastructure is not aware of an alternative

infrastructure system that could provide an

economically viable transport alternative for

the volume of fuel transported into the main

Auckland market via the Marsden Point to

Auckland pipeline; and

• Channel Infrastructure has set its long-term

capital structure target to ensure it has

access to committed liquidity.

In addition, Channel Infrastructure and Channel

Terminal Services’ liability under the TSAs is

capped, and indirect and consequential losses

are excluded, other than in circumstances of

gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

Cost overruns and conversion

execution risk

Total cash costs (operating and capital) of

converting from a refinery to an import terminal

are expected to be in the range of $200 to $220

million over 5-6 years.

The ranges given above includes budget

contingencies, but excludes the demolition of

refining plant which is expected to occur not

earlier than 10 years after the conversion date.

Channel Infrastructure has also committed

to make private storage tanks available to

Customers for use over the next two years at

an estimated capital cost of $45 to $50 million.

Failure to meet this commitment could lead to

claims against Channel Infrastructure.

A significant increase in conversion or private

storage costs could have an impact on Channel

Infrastructure’s financial position. Cost overruns

and delays could come as a result of change

in scope, inflationary pressures, supply-chain

delays or skills shortages resulting from COVID-19

and associated border closures.

Contingency plans are in place to mitigate

these impacts and an assessment of potential

cost impacts of disruption due to the COVID-19

Omicron variant has been undertaken which

indicates that current project contingencies

should adequately cover the potential impacts.

With border restrictions currently easing Channel

Infrastructure is working with the Ministry of

Business, Innovation and Employment to facilitate

contractor skilled worker visas. Additionally, there

is flexibility in some project timelines and work

is being rescheduled where possible to address

resourcing constraints. Where possible, long-lead

items have been ordered well in advance.

Channel Infrastructure also has access to

committed liquidity which can be used to

fund conversion cost increases and Channel

Infrastructure can tolerate significant interest

rate movements.

Change in demand for fuels

Refined oil products may be displaced or suffer

reduced demand due to a variety of factors

including unaffordability, increased access to,

or adoption of, new technologies (for example,

there may be a more rapid increase in the

uptake of alternative fuel vehicles, such as

electricity, biofuels, hydrogen, or gas-powered

vehicles), products and services, fuel efficiency

improvements or reduction in demand as a result

of external events leading to reduced travel and

tourism (such as pandemics, war or natural disaster

events) or in the interests of minimising potential

harmful impacts to the environment. Recovery of

jet fuel demand following the COVID-19 pandemic

may also take longer than expected.

Transition to lower-carbon fuels may occur more

quickly than expected as a result of climate

change. Climate change risks are set out in more

detail below.

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The variable fees under the TSAs are dependent
on the volume and product type distributed

through the ITS.

As such any decrease in the demand for refined

oil products in New Zealand could adversely

impact Channel Infrastructure’s revenue. To

mitigate this risk, the TSAs include minimum

take or pay fees, which exceed the expected

level of ongoing operating and capital costs of

operating the ITS.

Single Site / Concentration

of Operations

The Channel Infrastructure Group operates

substantially from a single site at Marsden Point,

near the entrance to the Whangarei Harbour.

Having substantial operations on a single site

creates a risk in that the Channel Infrastructure

Group would not be able to redirect operations

to another location, in the event that, for any

reason, operations were disrupted at the site

(including the jetty).

In particular, the following events could cause a

disruption to the Channel Infrastructure Group’s

operations at Marsden Point:

1. High Hazard Industry

The nature of many of the Channel Infrastructure

Group’s operations are inherently hazardous.

These hazards include, but are not limited to,

pipeline and storage tank leaks and ruptures,

tanker oil spills, explosions and fires, mechanical

failures, catastrophic events, and marine

transportation incidents (such as tankers

damaging the jetty).

The above hazards, whether due to the actions

or omissions of a member of the Channel

Infrastructure Group or a third party, or act of

God (such as severe weather events or natural

disaster), may cause personal injury and/or loss

of life, damage to property and contamination

of the environment, which may result in the

suspension of operations (and ultimately a

material breach under a TSA) and the imposition

of civil or criminal penalties, including fines,

expenses for remediation claims brought by

the governmental entities or third parties and

first party losses of income, clean-up costs and

reconstruction costs, or may lead to additional

regulatory requirements being imposed at

increased costs or impacting its ability to

operate (temporarily or permanently), which

may adversely impact Channel Infrastructure’s

financial position, reputation and potentially its

creditworthiness.

The risks associated with the marine operations

are that: (a) a product tanker could hit and

cause damage to the jetty rendering it

inoperable, (b) a shipping accident could

result in a port blockage and (c) the discharge

(and loading) of product tankers at the jetty

may cause pollution resulting in a significant

disruption to the Channel Infrastructure

Group’s business, together with remediation

costs and fines, all of which could affect

Channel Infrastructure’s financial position and

creditworthiness.

The Channel Infrastructure Group has adopted

a range of preventative barriers using well

established engineering, inspection, incident

response and process safety management

techniques and training, as well as business

continuity plans, system configuration, and

security measures, to deliver what it believes are

robust and reliable management systems. The

focus is to achieve continued process safety,

maintain and improve reliability and integrity,

and optimise operating costs whilst meeting

obligations under the TSAs.

2. Natural Perils

Asset damage and business interruption

resulting from natural disasters such as a

tsunami or earthquake could potentially result in

a significant impact on Channel Infrastructure’s

financial position and creditworthiness.

The occurrence of these natural disasters could

cause significant disruption to operations and

consequent financial impact on revenue and

expenses in repairing damage. However, this

is of particular significance to the Channel

Infrastructure Group because it operates

substantially from a single site and distributes

the vast majority of fuel through the one

pipeline to Auckland. Therefore, these events

can be especially significant for the Channel

Infrastructure Group.

• Tsunami – the location of the import

terminal at the entrance to the Whangarei

Harbour means that it is vulnerable to the

risk of a tsunami and flooding of the site

could result in asset damage and business

disruption. A 2013 study by New Zealand’s

Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences

(GNS) reported that the Northland coastline

in the vicinity of the Marsden Point import

terminal could expect to experience a 3.8 -

6.2 metre tsunami (16

th

to 84

th

percentile) in a

500-year return period. The import terminal

is situated 4.3 metres above mean sea

level and is protected by a headland at the

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harbour entrance and a fore-dune barrier
of between 6 to 12 metres. Rising sea levels

resulting from climate change may in the

future reduce the effectiveness of the fore-

dune barrier and necessitate strengthening.

• Earthquake – an earthquake of strong

magnitude could render the Channel

Infrastructure Group’s plant and equipment,

tanks and the Marsden Point to Auckland

pipeline unsafe to operate, resulting in a

business disruption. According to a 2007 GNS

report and a risk assessment undertaken

in 2022, the Marsden Point site is located

in a low seismicity region. Accordingly, the

likelihood of a large scale earthquake at

Marsden Point would appear to be lower

than elsewhere in New Zealand – although

it remains a possibility given New Zealand’s

overall seismic risk.

Channel Infrastructure maintains material

damage and business interruption insurance for

property damage and consequential business

interruption as a financial mitigation of these

risks. As mentioned above, the TSAs also contain

remedy periods for material breaches and

neither Channel Infrastructure nor Channel

Terminal Services are liable to the Customers for

permitted interruptions or where force majeure

relief applies (noting that force majeure relief

may have an impact on the amounts of fixed

fees, including the take or pay commitments,

earned by Channel Terminal Services).

Cyber security and IT

The Channel Infrastructure Group’s pipeline

and terminal operations are heavily reliant on

information technology systems for the efficient

and timely movement of products.

The systems involved include servers,

storage, databases and telecommunications

infrastructure, as well as software applications

and control systems at the terminal operations,

noting that – as part of the business transition

to an import terminal – some of the systems are

subject to an upgrade or replacement, which

may involve data migration.

While these systems are subject to regular review

and maintenance, unauthorised access to or a

breach or failure of the Channel Infrastructure

Group’s IT infrastructure due to cyber-attacks,

negligence, system error or other actions could

disrupt the Channel Infrastructure Group’s

operations and result in the loss or misuse of

data or sensitive information, loss of revenue,

injury to people, harm to the environment or

Channel Infrastructure Group’s assets, legal or

regulatory breaches and potential legal liability.

Individually or collectively, such effects could

adversely affect Channel Infrastructure Group’s

profitability and, potentially, its creditworthiness.

Certain systems are also operated or maintained

by third parties whom the Channel Infrastructure

Group does not control, and the failure of third

parties to effectively or efficiently perform such

services may disrupt the Channel Infrastructure

Group’s operations and/or cause harm to its

reputation. Further, the Channel Infrastructure

Group’s assets could be a strategic target as

energy-related assets and transportation assets,

so they may be at greater risk of future cyber-

attacks than other targets in New Zealand.

To mitigate this risk, the Channel Infrastructure

Group conducts regular review and

maintenance, and active monitoring of its IT and

control system infrastructure.

Climate Change

There is significant and growing public concern

about the environmental impact of climate

change, and a number of national governments,

including the New Zealand Government

(through the Climate Change Commission),

have introduced, or are contemplating the

introduction of, regulatory responses to

greenhouse gas emissions to address the

impacts of climate change.

Through the transition from refinery to import

terminal operations, Channel Infrastructure has

significantly reduced its Scope 1 and 2 CO2

emissions. However, its infrastructure continues

to be utilised to distribute refined oil products.

As such it is exposed to various indirect impacts

of climate change, including reduced demand

for transport fuels. Refer to risk titled, “Change in

demand for fuels”.

Other indirect impacts of climate change that

Channel Infrastructure is exposed to includes,

but is not limited to the following:

• negative public attitude towards fossil fuels

and increasing environmental activism;

• government incentives for alternative fuels,

or different pacing of policy development

in New Zealand compared to other regions,

which could result in volatile supply/demand

dynamics across the transport fuel sector;

• as investing in low emissions businesses

becomes more prevalent, Channel

Infrastructure’s social licence to operate and

access to equity and debt funding may be

adversely impacted; and

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• the operation of an import terminal at
the entrance of the Whangarei harbour is

vulnerable to extreme weather events, such

as storm surge or storm tide events, which

are expected to increase in frequency and

severity over time due to climate change. In

addition, chronic impacts such as rising sea

levels may reduce future effectiveness of

the natural fore-dune barrier protecting the

Marsden Point site.

Channel Infrastructure has published a

Sustainability Report which describes

its approach to managing the risks and

opportunities posed by climate change in

more detail, and includes a Climate Change

Position Statement setting out its commitments

to take action.

Regulatory Change

The Channel Infrastructure Group operates

in a highly regulated business and operating

environment and is therefore subject to the

risk of regulatory change which could have an

impact on Channel Infrastructure’s financial

position and potentially its creditworthiness.

Resource Consent

Channel Infrastructure’s operations are subject

to maintaining its resource consent. As part of

the consent conditions, Channel Infrastructure

is committed to continuing to maintain the

current high level of environmental standards.

Environmental measures at Marsden Point

include operation of a groundwater hydraulic

containment system and hydrocarbon recovery

program reducing the extent of legacy

contamination over time as part of the ongoing

remediation of the site.

A breach of its resource consent could result

in sanctions against Channel Infrastructure,

including fines and revocation of consent. If

Channel Infrastructure was to lose its resource

consent, it could mean that Channel Terminal

Services and/or Channel Infrastructure would

not be able to comply with their obligations

under a TSA.

Channel Infrastructure’s resource consent was

recently renewed for a 35 year term. Channel

Infrastructure expects to be able to operate

within the conditions of its resource consent.

Other regulatory changes

The transport fuel sector has seen an increase in

government regulation in recent years, including

in relation to pricing and access to infrastructure.

These changes have not impacted the Channel

Infrastructure Group as it does not participate in

wholesale or retail fuel markets.

However, if future changes were to occur

impacting Channel Infrastructure’s operations,

that could have an impact on Channel

Infrastructure’s financial position and potentially

its creditworthiness.

Channel Infrastructure is not currently aware of

any such changes and has processes in place to

monitor new regulation.

This PDS does not cover all the risks of investing

in the Bonds.

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The returns on Bonds will be affected by taxes. The information in this section is based on the law in force in
New Zealand at the date of this PDS. The information does not constitute taxation advice to any Bondholder,

is general in nature and limited to consideration of New Zealand taxation impacts only.

7.1 Resident withholding tax

If you are resident in New Zealand for tax

purposes or you otherwise receive payments

of interest on the Bonds that are subject to the

resident withholding tax (RWT) rules, Channel

Infrastructure will deduct RWT at the relevant

rate from interest (including any payments that

are deemed to be interest for tax purposes) paid

or credited to you unless:

• you have RWT-exempt status (as defined in

the Income Tax Act 2007);

• you notify Channel Infrastructure or the

Securities Registrar that you have RWT-

exempt status and provide your IRD number

to Channel Infrastructure or the Securities

Registrar before the record date for the

relevant payment; and

• your RWT-exempt status remains valid at

the time the relevant payment is made.

7.2 Approved issuer levy

If you are not a resident of New Zealand for tax

purposes and the interest you receive is subject

to the non-resident withholding tax (NRWT) rules,

Channel Infrastructure will deduct approved

issuer levy (AIL) at the relevant rate from interest

(including any payments that are deemed to be

interest for tax purposes) paid or credited to you

in lieu of deducting NRWT, unless you elect for

NRWT to be deducted or AIL is not applicable

under the law.

Channel Infrastructure will apply a zero rate of

AIL, if possible. Otherwise, AIL will be deducted

at the standard rate of 2% from the interest

payment. If the AIL regime or rate changes in the

future, Channel Infrastructure reserves the right

not to deduct AIL and deduct NRWT instead.

You may request that Channel Infrastructure

deducts NRWT from interest payments to you

instead of applying the AIL regime. In this event,

or in the event that the AIL regime does not

apply, NRWT will be deducted from interest

paid to you at the applicable rate. In the case

of a Bond that is held jointly by a New Zealand

resident Bondholder and a non-resident

Bondholder, NRWT will be deducted from interest

paid in respect of the Bond at the applicable

RWT rate. See the Trust Deed for further details.

The rate at which deductions are made from the

interest paid to you (i.e. for RWT, AIL or NRWT) will

be determined based on the information that

you provide to the Securities Registrar.

7.3 Indemnity

If, in respect of any of your Bonds, Channel

Infrastructure becomes liable to make any

payment of, or on account of, tax payable

by you, then you will be required to indemnify

Channel Infrastructure in respect of such liability.

Any amounts paid by Channel Infrastructure in

relation to any such liability may be recovered

from you by withholding the amount from further

payments to you in respect of Bonds. See the

Trust Deed for further details.

7.4 General

Tax has significant consequences. There may

be other tax consequences from acquiring or

disposing of the Bonds, and otherwise from

the maturity, redemption, purchase or cash

settlement of the Bonds, including under New

Zealand’s “financial arrangements” rules.

If you have any queries relating to the tax

consequences of the investment, you should

obtain professional taxation advice on those

consequences.

7.


Tax

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8.1 Selling restrictions
You may only offer for sale or sell any Bond

in conformity with all applicable laws and

regulations in any jurisdiction in which it is

offered, sold or delivered.

Channel Infrastructure has not taken and will

not take any action which would permit a public

offering of Bonds, or possession or distribution of

any offering material in respect of the Bonds, in

any country or jurisdiction where action for that

purpose is required (other than New Zealand).

Any information memorandum, disclosure

statement, circular, advertisement or other

offering material in respect of the Bonds may

only be published, delivered or distributed

in compliance with all applicable laws and

regulations (including those of the country or

jurisdiction in which the material is published,

delivered or distributed).

8.2 Indemnity

By subscribing for Bonds, each investor agrees to

indemnify, among others, Channel Infrastructure,

the Supervisor, the Joint Arrangers and the Joint

Lead Managers and their respective directors,

officers, employees and agents in respect of

any loss, cost, liability or damages suffered

as a result of an investor breaching the selling

restrictions referred to in this section.

8.


Selling

restrictions

24Channel Infrastructure | Product Disclosure Statement

NAMEROLE
IssuerChannel InfrastructureIssuer of the Bonds.

SupervisorThe New Zealand Guardian Trust Company

Limited

Holds certain covenants on trust for the benefit

of the Bondholders, including the right to

enforce Channel Infrastructure’s obligations

under the Bonds.

Joint ArrangersBank of New Zealand and Forsyth Barr

Limited

Provide advice and assistance to Channel

Infrastructure in arranging the Offer.

Joint Lead

Managers

Bank of New Zealand, Forsyth Barr Limited

and Jarden Securities Limited.

Assist with the bookbuild for the Offer and with

the marketing and distribution of the Offer.

Except as described above, the Joint Arrangers

and the Joint Lead Managers are not otherwise

involved in the Offer.

This PDS does not constitute a recommendation

by the Joint Arrangers or the Joint Lead

Managers or any of their respective directors,

officers, partners, employees, agents or advisers

to purchase, any Bonds.

None of the Joint Arrangers or the Joint Lead

Managers or their respective directors, officers,

partners, employees, agents or advisers have

independently verified the content of this PDS.

Securities RegistrarComputershare Investor Services LimitedMaintains register of Bondholders.

Solicitors to IssuerMinterEllisonRuddWattsProvides legal advice to Channel Infrastructure

in respect of the Offer.

Solicitors to

Supervisor

Bell GullyProvides legal advice to the Supervisor in

respect of the Offer.

9.


Who is

involved?

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10.

How to complain

Complaints about the Bonds can be directed to:

Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited

Company Secretary

Marsden Point

Whangarei

Phone: +64 9 432 5100

Email: corporate@channelnz.com

Postal: Private Bag 9024

Whangarei 0148

The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Limited

Manager, Corporate Trusts

Level 6, 191 Queen Street

Auckland

Phone: +64 9 909 5100

Email: ct-auckland@nzgt.co.nz

Postal: PO Box 274, Shortland Street, Auckland 1140

The Supervisor is a member of an external,

independent dispute resolution scheme operated

by Financial Services Complaints Limited (FSCL) and

approved by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs.

If the Supervisor has not been able to resolve your

issue, you can refer the matter to:

Financial Services Complaints Limited

Complaint Investigation Officer

Financial Services Complaints Limited

Level 4, 101 Lambton Quay

Wellington 6011

Phone: 0800 347 257

Email: info@fscl.org.nz

Postal: PO Box 5967, Wellington 6145

The scheme will not charge a fee to any

complainant to investigate or resolve a complaint.

Complaints may also be made to the Financial

Markets Authority through their website

www.fma.govt.nz.

11.


Where you can find

more information

Further information relating to Channel

Infrastructure and the Bonds is available on the

online offer register maintained by the Companies

Office known as ‘Disclose’. The Disclose Register

can be accessed at

www.disclose-register.companiesoffice.govt.nz.

A copy of the information on the Disclose Register

is also available on request to the Registrar of

Financial Service Providers at registrar@fspr.govt.nz.

The information contained on the Disclose Register

includes copies of the Trust Deeds and the

Negative Pledge Deed.

Channel Infrastructure is subject to disclosure

obligations that require it to notify certain material

information to the NZX for the purpose of that

information being made available to the market.

Channel Infrastructure’s page on the NZX website,

which includes information made available under

the disclosure obligations referred to above, is

available at www.nzx.com/companies/CHI.

The information contained on the NZX website

includes market announcements made by Channel

Infrastructure.

Further information on the Bonds can also be

found at

www.channelnz.com/investor-centre/bonds.

In addition, further information required to be given

by Channel Infrastructure under the Trust Deed

may be requested from Channel Infrastructure by

emailing corporate@channelnz.com. No fee will be

charged for such information.

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12.

How to apply

There is no public pool for the Bonds. This

means you can only apply for Bonds through a

Primary Market Participant or approved financial

intermediary who has received an allocation. You

can find a Primary Market Participant by visiting

www.nzx.com/services/market-participants/find-

a-participant. The Primary Market Participant or

approved financial intermediary will:

• provide you with a copy of this PDS (if you have

not already received a copy);

• explain what you need to do to apply for the

Bonds; and

• explain what payments need to be made by you

and by when.

The Primary Market Participant or approved

financial intermediary can also explain what

arrangements will need to be put in place for you

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.

13.


Contact

information

Issuer

Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited

Marsden Point

Whangarei

Phone: +64 9 432 5100

Email: corporate@channelnz.com

Postal: Private Bag 9024, Whangarei 0148

Securities Registrar

Computershare Investors Service Limited

Level 2, 159 Hurstmere Road

Takapuna

Auckland 0622

Phone: +64 9 488 8777

Email: corporateactions@computershare.co.nz

Postal: Private Bag 92119, Auckland 1142

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Glossary
$New Zealand dollars.

Bondholder or youA person whose name is entered in the Bond Register as a holder of a Bond.

Bond RegisterThe register in respect of the Bonds maintained by the Securities Registrar.

BondsThe Bonds constituted and issued pursuant to the Trust Deed and offered pursuant to

this PDS.

Business DayA day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which registered banks are generally open

for business in Auckland and Wellington, except that in the context of the Listing Rules it

means a day on which the NZX Debt Market is open for trading.

Channel Infrastructure or

Issuer

Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited.

Channel Infrastructure

Group

Channel Infrastructure and all of its Subsidiaries, at that date.

Closing DateFriday, 13 May 2022 at 11.00 am.

CustomerMeans bp Oil New Zealand Limited, Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited and Z Energy

Limited, and Customers means all of them.

Disclose RegisterThe online offer register maintained by the Companies Office known as ‘Disclose.’

Events of DefaultMeans each event set out in clause 9 of the Master Trust Deed (as supplemented by

clause 8 of the Supplemental Trust Deed), which are summarised in section 5 of this PDS

(Key features of the Bonds).

Extraordinary Resolution Means a resolution passed with the support of Bondholders holding not less than 75% of

the aggregate Principal Amount of Bonds held by those persons voting.

First Interest Payment

Date

20 August 2022 (with payment on 22 August 2022, being the first Business Day following

20 August 2022).

FMCAFinancial Markets Conduct Act 2013.

GuaranteeThe guarantee under the Negative Pledge Deed. A copy of the Negative Pledge Deed

is available on the Disclose Register.

Guaranteeing GroupChannel Infrastructure and each of the Guarantors from time to time.

GuarantorsEach person who is, or becomes, a party to the Negative Pledge Deed as a guarantor

from time to time. As at the date of this PDS, Channel Terminal Services is the only

Guarantor.

Glossary

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Inland RevenueThe New Zealand Inland Revenue Department.
Interest Payment Dates20 February, 20 May, 20 August and 20 November in each year (or if that day is not a

Business Day, the next Business Day) until and including the Maturity Date, with the First

Interest Payment Date being 20 August 2022 (with payment on 22 August 2022, being

the first Business Day following the First Interest Payment Date).

Insolvency EventHas the meaning given to that term in clause 1.2 of the Supplemental Trust Deed.

Interest RateThe rate of interest per annum payable on the Principal Amount of the Bonds as

announced by Channel Infrastructure through NZX on or about the Rate Set Date.

Issue DateFriday, 20 May 2022.

Issue MarginThe margin determined by Channel Infrastructure in conjunction with the Joint Lead

Managers following the bookbuild for the Offer.

Joint ArrangersBank of New Zealand and Forsyth Barr Limited.

Joint Lead ManagersBank of New Zealand, Forsyth Barr Limited and Jarden Securities Limited.

Listing RulesThe listing rules applying to the NZX Debt Market, as amended from time to time.

Master Trust DeedThe master trust deed dated 20 November 2018 between Channel Infrastructure and

the Supervisor pursuant to which certain debt securities may be issued (as amended or

supplemented from time to time).

Maturity DateThursday, 20 May 2027.

Negative Pledge DeedMeans the negative pledge deed dated on or about the date of this PDS granted by

Channel Infrastructure and Channel Terminal Services in favour of, among others, the

Supervisor.

NZXNZX Limited.

NZX Debt MarketThe debt security market operated by NZX.

NZX Main BoardThe equity security marked operated by NZX.

OfferThe offer of Bonds made by Channel Infrastructure under this PDS.

Opening DateFriday, 6 May 2022.

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PDSThis product disclosure statement for the Offer dated 28 April 2022.
Primary Market

Participant

Has the meaning given to that term in the NZX Participant Rules as amended from time

to time.

Principal Amount$1.00 per Bond.

Private Storage

Agreement

Each private storage agreement entered into between Channel Infrastructure, Channel

Terminal Services and one of its Customers.

Rate Set DateFriday, 13 May 2022.

Securities RegistrarComputershare Investor Services Limited.

ShareAn ordinary share in Channel Infrastructure.

ShareholderA holder of a Share.

SubsidiariesHas the meaning given to that term in the Financial Markets Conduct Regulations 2014.

Subordinated NotesThe unsecured, subordinated notes issued by Channel Infrastructure on 14 December

2018.

SupervisorThe New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Limited or such other supervisor as may

hold office as supervisor under the Trust Deed from time to time.

Supplemental Trust DeedThe supplemental trust deed dated on or about the date of this PDS between Channel

Infrastructure and the Supervisor constituting and setting out the terms of the Bonds

(as amended or supplemented from time to time).

Swap RateMeans the mid-market swap rate of a term matching the period from the Issue Date to

the Maturity Date, as calculated by Channel Infrastructure in conjunction with the Joint

Lead Managers, according to market convention, with reference to Bloomberg page

‘ICNZ4’ (or any successor page) on the Rate Set Date and expressed on a quarterly

basis (rounded to 2 decimal places, if necessary, with 0.005 rounded up).

TSAEach terminal services agreement entered into between Channel Infrastructure,

Channel Terminal Services and one of its Customers.

Transaction DocumentMeans the Master Trust Deed, the Supplemental Trust Deed and the Negative Pledge

Deed.

Trust DeedThe Master Trust Deed and where the context requires includes the Supplemental

Trust Deed.

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Indicative
Terms

Sheet

Unsecured, unsubordinated,

fixed rate 5 year bonds

28 April 2022

Joint Lead Managers

Indicative terms sheet for an offer of up to NZ$100,000,000 (with the ability
to accept oversubscriptions of up to an additional NZ$25,000,000 at

Channel Infrastructure’s discretion) of unsecured, unsubordinated, fixed

rate bonds.

This indicative terms sheet (“Terms Sheet”) should be read together with the product disclosure statement (“PDS”)

dated 28 April 2022 for the offer of unsecured, unsubordinated, fixed rate bonds (“Bonds”) by Channel Infrastructure NZ

Limited (“Offer”). The PDS is available at www.business.govt.nz/disclose and can also be obtained from the Joint Lead

Managers or your usual financial advice provider. Investors must obtain and read a copy of the PDS before they apply

for any Bonds.

Capitalised terms used but not defined in this Terms Sheet have the meaning given to them in the PDS.

IssuerChannel Infrastructure NZ Limited (“Channel Infrastructure”).

Description of

the Bonds

Unsecured, unsubordinated, fixed rate bonds.

Offer amountUp to $100 million (with the ability to accept oversubscriptions of up to an additional $25

million at Channel Infrastructure’s discretion).

Term5 years maturing on 20 May 2027.

Opening DateFriday, 6 May 2022.

Closing Date11:00am on Friday, 13 May 2022.

Rate Set DateFriday, 13 May 2022.

Issue DateFriday, 20 May 2022.

Maturity DateThursday, 20 May 2027.

Issue price $1.00 per Bond, being the Principal Amount of each Bond.

Purpose of the OfferThe net proceeds of the Offer are to be applied towards repaying a portion of Channel

Infrastructure’s existing bank debt and will also provide diversification of funding that

aligns with an infrastructure business.

Who may apply

for Bonds

The Offer is open to investors resident in New Zealand and institutional investors.

There is no public pool for the Bonds.

All Bonds (including any oversubscriptions) have been reserved for subscription by clients

of the Joint Lead Managers, Primary Market Participants and other approved financial

intermediaries invited to participate in a bookbuild conducted by the Joint Lead Managers.

Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited | Indicative Terms Sheet2

SecurityThe Bonds are not secured against any assets of Channel Infrastructure or the Channel
Infrastructure Group.

Guarantee The Bonds will be guaranteed by the Guarantors under the Negative Pledge Deed. As at

the date of this Terms Sheet, Channel Terminal Services Limited is the only Guarantor.

Under the Negative Pledge Deed, Channel Infrastructure has agreed that:

(a) at all times the Total Tangible Assets of the Guaranteeing Group will not be less than

85% of the Total Tangible Assets of the consolidated Channel Infrastructure Group; and

(b) on each test date, EBITDA of the Guaranteeing Group will not be less than 85% of

EBITDA of the consolidated Channel Infrastructure Group.

Ranking of the BondsOn a liquidation of Channel Infrastructure, each Bond will rank as unsecured and

unsubordinated debt obligations of Channel Infrastructure, ranking:

• behind any secured liabilities and liabilities which are preferred by law;

• equally with other Bonds and equally among the rights and claims of equal ranking

obligations including the lenders of Channel Infrastructure’s bank debt and all other

unsecured, unsubordinated obligations, including trade creditors; and

• ahead of holders of subordinated debt (including the Subordinated Notes) and ahead

of Shareholders.

Interest RateThe Bonds will pay a fixed rate of interest until the Maturity Date.

The Interest Rate will be determined by Channel Infrastructure in conjunction with the

Joint Lead Managers following the bookbuild and set at the sum of the Swap Rate and

the Issue Margin or, if greater, any applicable minimum Interest Rate announced via NZX.

Any such minimum Interest Rate will be determined by Channel Infrastructure in

conjunction with the Joint Lead Managers and (as applicable) announced via NZX on or

about 6 May 2022.

The Interest Rate will be announced by Channel Infrastructure via NZX on or about the

Rate Set Date.

Indicative Issue MarginThe indicative Issue Margin will be announced via the NZX on or about 6 May 2022.

Swap RateThe mid-market swap rate of a term matching the period from the Issue Date to the

Maturity Date, as calculated by Channel Infrastructure in conjunction with the Joint

Lead Managers, according to market convention, with reference to Bloomberg page

‘ICNZ4’ (or any successor page) on the Rate Set Date and expressed on a quarterly basis

(rounded to 2 decimal places, if necessary, with 0.005 rounded up).

Interest Payment

Dates

Interest shall be paid quarterly in arrear in equal amounts on 20 February, 20 May,

20 August and 20 November in each year, (or if that day is not a Business Day, the next

Business Day) until and including the Maturity Date, with the First Interest Payment Date

being 20 August 2022 (with payment on 22 August 2022, being the first Business Day

following the First Interest Payment Date).

Record dateThe record date for each Interest Payment Date is 5.00pm on the date that is 10 Business

Days before the relevant Interest Payment Date. If the record date falls on a day which is

not a Business Day, the record date will be the immediately preceding Business Day.

Business DayA day (other than Saturday or Sunday) on which registered banks are generally open

for business in Auckland and Wellington, except that in the context of the Listing Rules it

means a day on which the NZX Debt Market is open for trading.

Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited | Indicative Terms Sheet3

Financial covenantsThe Supplemental Trust Deed contains the following financial covenants:
(a) the ratio of EBITDA of the consolidated Channel Infrastructure Group to Net Interest

Expense of the consolidated Channel Infrastructure Group (calculated for the 12

month period ending on each relevant test date) will not be less than 2.5:1 on two

successive semi-annual test dates (the “Interest Cover Ratio”); and

(b) Net Debt of the consolidated Channel Infrastructure Group to Net Debt plus Equity

does not at any time exceed 60% (“Gearing Ratio”).

The first test date for the financial covenants is 31 December 2022.

Negative pledgeThe Negative Pledge Deed contains a negative pledge which provides that Channel

Infrastructure and each Guarantor will not create or permit to subsist any security over

their assets other than certain permitted security interests which are described in the

Negative Pledge Deed. Channel Infrastructure and each Guarantor may, in addition,

from time to time create or permit to subsist other security interests over their assets

provided that the aggregate principal amount secured by all such other security

interests does not exceed 7.5% of the Total Tangible Assets of the consolidated Channel

Infrastructure Group.

Early redemptionBondholders have no right to require Channel Infrastructure to redeem the Bonds prior to

the Maturity Date. However, Channel Infrastructure may be required to repay the Bonds

early if there is an Event of Default (as described in the PDS and the Supplemental Trust

Deed). The Events of Default are:

• failure by Channel Infrastructure or a Guarantor to make a payment under a

Transaction Document (which includes failure to make payment under the Bonds),

subject to certain grace periods;

• failure to comply with the Interest Cover Ratio or failure to comply with the Gearing

Ratio;

• any material misrepresentation by Channel Infrastructure or a Guarantor under a

Transaction Document in a material respect, subject to certain grace periods;

• a breach by Channel Infrastructure or a Guarantor of a provision of a Transaction

Document, subject to certain grace periods;

• indebtedness of Channel Infrastructure or any other Guarantor for borrowed money

in excess of $10 million in aggregate is not paid within any applicable grace period or

(if no grace period applies) when due or is accelerated by being declared due and

payable before it would otherwise have been due by reason of any event of default,

termination event or equivalent or analogous event; and

• an Insolvency Event occurs in respect of Channel Infrastructure or a Guarantor.

Minimum application

amount

Minimum application of $5,000 with multiples of $1,000 thereafter.

Transfer restrictionsChannel Infrastructure may decline to accept or register a transfer of the Bonds if the

transfer would result in the transferor or the transferee holding or continuing to hold

Bonds with a Principal Amount of less than $5,000 (if not zero) or if the transfer is not in

multiples of $1,000.

Brokerage0.50% on firm allocations plus 0.50% brokerage, paid by Channel Infrastructure.

You are not required to pay any additional brokerage or any other fee or charges to

Channel Infrastructure to purchase the Bonds. However, you may have to pay brokerage

to the firm from whom you receive an allocation of Bonds, or for the transfer of Bonds.

Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited | Indicative Terms Sheet4

ISINNZCHIDT002C2.
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 to that quotation that can be complied

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

duly complied with. However, the Bonds have not yet been approved for trading and

NZX accepts no responsibility for any statement in this Terms Sheet or the PDS. NZX is a

licensed market operator, and the NZX Debt Market is a licensed market, under the FMCA.

NZX Debt Market

ticker code

NZX ticker code CHI020 has been reserved for the Bonds.

Expected date of

initial quotation on

NZX Debt Market

Monday, 23 May 2022.

Governing lawNew Zealand.

Joint ArrangersBank of New Zealand and Forsyth Barr Limited.

Joint Lead ManagersBank of New Zealand, Forsyth Barr Limited and Jarden Securities Limited.

SupervisorThe New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Limited.

Securities Registrar Computershare Investor Services Limited.

Selling restrictions

You may only offer for sale or sell any Bonds in conformity with all applicable laws and regulations in any jurisdiction in

which it is offered, sold or delivered.

Channel Infrastructure has not taken and will not take any action which would permit a public offering of Bonds, or

possession or distribution of any offering material in respect of the Bonds, in any country or jurisdiction where action for

that purpose is required (other than New Zealand).

Any information memorandum, disclosure statement, circular, advertisement or other offering material in respect of the

Bonds may only be published, delivered or distributed in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations (including

those of the country or jurisdiction in which the material is published, delivered or distributed).

By subscribing for Bonds, each investor agrees to indemnify, among others, Channel Infrastructure, the Supervisor, the

Joint Arrangers and the Joint Lead Managers and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents in respect

of any loss, cost, liability or damages suffered as a result of an investor breaching the selling restrictions referred to in

this section.

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28 April 2022
Offer of unsecured,

unsubordinated,

fixed rate bonds

Investor Presentation

ThispresentationhasbeenpreparedbyChannelInfrastructureNZLimited(“Channel
Infrastructure”)inrelationtotheoffer(“Offer”)ofunsecured,unsubordinated,fixedratebonds

(“Bonds”). ChannelInfrastructurehaslodgeda ProductDisclosureStatementdated28April

2022(“PDS”)withtheRegistrarofFinancialServiceProvidersinNewZealand(“Registrar”)and

madeavailabletheinformationontheregisterofoffersoffinancialproductsadministeredby

theRegistrar(“RegisterEntry”)(thePDSandtheRegisterEntry,togetherthe“OfferMaterials”)

inrespectoftheOffer.

TheOfferMaterialscontaindetailsoftheOfferandothermaterialinformationinrelationtothe

Offer. ChannelInfrastructureissubjecttodisclosureobligationsthatrequireit tonotifycertain

materialinformationtoNZXLimited(“NZX”). Thispresentationshouldbereadinconjunction

withthePDS,theotherOfferMaterialsandChannelInfrastructure’sotherperiodicand

continuousdisclosureannouncementsreleasedtoNZX(whichareavailableatwww.nzx.com

underthetickercode“CHI”).

ThereisnopublicpoolfortheBonds. AllBondsundertheOfferwillbereservedfor

subscriptionbyclientsoftheJointLeadManagers,NZXPrimaryMarketParticipantsandother

approvedfinancialintermediaries. Toobtaina PDS,interestedinvestorsshouldcontacta Joint

LeadManagerortheirfinancialadviceprovider. Noapplicationswillbeacceptedormoney

receivedunlesstheapplicanthasbeengiventhePDS.

Capitalisedtermsusedinthispresentationandnototherwisedefinedhavethemeaninggiven

totheminthePDS.

Information

Theinformationinthispresentationisprovidedforgeneralinformationpurposesonlyanddoes

notpurporttobecompleteorcomprehensiveanddoesnotconstitutefinancialproduct,

investment,taxorotheradvice,nordoesitconstitutearecommendationfromChannel

Infrastructure,theSupervisor,BNZorForsythBarrasarrangers(the“Arrangers”),theJoint

LeadManagersoranyoftheirrespectiveshareholders,directors,officers,employees,affiliates,

agentsoradvisorstosubscribefororpurchasetheBonds. Theinformationinthispresentation

issummaryinnatureandisnecessarilybrief. Norepresentationorwarranty,expressor

implied,ismadeastotheaccuracy,reliability,completeness,correctnessorcurrencyofthe

information,statements,estimates,projections,targets,opinionsorforecasts,orastothe

reasonablenessofanyassumptions,anyofwhichmaychangewithoutnoticetoyou,contained

inthispresentation. Thispresentationdoesnottakeintoaccountyourinvestmentobjectives,

financialsituationorparticularneedsandyoushouldconsultwithyourfinancialandother

advisorsbeforeanyinvestmentdecisionismade.

Important Notice and Disclaimer

Forward-lookingstatements

Thispresentationmaycontaincertain‘forward-lookingstatements’suchasindicationsof,and

guidanceon,futureearningsandfinancialpositionandperformance.Suchforward-looking

statementsarenotguaranteesorpredictionsoffutureperformanceandinvolveknownandunknown

risks,significantuncertainties,assumptions,contingencies,andotherfactors,manyofwhichare

beyondthecontrolofChannelInfrastructureandmayinvolvesignificantelementsofsubjective

judgementandassumptionsastofutureeventswhichmayormaynotbecorrect. Suchforward-

lookingstatementsspeakonlyasofthedateofthispresentation. ChannelInfrastructureundertakes

noobligationtoupdatetheseforward-lookingstatementsforeventsorcircumstancesthatoccur

subsequenttosuchdatesortoupdateorkeepcurrentanyoftheinformationcontainedinthis

presentation. Anyestimates,projectionsoropinionsastoeventsthatmayoccurinthefuture

(includingprojectionsofrevenue,expense,netincomeandperformance)arebaseduponthebest

judgementofChannelInfrastructurefromtheinformationavailableasofthedateofthispresentation.

Actualresultsmayvaryfromtheprojectionsandsuchvariationsmaybematerial.Youarecautioned

nottoplaceunduerelianceonforward-lookingstatements.

Forward-lookingfiguresinthispresentationareunauditedandmayincludenon-GAAP(generally

acceptedaccountingpractice)financialmeasuresandinformation. Notallofthefinancialinformation

(includinganynon-GAAPinformation)willhavebeenpreparedinaccordancewith,norisit intendedto

complywith: (i ) thefinancialorotherreportingrequirementsofanyregulatorybody; or(ii)the

accountingprinciplesgenerallyacceptedinNewZealandoranyotherjurisdictionwithInternational

FinancialReportingStandards. Somefiguresmayberoundedandsoactualcalculationofthefigures

maydifferfromthefiguresinthispresentation. Non-GAAPfinancialinformationdoesnothavea

standardisedmeaningprescribedbyGAAPandthereforemaynotbecomparabletosimilarfinancial

informationpresentedbyotherentities. Non-GAAPfinancialinformationinthispresentationisnot

auditedorreviewed.

Investmentrisk

InvestmentsintheBondsareaninvestmentinChannelInfrastructureandmaybeaffectedbyits

ongoingperformance,financialpositionandsolvency,togetherwiththerisksidentifiedinthePDS.

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Pastperformance
Pastperformanceinformationprovidedinthispresentationisgivenforillustrativepurposes

onlyandshouldnotbereliedonas(andisnot)apromise,representation,warrantyor

guaranteeastothepast,presentorfutureperformanceofChannelInfrastructure. No

guaranteeoffuturereturnsisimpliedorgiven.

Not an offer

This presentation is not, and should not be construed as, an offer to sell or, a solicitation of an

offer to buy, the Bonds and may not be relied on in connection with any purchase of Channel

Infrastructure’s securities. It shall not form the basis of or be relied on by you to make an

investment decision, nor shall this presentation or any information communicated in it form the

basis of any contract or commitment to purchase or transfer any securities. The distribution of

this presentation, and the offer or sale of Bonds, may be restricted by law in certain

jurisdictions. Persons who receive this presentation outside New Zealand must inform

themselves about and observe all such restrictions. Nothing in this presentation is to be

construed as authorising its distribution, or the offer or sale of Bonds, in any jurisdiction other

than New Zealand or in accordance with applicable laws.

Bonds may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, and neither this presentation nor any

other offering material may be distributed, delivered or published, in any jurisdiction except

under circumstances that will result in compliance with any applicable laws or regulations.

Not financial product advice

This presentation is not, and does not constitute, legal financial, tax, accounting, financial

product or investment advice or a recommendation to acquire Channel Infrastructure’s

securities (including the Bonds) and has been prepared without taking into account the

objectives, financial situation or needs of individuals.

Disclaimer

To the maximum extent permitted by law each of Channel Infrastructure, the Supervisor, the

Arrangers, the Joint Lead Managers and their related companies and affiliates including, in each case,

their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents and advisers, as the

case may be ("Specified Persons") disclaims and excludes all liabilities for any direct or indirect loss,

damage or other consequence (whether foreseeable or not) suffered by any person from the use of or

reliance on the content of this presentation, from refraining from acting because of anything contained

in or omitted from this presentation or otherwise arising in connection with it (including for negligence,

default, misrepresentation or by omission and whether arising under statute, in contract or equity or

from any other cause). To the maximum extent permitted by law, no Specified Person makes any

representation, recommendation or warranty, either express or implied, regarding the accuracy,

fairness, reliability, adequacy, reasonableness or completeness of, the information contained in this

presentation or in any further information, notice or other document which may at any time be

supplied in connection with the Bonds. You agree that you will not bring any proceedings against or

hold or purport to hold any Specified Person liable in any respect for this presentation or the

information in this presentation and waive any rights you may otherwise have in this respect.

Subject to any obligations that may arise under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 , neither

Channel Infrastructure, the Arrangers or the Joint Lead Managers accept any responsibility or

obligation to inform you of any matter arising or coming to their notice, after the date of this

presentation, which may affect any matter referred to in this presentation.

NZX

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

the requirements of NZX relating to this that can be complied with on or before the date of this

presentation have been complied with. However, the Bonds have not yet been approved for trading

and NZX accepts no responsibility for any statement in this presentation. NZX is a licensed market

operator and the NZX Debt Market is a licensed market, each regulated under the Financial Markets

Conduct Act 2013.

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Important Notice and Disclaimer

Overview of the Offer
Issuer

•Channel InfrastructureNZ Limited (Channel Infrastructure)

Description

•Unsecured,unsubordinated, fixed rate bonds

Offer amount

•Up to NZ$100m plus oversubscriptions of up to NZ$25m (at Channel Infrastructure’s discretion)

Use of proceeds

•The net proceeds of this Offer are to be applied towards repaying a portion of Channel Infrastructure’s existing bank debt

and will also provide diversification of funding that aligns with an infrastructure business

Term

•5 years (maturing 20 May 2027)

Interest

•The Bonds will pay a fixed rate of interest until the Maturity Date

Quotation

•NZX Debt Market under the ticker CHI020

Credit rating

•Unrated

Joint Lead Managers

•BNZ, Forsyth Barr and Jarden

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Business
Summary

About Channel Infrastructure
Owns critical

infrastructure – jetty on

the deep-water harbour,

storage tanks, and

the 170-kilometre

pipeline from Marsden

Point to Auckland

Receives, stores, tests

and distributes fuel

imported and owned by

its customers

Listed on the NZX Main

Board and has

Subordinated Notes

quoted on the NZX Debt

Market

The Import Terminal

System is expected to

handle between 3 and

3.5 billion litresof

transport fuels annually

The pipeline delivers fuel

to Auckland at one tenth

of the emissions

compared to transport

by road

Long-term contracts

with bp, Mobil and Z

Energy

Distributes fuels to the

Northland and Auckland

markets and all of the jet

fuel to the Auckland

International Airport

(AIA)

The largest import

terminal in New Zealand

Our first Sustainability

Report outlines its

contribution to the

Northland community

and support of the

decarbonisationof New

Zealand’s transport

sector

Auckland

supplied via the

Marsden Point to

Auckland pipeline

6

170 km

Marsden Point to

Auckland pipeline

Critical infrastructure delivering projected stable earnings through long-term
customer agreements

Business overview

Note : the Truck Loading Facility (TLF) and Wiri Terminal end-delivery points do

not form part of the Import Terminal System (ITS) assets owned by Channel

Infrastructure


Ownershipof critical infrastructure


Long-termcustomer contracts


Projected stable earnings andcash flows


Strong balance sheet


Supporting New Zealand’s decarbonisation


Focused growth strategy

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MARSDEN POINT

TO AUCKLAND

PIPELINE

Fundamental change in business and financial risk profiles
Significantly lower earnings volatility

•Fixed fee components, take or pay protection and lower operating expenses

•Removed significant exposure to refinery margins and US$ exchange rate

Lower operational risk and capital intensity

•Lower operational risk with less complex and hazardous operations

•Significantly reduced on-going maintenance capex requirements

Reduced energy cost and carbon exposure

•Significantly lower carbon emissions

•Reduced exposure to high costs of electricity and gas

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Ownership of critical infrastructure
•New Zealand’s largest transport fuels storage terminal

•c.180 ML of shared capacity under the Terminal Services

Agreements

•C.100 ML of contracted additional, dedicated private

storage

•Potential 50-70 ML of further strategic storage and

additional storage requirements from bio-fuel mandate

•Supplies the Auckland and Northland markets, which make up

c.40% of New Zealand’s fuel demand

•Supply of petrol and diesel to Auckland via the pipeline has one

tenth of the emissions of the equivalent delivery of fuel via road

•Supplies all of the jet fuel distributed to Auckland International

Airport

•Jet fuel is forecast to recover to ‘pre-COVID’ levels and then

to return to historical trends linked to GDP and wealth

metrics

•Tourism expected to underpin long-term asset utilisation

Highly efficient infrastructure supplying the Auckland and Northland markets

Mid-case demand scenario developed by Hale & Twomey. Includes some supply from Wiri into the Waikato.

Auckland and Northland Product Demand (Million Litres)

9

-
20

40

60

80

100

120

Fixed FeeTake-or-payPrivate Storage

Long-term customer contracts

•10-year customer contracts with fixed and minimum fee

components, and third-party access to unutilisedcapacity after 1

April 2025 incentivising utilisation

•Higher take or pay commitments ($90-100m pa ‘real’ over the first

6 years) and ‘fixed’ private storage revenue support debt funding

of conversion project costs and allow for recovery in jet demand

from COVID-19 impacts

•Expected average revenue from terminal and private storage

services of c.$105m p.a. (‘real’) over the initial 10-year contract

term

•Fees under Terminal Services and Private Storage Agreements

are subject to PPI

[1]

based indexation, which provides protection

in an inflationary environment

[1] Indexation effective 1 January each year based on the cumulative percentage change in the Producer’s Price Index (PPI) (Outputs) “All Industries” for the 12 monthly period ending 30 September of the prior

year. First adjustment 1 January 2023 based on PPI from 1 April to 30 September 2022

Contracts underpinning revenue certainty

and providing inflation protection

$45m

fixed fee

$40m

fixed fee

$100m TOP

$90m TOP

$65m TOP

Private Storage

10

Fixed Fee and Take-or -pay Fee (before annual price indexation adjustments) ($m)

$35m

fixed fee

($m)
Terminal and other revenue

[3]

116 – 120

Operating costs

[4]

36 –40

Normalised EBITDA

[5]

76 –84

Financing costs

[6]

15 –18

Income tax payableNil

Projected stable earnings and cash flows

Indicative FY23 Financial metrics

(in nominal terms,

includes contracted private storage)

•Stable earnings and significant cash flow generation from critical

infrastructure assets

•Significant benefit of tax losses, including existing tax losses of $70m as

at 31 December 2021, and estimated additional $350-400m of tax losses

following conversion

•Terminal capital expenditure

[2]

expected to be in the range of $5-12

million per annum over the initial contract term (including private

storage).

•Proposed dividend policy of 60-70% of normalised Free Cash Flow

expected to commence 1-2 years from conversionand after Net Debt to

EBITDA reduces to below 4.5x

[1]

•The proposed dividend policy supports deleveraging to target 3x to 4x

Net Debt to EBITDA consistent with investment grade rating

[1] The dividend policy is subject to the Board’s due consideration of the Company’s medium term asset

investment programme; a sustainable financial structure for Channel Infrastructure, recognisingthe

targeted investment grade rating; and the risks from short and medium term economic and market

conditions and estimated financial performance

[2] Import terminal capital expenditure over the initial 10-year contract term, excluding growth and one-

off conversion capital

[3] Revenue includes terminal fees, private storage fees, revenue from Wiri terminal lease (expiring in

2025) and revenue from laboratory testing services (IPL)

[4] Operating costs exclude one-off conversion operating costs

[5] Normalised EBITDA excludes one-off conversion costs

[6] Based on current financing arrangements, hedged positions and current 90-day bank bill rate

High cash yielding business, with significant tax

losses and low maintenance capex

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Optimis ationcontinued towards
infrastructure-like balance sheet

Strong balance sheet

($m)FY21FY20

Cash1643

Receivables and inventory148175

Current assets164218

Property, plant and equipment869882

Intangibles & other non-currents4233

Deferred tax assets8235

Total assets1,1571,168

Trade and other payables156164

Employee benefits1011

Provisions87-

Current liabilities253175

Borrowings200275

Employee benefits & other1049

Provisions988

Deferred tax liabilities10197

Total liabilities662604

Net assets495564

The above summarised balance sheet, should be read in conjunction with the FY21

Financial Statements, available at https://channelnz.com/investor-centre/

Assets

•Import terminal assets revalued to ‘fair value’ based on

independent valuation

•Further asset optimisation opportunities – surplus land and

refining units

•Benefit of available tax losses

Liabilities

•Provisions recognisedfor the cost of refinery shutdown,

decommissioning, and future demolition

•Reduction in employee benefits through pension and medical plan

cash-out offers

Net assets

•Net assets equivalent to $1.33 per share as at 31 December 2021

following asset revaluation

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•Significant headroom available to fund conversion project costs
•Committed facilities of $370m with c.$200m of liquidity

headroom, no significant maturities in next 18 months

•$150m of the Company’s drawn debt is fixed, with additional

forward start swaps in place

[1]

•The conversion cost budget ($200-220m) and private storage tank

upgrade budget ($45-50m) include contingency, and the spend

continues to track to plan

•Bond proceeds will be used to repay a portion of bank debt, and will:

•Enhance diversification of funding – increases non-bank

funding to c.47%

[2]

•Extend tenor –weighted average debt term increases to 5.1

[2]

years (from 4.1 years)

•Increase financial flexibility

Significant headroom and no near-term maturities

Strong balance sheet (cont’d)

Debt Maturity Profile

[1] Forward start swaps of $40m starting on January 2023

[2] Assuming a retail bond issue of $100m is used to reduce the bank facility limits by an equivalent amount.

[3] Subordinated notes mature on 1 March 2034, if not redeemed earlier at election dates being 1 March 2024 or 1 March 2029.

Debt maturity profile – April 2022 (pre-bond issuance)

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75

-

50

75

40

70

60

0

25

50

75

100

125

150

0 - 1 year1 - 2 years2 - 3 years2034

$m

Subordinated notes [3]Drawn bank facilitiesUndrawn bank facilities

Terminal conversion project
•Tracking to plan with $20m spent to 31

March 2022

•Refinery shutdown completed safely and

to plan

•Import terminal in operation since April

•Two months of intensive

decommissioning activities commenced

Successfully commenced import terminal operations

on 1 April 2022

Conversion execution tracking to plan

Private storage

•Private storage tanks not requiring

conversion work already in

operation

•Remaining tanks to be

commissioned through 2022 and

H1 2023

Terminal conversion: $200-220m

Private storage: $45-50m

Demolition: c.$50m

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Supporting New Zealand’s decarbonisation
Delivering

a material

reduction in NZ

emissions

Future

decarbonisation

of NZ transport

fuels

•Our support of decarbonisationof NZ’s economy mapped out in our first

Sustainability Report, with measurable objectives:

•Target to have at least 90% of employees seeking new employment finding new

roles or retraining within 6 months

•Net Zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030

•Our infrastructure is utilisedto support the decarbonisationof transport sector

and facilitate customer Scope 3 emissions reduction by 2030

•Reporting aligned with Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

standards, more than a year ahead of mandatory reporting commencing in 2023

•In the near term, conversion delivers a98%reduction in the Company’s 2019 carbon

emissions, equivalent toover 1 million tonnesCO

2

p.a.

•85% reduction in electricity consumption and no natural gas requirements

•The Marsden Point to Auckland pipeline remains thelowest available emissions

routefor delivering fuel to the Auckland market

[1] Reference: Transitioning to a low-emissions and climate-resilient future: emissions reduction plan discussion document

(https://environment.govt.nz/publications/emissions-reduction-plan-discussion-document/). The Company’s emissions are expected to reduce by

c. 3.5MT over the 2022 -2025 budget period.

Conversion delivers around a third of New Zealand’s first emission reduction budget

[1]

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

Direct emissions (ktCO

2

)

Scope 1Scope 2

Full

refinery

(2019)

Simplified

refinery

(2021)

Import

terminal

98%

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A focused growth strategy
Flexibly developing

Marsden Point as an

energy hub for the

north of New Zealand

•Strategic fuel storage

•Growth in electricity

•Other imports

•Transition to imports, production, storage

of future fuels –biofuels, sustainable

aviation fuels, hydrogen

Leveraging

independent operator

capabilities across a

broader asset base

•Specialist infrastructure owner

and operator

•Reduced cost of capital

•Operational synergies

Well positioned to support New Zealand’s changing fuel needs

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Bond Offer

Key Terms
Issuer

•Channel InfrastructureNZ Limited

Description

•Unsecured,unsubordinated, fixed rate bonds

Offer amount

•Up to $100m (with the ability to accept oversubscriptions of up to an additional $25m at Channel Infrastructure’s discretion)

Term

•5 years maturing on 20 May 2027

Ranking

•On a liquidation of Channel Infrastructure, each Bond will rank:

—behind any secured liabilities and liabilities which are preferred by law;

—equally with other Bonds and equal ranking obligations including the lenders bank debt and all other unsecured,

unsubordinated obligations, including trade creditors; and

—ahead of holders of subordinated debt (including the Subordinated Notes) and ahead of Shareholders

Guarantee

•The Bonds will be guaranteed by the guarantors under the Negative Pledge Deed. As at the date of the PDS, Channel

Terminal Services Limited is the only Guarantor

Interest Rate

•Set following the bookbuild at the sum of the Swap Rate and the Issue Margin or, if greater, the minimum Interest Rate

•The indicative Issue Margin and minimum Interest Rate will be announced via NZX on or about 6 May 2022

Financial covenants

•Interest Cover Ratio: EBITDA not less than 2.5x Net Interest Expense on two successive semi-annual test dates

•Gearing Ratio: Net Debt to Net Debt plus Equity not to exceed 60%

•The first test date is 31 December 2022

Purpose

•The net proceeds to be applied towards repaying a portion of Channel Infrastructure’s existing bank debt and to also provide

diversification of funding that aligns with an infrastructure business

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Key Terms
Minimum application

amount

•Minimum application of $5,000 with multiples of $1,000 thereafter

Brokerage

•0.50% on firm allocations plus 0.50% brokerage

Quotation

•Application has been made for the Bonds to be quoted on the NZX Debt Market under the ticker CHI020.

Credit rating

•Unrated

Opening Date

•Friday, 6 May 2022

•The minimum Interest Rate and indicative Margin will be determined and announced on this date.

ClosingDate

•Friday, 13 May 2022 at 11.00am NZT

Rate Set Date

•Friday, 13 May 2022

Issue Date

•Friday, 20 May 2022

Expected Date of initial

quotation and trading

•Monday, 23 May 2022

Interest Payment Dates

•Interest will be paid quarterly in arrear in equal amounts on 20 February, 20 May, 20 August and 20 November in each year,

with the first payment on 22 August 2022 (being the first Business Day following the first interest payment date)

MaturityDate

•Thursday, 20 May 2027

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Questions

Supplementary
Information

A long-term sustainable operating model with strong aspirations for growth
22

22

Our transition
23

Our transition roadmap
24

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channelnz.com


NZX RELEASE


28 April 2022


Channel Infrastructure lodges product disclosure statement

for unsecured, unsubordinated, fixed rate bond offer

Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited ("Channel Infrastructure") today announces an offer of unsecured,

unsubordinated, fixed rate bonds.


Channel Infrastructure is offering up to $100 million (with the ability to accept oversubscriptions of up to an

additional $25 million at Channel Infrastructure’s discretion) of 5 year, unsecured, unsubordinated, fixed rate

bonds maturing on 20 May 2027 ("Bonds") to investors resident in New Zealand and institutional investors.

There is no public pool for the Bonds, with all of the Bonds under the Offer being reserved for clients of the

joint lead managers and other approved financial intermediaries.


The transition to Channel Infrastructure on 1 April 2022 with its ownership of critical infrastructure and long-

term contracts represents a fundamental reset in our business and financial risk profile. The net proceeds

from this offer are to be applied towards repaying a portion of Channel Infrastructure’s existing bank debt

and will also provide diversification of funding that aligns with an infrastructure business.


The offer is expected to open on Friday, 6 May 2022 and to close on Friday, 13 May 2022 at 11am (New

Zealand time). The interest rate is expected to be set following a bookbuild process and announced to the

market on or about 13 May 2022. Channel Infrastructure has appointed Bank of New Zealand (“BNZ”) and

Forsyth Barr Limited (“Forsyth Barr”) as joint arrangers, and BNZ, Forsyth Barr and Jarden Partners

Limited, as joint lead managers in relation to the offer.


This offer is being made in accordance with the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 and the Bonds are

expected to be quoted on the NZX Debt Market. Details of the offer are contained in the product disclosure

statement (“PDS”) which was lodged with the Registrar of Financial Service Providers today, 28 April 2022.

The PDS is available on www.channelnz.com/investor-centre/bonds or by contacting a joint lead manager

and must be obtained by investors before they decide to acquire any Bonds.


Copies of the PDS, Channel Infrastructure’s investor presentation and indicative terms sheet are also

attached and available through www.channelnz.com/investor-centre/bonds.


Interested investors should contact a joint lead manager as listed below, or their usual financial advice

provider, for more details.


For further information please contact:



channelnz.com

Joint Arranger and Joint Lead Manager

Bank of New Zealand





Phone: 0800 284 017


Joint Arranger and Joint Lead Manager


Forsyth Barr





Phone: 0800 367 227


Joint Lead Manager


Jarden Securities Limited




Phone: 0800 005 678


- ENDS -

Authorised by:

Chris Bougen

General Counsel and Company Secretary


Investor Relations contact:

Anna Bonney

investorrelations@channelnz.com


Media contact:

Laura Malcolm

communications@channelnz.com

+64 21 02363 297


channelnz.com


About Channel Infrastructure NZ

Channel Infrastructure is New Zealand’s leading fuel infrastructure company.

Channel Infrastructure owns critical infrastructure, supplying the Northland and Auckland markets, which

make up 40% of New Zealand’s fuel demand and all of the jet fuel to the Auckland International

Airport. Utilising the deep-water harbour and jetty infrastructure at Marsden Point, as well as 280 million

litres of storage tanks, and the 170-kilometre pipeline from Marsden Point to Auckland we receive, store, test

and distribute fuel owned by our customers. Channel Infrastructure’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Independent

Petroleum Laboratories, provides fuel quality testing services at Marsden Point and around New Zealand.

Channel Infrastructure is well positioned to support New Zealand’s changing future fuel needs, with growth

opportunities at the Marsden Point site including additional fuel storage to support fuel security, renewable

electricity supply through the Maranga Ra solar project, and work underway with customers and partners on

biofuel and hydrogen opportunities.

For more information on Channel Infrastructure, please visit: www.channelnz.com

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Port Marsden Highway, Ruakaka, Northland 0171 +64 9 432 8311 corporate@channelnz.com channelnz.com
Private Bag 9024, Whangarei 0148, New Zealand

28 April 2022

Dear Shareholder,

Channel Infrastructure launches unsecured, unsubordinated, fixed

rate bond offer

As a shareholder of Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited (“Channel Infrastructure”), we are pleased to notify you that

we have announced details of an offer (“Offer”) of 5-year, unsecured, unsubordinated, fixed rate bonds (“Bonds”) to

investors resident in New Zealand and institutional investors.

Channel Infrastructure is offering up to $100 million, with the ability to accept oversubscriptions of up to an additional

$25 million at Channel Infrastructure’s discretion. The net proceeds from this Offer are to be applied towards repaying

a portion of Channel Infrastructure’s existing bank debt and will also provide diversification of funding that aligns with

an infrastructure business.

If you are interested in getting advice in respect of participating in the Offer, please get in touch with your financial

advice provider or a joint lead manager listed below. There is no public pool for the Bonds as the Bonds are set aside

for clients of the joint lead managers and other approved financial intermediaries. This means you cannot apply for

Bonds directly through us.

The Offer is expected to open on Friday, 6 May 2022 and to close on Friday, 13 May 2022 at 11am (New Zealand

time). The interest rate is expected to be set following a bookbuild process and announced to the market on or about

Friday, 13 May 2022. Channel Infrastructure has appointed Bank of New Zealand (“BNZ”) and Forsyth Barr Limited

(“Forsyth Barr”) as joint arrangers, and BNZ, Forsyth Barr and Jarden Securities Limited as joint lead managers to

the Offer.


Details of the Offer are contained in the product disclosure statement (“PDS”), which has been lodged with the

Registrar of Financial Service Providers on 28 April 2022 and is available at www.channelnz.com/investor-

centre/bonds or by contacting a joint lead manager. The PDS must be obtained by investors before they decide to

acquire any Bonds. This Offer is being made in accordance with the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013. The Bonds

are expected to be quoted on the NZX Debt Market.


The transition to Channel Infrastructure on 1 April 2022, with its ownership of critical infrastructure and long-term

contracts, represents a fundamental reset in our business and financial risk profile. This reset has been underpinned

by the confidence and support of our investors. Channel Infrastructure is passionate about playing its part to keep

Aotearoa moving today and we are looking forward to our business continuing to play a critical role as we transition

to a lower-carbon future.


Thank you for your support of Channel Infrastructure.


Yours sincerely


Simon Allen

Chairman

Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited


Port Marsden Highway, Ruakaka, Northland 0171 +64 9 432 8311 corporate@channelnz.com channelnz.com

Private Bag 9024, Whangarei 0148, New Zealand

For further information please contact:


Joint Arranger and Joint Lead Manager

Bank of New Zealand




Phone: 0800 284 017

Joint Arranger and Joint Lead Manager

Forsyth Barr




Phone: 0800 367 227


Joint Lead Manager

Jarden Securities Limited


Phone: 0800 005 678


Channel Infrastructure

Authorised by:

Chris Bougen, General Counsel and Company Secretary


Investor Relations contact:

Anna Bonney

investorrelations@channelnz.com


Media contact:

Laura Malcolm

communications@channelnz.com

+64 21 02363 297

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Port Marsden Highway, Ruakaka, Northland 0171 +64 9 432 8311 corporate@channelnz.com channelnz.com
Private Bag 9024, Whangarei 0148, New Zealand

28 April 2022

Dear Noteholder,

Channel Infrastructure launches unsecured, unsubordinated, fixed

rate bond offer

As a noteholder of Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited (“Channel Infrastructure”), we are pleased to notify you that

we have announced details of an offer (“Offer”) of 5-year, unsecured, unsubordinated, fixed rate bonds (“Bonds”) to

investors resident in New Zealand and institutional investors.

Channel Infrastructure is offering up to $100 million, with the ability to accept oversubscriptions of up to an additional

$25 million at Channel Infrastructure’s discretion. The net proceeds from this Offer are to be applied towards repaying

a portion of Channel Infrastructure’s existing bank debt and will also provide diversification of funding that aligns with

an infrastructure business.

If you are interested in getting advice in respect of participating in the Offer, please get in touch with your financial

advice provider or a joint lead manager listed below. There is no public pool for the Bonds as the Bonds are set aside

for clients of the joint lead managers and other approved financial intermediaries. This means you cannot apply for

Bonds directly through us.

The Offer is expected to open on Friday, 6 May 2022 and to close on Friday, 13 May 2022 at 11am (New Zealand

time). The interest rate is expected to be set following a bookbuild process and announced to the market on or about

Friday, 13 May 2022. Channel Infrastructure has appointed Bank of New Zealand (“BNZ”) and Forsyth Barr Limited

(“Forsyth Barr”) as joint arrangers, and BNZ, Forsyth Barr and Jarden Securities Limited as joint lead managers to

the Offer.


Details of the Offer are contained in the product disclosure statement (“PDS”), which has been lodged with the

Registrar of Financial Service Providers on 28 April 2022 and is available at www.channelnz.com/investor-

centre/bonds or by contacting a joint lead manager. The PDS must be obtained by investors before they decide to

acquire any Bonds. This Offer is being made in accordance with the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013. The Bonds

are expected to be quoted on the NZX Debt Market.


The transition to Channel Infrastructure on 1 April 2022, with its ownership of critical infrastructure and long-term

contracts, represents a fundamental reset in our business and financial risk profile. This reset has been underpinned

by the confidence and support of our investors. Channel Infrastructure is passionate about playing its part to keep

Aotearoa moving today and we are looking forward to our business continuing to play a critical role as we transition

to a lower-carbon future.


Thank you for your support of Channel Infrastructure.


Yours sincerely


Simon Allen

Chairman

Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited


Port Marsden Highway, Ruakaka, Northland 0171 +64 9 432 8311 corporate@channelnz.com channelnz.com

Private Bag 9024, Whangarei 0148, New Zealand

For further information please contact:


Joint Arranger and Joint Lead Manager

Bank of New Zealand




Phone: 0800 284 017

Joint Arranger and Joint Lead Manager

Forsyth Barr




Phone: 0800 367 227


Joint Lead Manager

Jarden Securities Limited


Phone: 0800 005 678


Channel Infrastructure

Authorised by:

Chris Bougen, General Counsel and Company Secretary


Investor Relations contact:

Anna Bonney

investorrelations@channelnz.com


Media contact:

Laura Malcolm

communications@channelnz.com

+64 21 02363 297

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