Chorus AUD FX rate for 2024 interim dividend

Chorus Limited
Level 10, 1 Willis Street
P O Box 632
Wellington
New Zealand

Email: company.secretary@chorus.co.nz

STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

26 March 2024

Chorus AUD FX rate for 2024 interim dividend

The foreign exchange rate used for Chorus’ FY24 unimputed interim dividend payable to
Australian investors has been set at (NZD/AUD) 0.91817. The interim dividend of
NZ$0.19 cents per share will be paid on 16 April 2024.
A copy of Chorus’ updated ASX Appendix 3A.1 is attached.
Authorised by:
Mark Aue
Chief Operating Officer

ENDS

For further information:

Steve Pettigrew
Head of External Communications
Mobile +64 (27) 258 6257
Email: Steve.Pettigrew@chorus.co.nz

Brett Jackson
Investor Relations Manager
Phone: +64 4 896 4039
Mobile: +64 (27) 488 7808
Email: Brett.Jackson@chorus.co.nz

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Update Summary
Entity name
CHORUS LIMITED
Security on which the Distribution will be paid
CNU - ORDINARY FULLY PAID FOREIGN EXEMPT NZX
Announcement Type
Update to previous announcement
Date of this announcement
26/3/2024
Reason for the Update
Confirmation of the foreign exchange rate used for the FY24 unimputed interim dividend payable to Australian investors
has been set at NZD / AUD 0.91817. The dividend will be paid on 16 April 2024.
Refer to below for full details of the announcement

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Announcement Details
Part 1 - Entity and announcement details
1.1 Name of +Entity
CHORUS LIMITED
1.2 Registered Number Type
ARBN
Registration Number
152485848
1.3 ASX issuer code
CNU
1.4 The announcement is
1.4a Reason for update to a previous announcement
Confirmation of the foreign exchange rate used for the FY24 unimputed interim dividend payable to Australian investors
has been set at NZD / AUD 0.91817. The dividend will be paid on 16 April 2024.
1.4b Date of previous announcement(s) to this update
27/2/2024
1.5 Date of this announcement
26/3/2024
1.6 ASX +Security Code
CNU
ASX +Security Description
ORDINARY FULLY PAID FOREIGN EXEMPT NZX
Part 2A - All dividends/distributions basic details
2A.1 Type of dividend/distribution
2A.2 The Dividend/distribution:
relates to a period of six months
2A.3 The dividend/distribution relates to the financial reporting or payment period ending ended/ending (date)
31/12/2023
2A.4 +Record Date
19/3/2024
2A.5 Ex Date
18/3/2024
2A.6 Payment Date
Ordinary
Update/amendment to previous announcement

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2A.6 Payment Date
16/4/2024
2A.7 Are any of the below approvals required for the dividend/distribution before business day 0 of the timetable?
Security holder approval
Court approval
Lodgement of court order with +ASIC
ACCC approval
FIRB approval
Another approval/condition external to the entity required before business day 0 of the timetable for the
dividend/distribution.
2A.8 Currency in which the dividend/distribution is made ("primary currency")
NZD - New Zealand Dollar
2A.9 Total dividend/distribution payment amount per
+security (in primary currency) for all
dividends/distributions notified in this form
NZD 0.19000000
2A.9a AUD equivalent to total dividend/distribution
amount per +security
AUD 0.17445230
2A.9b If AUD equivalent not known, date for information
to be released
26/3/2024
Estimated or Actual?
2A.9c FX rate (in format AUD 1.00 / primary currency
rate): AUD
AUD 1.00
FX rate (in format AUD rate/primary currency rate)
Primary Currency rate
NZD 1.08912293
2A.10 Does the entity have arrangements relating to the
currency in which the dividend/distribution is paid to
securityholders that it wishes to disclose to the market?
2A.11 Does the entity have a securities plan for
dividends/distributions on this +security?
2A.11a If the +entity has a DRP, is the DRP applicable to
this dividend/distribution?
2A.12 Does the +entity have tax component information
apart from franking?
2A.13 Withholding tax rate applicable to the dividend/distribution (%)
15.000000 %
Part 2B - Currency Information
2B.1 Does the entity default to payment in certain currencies dependent upon certain attributes such as the
banking instruction or registered address of the +securityholder? (For example NZD to residents of New Zealand
and/or USD to residents of the U.S.A.).
No
No
We have a Dividend/Distribution Reinvestment Plan (DRP)
Yes
Actual
No

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and/or USD to residents of the U.S.A.).
2B.2 Please provide a description of your currency arrangements
Payment to Australian residents calculated as the AUD equivalent of the NZD.
Payments to other shareholders in NZD.
2B.2a Other currency/currencies in which the dividend/distribution will be paid:
CurrencyPayment currency equivalent amount per security
AUD - Australian DollarAUD 0.17445230
2B.2b Please provide the exchange rates used for non-primary currency payments
NZD/AUD 0.91817
2B.2c If payment currency equivalent and exchange
rates not known, date for information to be released
26/3/2024
Estimated or Actual?
2B.3 Can the securityholder choose to receive a currency different to the currency they would receive under the
default arrangements?
Part 3A - Ordinary dividend/distribution
3A.1 Is the ordinary dividend/distribution estimated at
this time?
3A.1a Ordinary dividend/distribution estimated amount
per +security
NZD
3A.1b Ordinary Dividend/distribution amount per
security
NZD 0.19000000
3A.2 Is the ordinary dividend/distribution franked?
3A.3 Percentage of ordinary dividend/distribution that is
franked
0.0000 %
3A.4 Ordinary dividend/distribution franked amount per
+security
NZD 0.00000000
3A.5 Percentage amount of dividend which is unfranked
100.0000 %
3A.6 Ordinary dividend/distribution unfranked amount
per +security excluding conduit foreign income amount
NZD 0.19000000
No
No
No
Actual
Yes

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Part 3F - NZD declared dividends/distributions - supplementary dividend/distribution
3F.1 Is a supplementary dividend/distribution payable?
Part 5 - Further information
5.1 Please provide any further information applicable to this dividend/distribution
5.2 Additional information for inclusion in the Announcement Summary
NoNo