What did Contact Energy Limited announce?

Contact Energy Limited (NZX: CEN) filed “Capital Change Notice - DRP” with NZX on 22 September 2026, as a capital change announcement.

When was it filed?
22 September 2026
Where is the original?
NZX announcement
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Capital Change Notice - DRP

Capital Change22 September 2026CENUtilities

Capital Change Notice



Section 1: Issuer information

Name of issuer Contact Energy Limited

NZX ticker code CEN

Class of financial product Ordinary Shares

ISIN (If unknown, check on NZX website) NZCENE0001S6

Currency NZD

Section 2: Capital change details

Number issued/acquired/redeemed 10,407,750

Nominal value (if any) N/A

Issue/acquisition/redemption price per security $8.78227

Nature of the payment (for example, cash or other

consideration)

Dividend reinvestment plan in respect of

FY26 cash dividend payment.

Amount paid up (if not in full) N/A

Percentage of total class of Financial Products

issued/acquired/redeemed/ (calculated on the

number of Financial Products of the Class, excluding

any Treasury Stock, in existence)

0.97%

For an issue of Convertible Financial Products or

Options, the principal terms of Conversion (for

example the Conversion price and Conversion date

and the ranking of the Financial Product in relation to

other Classes of Financial Product) or the Option (for

example, the exercise price and exercise date)

N/A

Reason for issue/acquisition/redemption and specific

authority for issue/acquisition/redemption/ (the

reason for change must be identified here)

Issue of ordinary shares pursuant to

Contact’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan in

respect of the final dividend for the

period ended 30 June 2026.

Total number of Financial Products of the Class after

the issue/acquisition/redemption/Conversion

(excluding Treasury Stock) and the total number of

Financial Products of the Class held as Treasury

Stock after the issue/acquisition/redemption.

1,081,034,903

In the case of an acquisition of shares, whether

those shares are to be held as treasury stock

N/A

Specific authority for the issue, acquisition, or

redemption, including a reference to the rule

pursuant to which the issue, acquisition, or

redemption is made

Board certificate dated 7 August 2026 and

Listing Rule 4.8.1

Terms or details of the issue, acquisition, or

redemption (for example: restrictions, escrow

arrangements)

The shares were issued pursuant to the

terms of the Dividend Reinvestment

Plan.

Date of issue/acquisition/redemption 23 September 2026

Se Section 3: Authority for this announcement and contact person
Name of person authorised to make this

announcement

Kirsten Clayton

Contact person for this announcement Kirsten Clayton

Contact phone number 021 228 3539

Contact email address


companysecretary@contactenergy.co.nz

Date of release through MAP 23 September 2026

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