What did Contact Energy Limited announce?

Contact Energy Limited (NZX: CEN) filed “Capital Change Notice” with NZX on 15 October 2026, as a capital change announcement.

When was it filed?
15 October 2026
Where is the original?
NZX announcement
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Capital Change Notice

Capital Change15 October 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 714,662

Nominal value (if any) N/A

Issue/acquisition/redemption price per security Under the terms of Contact’s Employee

Equity Scheme, the shares had no cash

issue price.

Nature of the payment (for example, cash or other

consideration)

N/A

Amount paid up (if not in full) In full

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)

0.07%

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 upon exercise

of share rights pursuant to Contact’s

Employee Equity Scheme.

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.

1,081,749,565

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

Resolution of Directors on 18 October

2023 and 15 October 2024.

Terms or details of the issue, acquisition, or

redemption (for example: restrictions, escrow

arrangements)

Terms of Contact’s Employee Equity

Scheme. The issued shares rank equally

with other fully paid ordinary shares on

issue.





Date of issue/acquisition/redemption 15/10/2026

Section 3: Authority for this announcement and contact person

Name of person


authorised to make this

announcement

Kirsten Clayton, General Counsel &

Company Secretary

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


16/10/26

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