Contact closes offer & sets margin for green Capital Bonds

Thursday, 26 September 2024 Contact closes offer & sets margin for green Capital Bonds Following the successful bookbuild process for its offer of unsecured subordinated green capital bonds (Capital Bonds), Contact Energy Limited (Contact) has confirmed that the offer has closed and $250 million of Capital Bonds have been reserved for clients of those participants in the bookbuild process that have received firm allocations. This includes oversubscriptions of $50 million. There was no public pool for the offer. The margin for the Capital Bonds has been set at 2.15% per annum and the interest rate for the first five years will be announced later today along with the release of the final terms sheet. For further details investors can contact one of the Joint Lead Managers to the offer (listed below) or their usual financial adviser. Bank of New Zealand 09 375 1391 Craigs Investment Partners Limited 0800 272 442 Forsyth Barr Limited 0800 367 227 -ends- Investor enquiries Shelley Hollingsworth Investor Relations and Strategy Manager +64 27 227 2429 shelley.hollingsworth@contactenergy.co.nz Media enquiries Louise Wright Head of Communications and Reputation +64 21 840 313 media@contactenergy.co.nz