SPH Notice – BlackRock, Inc. and related bodies corporate

Disclosure of beginning to have substantial holding Section 276, Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 To: New Zealand Stock Exchange and To: AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LTD Date this disclosure made: 08 January 2019 Date on which substantial holding began: 04 January 2019 Substantial product holder(s) giving disclosure Full name(s): BlackRock, Inc. and related bodies corporate Summary of substantial holding Class of quoted voting products: Ordinary Shares Summary for: Product holders listed in Appendix A For this disclosure,-- (a) total number held in class: 60,535,429 Ord (b) total in class: 1,207,546,966 (c) total percentage held in class: 5.013% Details of relevant interests Details for: Product holders listed in Appendix A Nature of relevant interest(s): The power to control the acquisition or disposal of the quoted voting product and/or the exercise of a right to vote attached to the quoted voting product, arising only from the powers of investment contained in each case under investment management agreements appointing each entity as investment manager of funds or separate accounts (i.e. entity currently exercising investment discretion on behalf of the relevant funds or separate accounts). No relevant agreement document needs to be attached under Regulation 139. For that relevant interest,-- (a) number held in class: Refer to Appendix A (b) percentage held in class: Refer to Appendix A (c) current registered holder(s): Refer to Appendix A (d) registered holder(s) once transfers are registered: Not applicable Details of transactions and events giving rise to substantial holding Details of the transactions or other events requiring disclosure: Refer to Appendix B Additional information Address(es) of substantial product holder(s): Refer to Appendix A Contact details: Maria Tricarico-Cifala, Tel +1-302-797-63901, Email: Maria.Tricarico@blackrock.com Nature of connection between substantial product holders: Refer to Appendix A Name of any other person believed to have given, or believed to be required to give, a disclosure under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 in relation to the financial products to which this disclosure relates: Not applicable. Certification I, Maria Tricarico-Cifala, certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information contained in this disclosure is correct and that I am duly authorised to make this disclosure by all persons for whom it is made. End CA:00329218 For:AIA Type:SHINTR Time:2019-01-08 12:11:36