Chorus Q1 FY22 Connections Update

STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 14 October 2021 Q1 FY22 overview Total fibre connections increased by 23k to 894,000 (Q4 FY21: +29k) Fibre uptake across the completed UFB footprint grew from 65% to 66% o fibre broadband connections increased by 23k despite cessation of installation activity during COVID alert level 4 lockdowns and reduced volumes under alert level 3 across major centres in the latter half of the quarter o uptake in UFB1 areas reached 71% (+2%) with Auckland reaching 76% (+1%) o uptake in UFB2 areas now averages 44% with the fibre rollout recently completed in Whangamata, Rakaia, Haast and Ranfurly o COVID lockdowns have driven increased demand for higher speed plans with strong momentum in 1Gbps upgrades and demand for Hyperfibre during the quarter Total broadband connections increased 3k to 1,183,000* (Q4 FY21: -1k) o first three months of FY22 delivered positive net monthly broadband connections Copper broadband and voice connections declined by 32k (Q4 FY21: -44k) o COVID lockdowns in Aug-Sept reduced the number of copper broadband disconnections in all geographies o voice only disconnections also slowed slightly to 12k (Q4 FY21: -14k) o total fixed line connections declined by 9k to 1,331,000* (Q4 FY21: -16k) Average monthly data usage grew 25% from June, boosted by COVID lockdown demand o average fibre usage was 621GB in September, up from 500GB in June o average monthly usage on copper was 297GB, up from 254GB in June *totals exclude 10,000 broadband connections Chorus is partly subsidising for student households Authorised by: JB Rousselot Chief Executive 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 End CA:00380905 For:CNU Type:MKTUPDTE Time:2021-10-14 08:30:45