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Settlement of Large Scale Dairy Asset Portfolio

04:07 Wed 10th November 2021
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10 November 2021 NZL settles acquisition of Large Scale Dairy Asset Portfolio New Zealand Rural Land Company Limited (NZL.NZX) has today settled its agreement with Dairy Farms Partnership (DFP) to acquire a large scale dairy asset portfolio comprised of six dairy assets in Maniototo, Central Otago totalling approximately 3,500 hectares. The aggregate cost of the acquisition was approximately $61.40M (including transaction fees but subject to final post completion adjustments and costs). NZL has funded settlement by drawing $41.5 million from its debt facilities with Rabobank and the balance from cash on hand. This has taken NZL's total drawings under the Rabobank facility to $88.5M and NZL's loan to value ratio (LVR) to just over 39%. As previously advised, the vendor will lease the assets from NZL until 31 May 2022. On 1 June 2022, a second lease will commence for a term of 10 years with NZL's long term tenant, WHL Capital Limited. The leases have a gross lease rate of over 5% per annum. NZL now owns approximately 10,800ha of dairy assets (in aggregate) in Southland, Otago and Canterbury. NZL's gross assets are now approximately $220M. NZL is in the process of updating its recent dividend guidance to account for this transaction and will provide that updated guidance to the market shortly. This transaction caps off a busy and successful initial 11 months for NZL as a listed entity executing on its acquisition programme. Over the next six months NZL intends to focus on: o Paying its inaugural dividend in respect of the six month period ending on 31 December 2021; and, o Embedding its systems and processes across its landholdings and leases alongside continuing to enhance reporting to investors. For further information please contact: Christopher Swasbrook Mobile: 021 928 262 Email: chris@nzrlc.co.nz Richard Milsom Mobile: 021 274 2467 Email: richard@nzrlm.co.nz End CA:00382597 For:NZL Type:TRANSACT Time:2021-11-10 17:07:43

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