Chorus Q3 FY22 Connections update

Q3 FY22 overview Total fibre connections increased by 21k to 939,000 (Q2 FY22: +24k) Fibre uptake across the completed UFB footprint grew from 67% to 69% o mass market fibre broadband connections increased by 22k despite the summer holiday period and the ongoing effects of COVID alert levels on our migration programme o uptake reached 73% (+1%) in UFB1 areas and 48% (+2%) in UFB2 areas o the fibre rollout was recently completed in Omaha, Bulls, Himatangi Beach and St Arnaud Total broadband connections increased 3k to 1,190,000* (Q2 FY22: +4k) o 7k connections were added in Chorus UFB areas o 1Gbps connections were ~1/3 of fibre adds in Q3 o new 50/10Mbps fibre starter plan in market with good initial interest from retailers Copper broadband and voice connections declined by 29k (Q2 FY22: -30k) o voice only disconnections were consistent at 10k (Q2 FY22: -10k) o copper withdrawal: 41 copper broadband cabinets no longer have active customers o total fixed line connections declined by 8k to 1,317,000* (Q2 FY22: -6k) Average monthly data usage was 511GB in March (Dec: 479GB) o average monthly data usage on fibre was 578GB vs 554GB in December *totals exclude approximately 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:00390510 For:CNU Type:MKTUPDTE Time:2022-04-13 08:30:41