Chorus Q4 FY22 Connections update

STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 11 July 2022 Q4 FY22 overview Total fibre connections increased by 20k to 959,000 (Q3 FY22: +21k) Fibre uptake across the completed UFB footprint grew by 0.9% to 69% (rounded) with deployment continuing o 0.9% increase in the quarter while the fibre footprint passed another 9k customers o mass market fibre broadband connections increased by 20k despite COVID impacts on installation and technician activity, and service company transition o uptake reached 74% (+1%) in UFB1 areas and 50% (+2%) in UFB2 areas o Auckland reached 79% (+1%) uptake, while Wellington continued to grow strongly to 68% (+2%) o the fibre rollout was recently completed in Matakana Village, Seddon, Waikouaiti, Nightcaps and Ohai Total broadband connections decreased 1k to 1,189,000* (Q3 FY22: +3k) o 4k connections were added in Chorus UFB areas o 1Gbps connections were ~30% of fibre adds in Q4 o Hyperfibre 2/4/8Gbps connections now ~1k Copper broadband and voice connections declined by 33k (Q3 FY22: -29k) o voice only disconnections were up slightly at 12k (Q3 FY22: -10k) o copper withdrawal: 84 copper broadband cabinets no longer have active customers (Q3 FY22: 41 cabinets) o total fixed line connections declined by 13k to 1,304,000* (Q3 FY22: -8k) Average monthly data usage on fibre was 567GB in June (March: 578GB) likely reflecting workers returning to offices *totals exclude ~9,000 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:00395131 For:CNU Type:MKTUPDTE Time:2022-07-11 08:30:46