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CHORUS STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 14 October 2021 Chorus Limited Level 10 , 1 Willis Street PO Box 632 Wellington New Zealand Email : company.secretary@chorus.co.nz 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 % . 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 uptake in UFB1 areas reached 71 % ( + 2 % ) with Auckland reaching 76 % ( + 1 % ) uptake in UFB2 areas now averages 44 % with the fibre rollout recently completed in Whangamata , Rakaia , Haast and Ranfurly 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 ) first three months of FY22 delivered positive net monthly broadband connections Copper broadband and voice connections declined by 32k ( Q4 FY21 : -44k ) • COVID lockdowns in Aug - Sept reduced the number of copper broadband disconnections in all geographies • voice only disconnections also slowed slightly to 12k ( Q4 FY21 : -14k ) • 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 average fibre usage was 621GB in September , up from 500GB in June 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