CNU
21/05/2015 08:30
SSH
NOT PRICE SENSITIVE
REL: 0830 HRS Chorus Limited (NS)
SSH: CNU: SSH Notice - Allan Gray Group
Disclosure of ceasing to have substantial holding
Section 279, Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013
To New Zealand Stock Exchange and
To Chorus Limited
Date this disclosure made: 20 May 2015
Date last disclosure made: 29 July 2014
Date on which substantial holding ceased: 18 May 2015
Substantial product holder(s) giving disclosure
Full name(s): Allan Gray Australia Pty Ltd (Allan Gray Australia) and its
related bodies corporate as set out in Table 1 of Annexure A (together Allan
Gray Group), as investment manager for the funds or investment mandates
listed at Table 2 of Annexure A.
Summary of previous substantial holding
Class of quoted voting products: Ordinary Shares
Summary for Allan Gray Group
For last disclosure,--
(a) total number held in class: 19,839,411
(b) total in class: 396,369,767
(c) total percentage held in class: 5.00%
For current holding after ceasing to have substantial holding,--
(a) total number held in class: 19,812,273
(b) total in class: 396,369,767
(c) total percentage held in class: 4.998%
Details of transactions and events giving rise to ceasing of substantial
holding
Details of the transactions or other events requiring disclosure: On market
acquisitions and disposals of shares in Chorus Limited by Allan Gray Group
between 30 July 2014 and 18 May 2015, as set out in Annexure B.
Additional information
Address of substantial product holders: C/- Allan Gray Australia, Level 2,
Challis House. 4 Martin Place Sydney, New South Wales 2000, Australia
Contact details: Eugene Tan, telephone: +61 2 8224 8627, email:
[email protected]
100080615/3821107.1 2
Nature of connection between substantial product holders: As investment
manager for the funds or investment mandates listed at Table 2 of Annexure A.
Name of any other person believed to have given, or believed to be required
to give, a disclosure under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 in
relation to the financial products to which this disclosure relates: Not
applicable.
Certification
I, Eugene Tan, Company Secretary, Allan Gray Australia, certify that, to the
best of my knowledge and belief, the information contained in this disclosure
is correct and that I am duly authorised to make this disclosure by all
persons for whom it is made.
End CA:00264588 For:CNU Type:SSH Time:2015-05-21 08:30:16
