Disclosure of beginning to have substantial holding
Section 276, Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013
To: New Zealand Stock Exchange
And: CONTACT ENERGY LTD
Date this disclosure made: 24 October 2017
Date on which substantial holding began: 20 October 2017
Substantial product holder(s) giving disclosure
Name(s): BlackRock, Inc. and related bodies corporate
Summary of substantial holding to which disclosure relates
Class of listed voting securities: Ordinary Shares
Summary for: Product holders listed in Appendix A
For this disclosure,--
(a) total number held in class: 38,510,439 Ord
(b) total in class: 716,135,473
(c) total percentage held in class: 5.378%
Details of transactions and events giving rise to person beginning to have
substantial holding
Details of the transactions or other events requiring disclosure under the
instructions to this form: Refer to Appendix B
Details of relevant interests currently in substantial holding
Details for: Product holders listed in Appendix A
Nature of relevant interest(s): The power to control the acquisition or
disposal of the quoted voting product and/or the exercise of a right to vote
attached to the quoted voting product, arising only from the powers of
investment contained in each case under investment management agreements
appointing each entity as investment manager of funds or separate accounts
(i.e. entity currently exercising investment discretion on behalf of the
relevant funds or separate accounts). No relevant agreement document needs to
be attached under Regulation 142.
For that relevant interest,--
(a) number held in class: Refer to Appendix A
(b) percentage held in class: Refer to Appendix A
(c) current registered holder(s) of securities: Refer to Appendix A
(d) registered holder(s) of securities once transfers registered: Not
applicable
Additional information
Nature of connection between substantial security holders: Refer to Appendix
A
Address(es) of substantial security holder(s): Refer to Appendix A
Contact details: Kayla Mulvihill, Tel +1-302-797-6268, Email
kayla.mcgrory@blackrock.com
Name of any other person believed to have given, or believed to be required
to give, a disclosure under the Act in relation to the securities to which
this disclosure relates: Not applicable.
Certification
I, Kayla Mulvihill, Authorised Signatory, 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 for BlackRock
Investment Management (Australia) Limited.
End CA:00309076 For:CEN Type:SHINTR Time:2017-10-24 09:36:00