This website and the documents contained on this website relate to an offer of ordinary shares (Offer Shares) of Contact Energy Limited (Contact) under a retail offer (the Retail Offer).

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The contents of this website:

have been prepared to comply with the requirements of the securities laws of New Zealand and Australia;
are for use only by residents of New Zealand and Australia from within New Zealand or Australia; and
are not permitted to be made available to persons in any country other than New Zealand and Australia.

Persons who are accessing this website from outside New Zealand or Australia should exit this website immediately.

Offering restrictions

The contents of this website are not a product disclosure statement, prospectus or other offering document. Nothing in this website constitutes an invitation to subscribe for, or an offer of, shares, securities or financial products to any person, in any country in which it would be unlawful to do so. In particular, the contents of this website do not constitute an offer to sell, or solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities in the United States or in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation would be illegal. The securities referred to herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the U.S. Securities Act) or under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in the United States, except in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. The securities to be offered and sold in the Retail Offer may only be offered and sold outside the United States in “offshore transactions” (as defined in Rule 902(h) under the U.S. Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act.

No person may subscribe for, purchase, offer, sell, distribute or deliver the Offer Shares, or be in possession of, or distribute to any other person, any offering material or any documents in connection with the Offer Shares, in any jurisdiction other than in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, the Offer Document may not be sent into or distributed in the United States.

No action has been taken to permit a public offering of the Offer Shares in any jurisdiction outside New Zealand and Australia. The distribution of the Offer Document which is available on this website (including an electronic copy) in a jurisdiction outside New Zealand and Australia may be restricted by law and persons who come into possession of it (including nominees, trustees or custodians) should seek advice on and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with such restrictions may contravene applicable securities law. Contact disclaims all liability in respect of any such contravention by any other person.

Offer Document and further important information

The Offer Document, which sets out the terms and conditions of the Retail Offer, is available on this website. You should read and consider the Offer Document in full. A presentation titled "Accelerating Contact31+ strategy and equity raise" providing further important information in relation to Contact and the Offer has been published by Contact on 16 February 2026 (the Investor Presentation). A copy of the Investor Presentation and other important information released on 16 February 2026 as well as other publicly available information referred to in the Offer Document, are available at www.nzx.com and www.asx.com.au under the ticker code "CEN".

The Investor Presentation includes details of the rationale for the Retail Offer. It also explains in more detail the expected impact of the Retail Offer, including a non-exhaustive summary of certain key risks associated with Contact and the Retail Offer.

You should read the Investor Presentation in full, as it contains important information to assist you in making an investment decision in respect of the Retail Offer. In particular, you should read and consider Appendix 2 of the Investor Presentation ("Key Risks") before making an investment decision.

Contact is subject to continuous disclosure obligations under the NZX Listing Rules which require it to notify certain material information to NZX. The ASX Listing Rules also require that Contact immediately provides to ASX all the information which it provides to NZX that is, or is to be, made public. Market releases by Contact are available at www.nzx.com and www.asx.com.au under the ticker code "CEN".

Contact recommends that you read its market announcements (together with the materials attached to those announcements), and in particular its recent announcements regarding:

the Offer released on 16 February 2026 (including the Investor Presentation and other important information accompanying that announcement);
Contact's 2026 interim financial statements and 2026 interim results presentation for the six months ended 31 December 2025 released on 16 February 2026;
Contact's annual financial statements, FY25 Integrated Report and results presentation for the year ended 30 June 2025 released on 18 August 2025;
Contact's Capital Markets Day presentation on the Contact31+ strategy released on 25 November 2025; and
Contact's monthly operating reports, including the most recent operating report for the months ended 31 December 2025 (released on 22 January 2026) and 31 January 2026 (released on 16 February 2026).

Contact may, during the Retail Offer, make additional releases to NZX and ASX. Shareholders should monitor Contact's market announcements during the period of the Retail Offer.

No release by Contact to NZX or ASX will permit an Applicant to withdraw any previously submitted Application without Contact's prior written consent, whether or not there has been any permissible variation of the Retail Offer.

Market risk

The market price for the Shares may change materially between the date this Retail Offer opens, the date you apply for Offer Shares under the Retail Offer, and the date on which the Shares are allotted to you. Accordingly:

the price paid for Offer Shares may be higher or lower than the price at which Shares are trading on the NZX Main Board or the ASX at the time Shares are issued under the Retail Offer;
the market price of Offer Shares following allotment may be higher or lower than the Issue Price; and
it is possible that up to or after the Allotment Date, you may be able to buy Shares at a lower price than the Issue Price.

Decision to participate in the Retail Offer

The information set out in this website or in the Offer Document does not constitute a recommendation to acquire or invest in the Offer Shares and is not financial product advice to you or any other person. The contents of this website, including the Investor Presentation and the Offer Document, have been prepared without taking into account your investment objectives, financial or taxation situation or particular needs or circumstances.

Before deciding whether to invest in Offer Shares, you must make your own assessment of the risks associated with an investment in Contact (including by reference to the summary of key risks in Appendix 2 of the Investor Presentation ("Key Risks")), and consider whether such an investment is suitable for you having regard to publicly available information (including the Investor Presentation), your personal circumstances and following consultation with a financial or other professional adviser. Please read the Offer Document and Investor Presentation carefully and in full before making that decision.

Quotation on the NZX Main Board and ASX

All Offer Shares will be of the same class as, and rank equally with, all Shares currently on issue. The Offer Shares will, immediately after issue, be quoted on the NZX Main Board and the ASX.

No guarantee

No person named on this website or in the Offer Document (nor any other person) guarantees the Offer Shares to be issued pursuant to the Retail Offer or warrants the future performance of Contact or any return on any investment made pursuant to the Offer Document.

Privacy

Any personal information you provide in your Application will be held by Contact and/or the Registrar at the addresses set out in the Directory. Contact and/or the Registrar may store your personal information in electronic format, including in online storage on a server or servers which may be located in New Zealand or overseas. This information will be used for the purposes of administering your investment in Contact. This information will only be disclosed to third parties with your consent or if otherwise required by law. Under the Privacy Act 2020 and the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), you have the right to access and correct any personal information held about you.

Disclaimer

None of Contact nor its related companies and affiliates including, in each case, their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisers, as the case may be, make any representation, warranty or undertaking, express or implied, as to the fairness, accuracy, reliability or completeness of, and to the maximum extent permitted by law hereby disclaim and shall have no liability for any loss arising from, this website, its contents or otherwise arising in connection with any offer of Offer Shares.

Defined terms

Any capitalised terms used on this website but not defined have the meanings given to those terms in the Offer Document.

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