Auckland International Airport Retail Bond Bookbuild Exceeds NZ$365 Million as Margin Revised to 0.75–0.80%

Sonal Goyal

04 November 2026 02:05 PM AEDT

Auckland International Airport Retail Bond Bookbuild Exceeds NZ$365 Million as Margin Revised to 0.75–0.80%

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Auckland International Airport Limited (ASX:AIA) has disclosed that the bookbuild for its NZ$100,000,000 retail bond offer has attracted a firm orderbook in excess of NZ$365,000,000, excluding Joint Lead Manager trading interest, with the indicative margin revised to between 0.75 and 0.80 per cent per annum.

Key Points

Firm orderbook for the Retail Bonds exceeds NZ$365,000,000, excluding Joint Lead Manager trading interest, at the launch indicative margin
Indicative margin for the five-year fixed rate Retail Bonds revised to 0.75–0.80 per cent per annum
Bids for the Retail Bonds are due by 10:30am NZT on Friday, 6 November 2026
A separate Wholesale Offer of up to NZ$150,000,000 of floating rate bonds maturing November 2029 is also underway, with the indicative margin unchanged at 0.62–0.65 per cent per annum
Combined bonds issued under both offers will not exceed NZ$350,000,000 if the Wholesale Offer proceeds

Retail Bond Offer Bookbuild Details

Auckland Airport launched a Retail Offer of up to NZ$100,000,000 of five-year fixed rate bonds to institutional investors and New Zealand retail investors, with the ability to accept oversubscriptions at the company's discretion. According to the filing, the bookbuild process is underway, with the firm orderbook surpassing NZ$365,000,000 excluding Joint Lead Manager trading interest at the launch indicative margin. The indicative margin has been revised to between 0.75 and 0.80 per cent per annum. Bids are due by 10:30am NZT on Friday, 6 November 2026. Joint Lead Managers for the Retail Offer are ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited, Bank of New Zealand, and Forsyth Barr Capital Markets Limited.

Wholesale Bond Offer Terms and Conditions

Alongside the Retail Offer, Auckland Airport announced a Wholesale Offer of up to NZ$150,000,000 of floating rate bonds maturing in November 2029, available to certain wholesale investors only. The filing states that retail investors may not participate in the Wholesale Offer and that Auckland Airport may, in its absolute discretion and without notice, choose not to proceed with it. The indicative issue margin for the Wholesale Bonds remains unchanged at between 0.62 and 0.65 per cent per annum. The terms sheet for the Wholesale Offer has not been released via NZX and will be made available by the Joint Lead Managers to certain wholesale investors only.

Combined Offer Cap and Aggregate Limit

The filing discloses that if the Wholesale Offer proceeds, the maximum aggregate amount of bonds to be issued by Auckland Airport under both the Retail Offer and the Wholesale Offer together will not exceed NZ$350,000,000. Joint Lead Managers for the Wholesale Offer are ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited and Bank of New Zealand. Further details of the Retail Offer are set out in a Terms Sheet attached to the launch company disclosure released earlier on 4 November 2026. No further terms regarding the allocation process or final pricing have been disclosed in this update.

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