NZX 7 12 1 - Spark Employee Share Purchase Scheme 2016 STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 2 May 2016 NOTIFICATION OF ALLOTMENT OF SECURITIES

For the purposes of Listing Rule 7.12.1 of the NZX Main Board Listing Rules, Spark New Zealand Limited (Spark NZ) advises that the following securities have been issued pursuant to its Employee Share Purchase Scheme 2016:

7.12.1

a) Class of Security

Ordinary shares

ISIN

NZTELE0001S4

b) Number of Securities issued

145,857

c) Issue price

$3.22

d) Payment terms

Cash payment

e) Amount paid up

In full

f) The principal terms of securities

Ordinary shares in Spark NZ, issued to the scheme trustee and held on behalf of participants for three years

g) Percentage of total Class of Securities issued

0.0080%

h) Reason for issue

Issue of shares under the Spark New Zealand Employee Share Purchase Scheme 2016

i) Authority for issue

Board resolution dated 17 February 2016

j) Terms of issue

The shares are held by the scheme trustee for three years and rank pari passu with existing ordinary shares

  1. Total number of Securities of Class after issue

  2. Treasury Stock

1,829,795,177

N/A

m) Date of issue

2 May 2016

Yours faithfully

Silvana Roest Company Secretary

Spark New Zealand Limited ARBN 050 611 277

Spark City, 167 Victoria Street West, Private Bag 92028, Auckland, New Zealand

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