Ongoing Disclosure Notice Disclosure of Directors and Senior Managers Relevant Interests

Sections 297(2) and 298(2), Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

To NZX Limited; and

Name of listed issuer:

Date this disclosure made:

Date of last disclosure:

Spark New Zealand Limited (Spark NZ)

10 October 2016

19 September 2016

Director or senior manager giving disclosure

Full name(s):

Name of listed issuer:

Name of related body corporate (if applicable):

Position held in listed issuer:

Jolie Hodson

Spark NZ

Spark Finance Limited

CFO Spark NZ; Director - Spark Finance Limited

Summary of acquisition or disposal of relevant interest (excluding specified derivatives)

Class of affected quoted financial products:

Nature of the affected relevant interest(s):

For that relevant interest-

Number held in class before acquisition or disposal:

Number held in class after acquisition or disposal:

Current registered holder(s):

Registered holder(s) once transfers are registered:

Ordinary shares in Spark NZ

Legal ownership of right to acquire ordinary shares pursuant to the Share Rights Scheme

Legal ownership of 427,683 share rights

Legal ownership of 326,619 share rights and legal ownership of 101,064 ordinary shares

Jolie Hodson

Jolie Hodson

Summary of acquisition or disposal of specified derivatives relevant interest (if applicable)

Type of affected derivative: N/A

Class of underlying financial products: N/A

Details of affected derivative-

The notional value of the derivative (if any) or the notional amount of underlying financial products (if any):

A statement as to whether the derivative is cash settled or physically settled:

Maturity date of the derivative (if any):

Expiry date of the derivative(if any):

The price specified in the terms of the derivative (if any):

Any other details needed to understand how the amount of the consideration payable under the derivative or the value of the derivative is affected by the value of the underlying financial products:

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

For that derivative,-

Parties to the derivative: N/A

If the director or senior manager is not a party to the derivative, the nature of the relevant

interest in the derivative: N/A

Details of transactions giving rise to acquisition or disposal

One

Total number of transactions to which notice relates:

Issue of ordinary shares upon exercise of share rights pursuant to the Share Rights Scheme

n/a

Services to Spark NZ

101,064 share rights

Details of transactions requiring disclosure-

Date of transaction:

Nature of transaction:

Name of any other party or parties to the transaction (if known):

The consideration, expressed in New Zealand dollars, paid or recieved for the acquisition or disposal. If the consideration was not in cash and cannot be readily by converted into a cash value, describe the consideration:

Number of financial products to which the transaction related:

If the issuer has a financial products trading policy that prohibits directors or senior managers from trading during any period without written clearance (a closed period) include the following details-

Whether relevant interests were aquired or disposed of during a closed period:

Whether prior written clearance was provided to allow the aquisition or disposal to proceed during the closed period:

Date of the prior written clearance (if any):

No

N/A

N/A

Summary of other relevant interests after acquisition or disposal:

Class of quoted financial products: Ordinary shares

Beneficial ownership of ordinary shares subject to restrictions under the Spark New Zealand Long Term Incentive scheme and the Share

Nature of relevant interest:

For that relevant interest,-

Number held in class:

Rights scheme

96,686 restricted shares, 326,619 share rights and 101,064 ordinary shares

Current registered holder(s):

For a derivative relevant interest,-

Spark Trustee Limited, Jolie Hodson

Type of derivative:

N/A

Details of derivative,-

The notional value of the derivative (if any) or the notional amount of underlying financial products (if any):

A statement as to whether the derivative is cash settled or physically settled:

Maturity date of the derivative (if any):

Expiry date of the derivative (if any):

The price's specified terms (if any):

Any other details needed to understand how the amount of the consideration payable under the derivative or the value of the derivative is affected by the value of the underlying financial products:

For that derivative relevant interest,-

Parties to the derivative:

If the director or senior manager is not a party to the derivative, the nature of the relevant interest in the derivative:

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Certification

I 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.

Signature of director or officer:

Date of signature:

or

Signature of person authorised to sign on behalf of director or officer:

Date of signature:

Name and title of authorised person:

10 October 2016

Silvana Roest, Company Secretary

Notes

Use this form to disclose all the aquisitions and disposals by a director or senior manager of a listed issuer, or of a related body corporate, or in specified derivatives. The disclosure must be made within-

  1. 20 working days after the first aquisition or disposal disclosed in this notice if the aquisitions or disposals are of a kind referred to in section 297(2)(a) of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013; or

  2. in any other case, 5 trading days after the first aquisition or disposal disclosed in this notice.

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