STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 21 December 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 Long Term Incentive Scheme 2015:

7.12.1

a) Class of Security

Ordinary shares

ISIN

NZTELE0001S4

b) Number of Securities issued

7,591

c) Issue price

$3.5041

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 until such time as the shares vest

g) Percentage of total Class of Securities issued

0.0004%

h) Reason for issue

Issue of shares under the Spark NZ Long Term Incentive Scheme 2015

i) Authority for issue

Board resolution dated 17 August 2016

j) Terms of issue

The shares are held by the scheme trustee for a vesting period (generally three years) and rank pari passu with existing ordinary shares

  1. Total number of Securities of Class after issue

  2. Treasury Stock

1,832,573,937

N/A

m) Date of issue

21 December 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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