Spark

Spark is New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services company employing over 5,000 people. They operate a large fibre network, fifteen data centres and over 60 retail stores across NZ, servicing 2.5 million mobile and 0.7 million broadband connections.

The company also generates revenue from IT infrastructure, cloud services, big-data analytics and sports streaming services. Spark is currently working on rolling out their new 5G infrastructure in NZ which began in 2019.   

Shares are dual listed on the NZX and ASX, Jolie Hodson took over leadership of the company as CEO in 2019.    


Company Details

Registered Office: Level 1 50 Albert Street Auckland 1010
Postal Address: Level 1 50 Albert Street Auckland 1010
Telephone: +64 9 359 6413
Facsimile: +64 9 303 3430
Website: www.sparknz.co.nz
First Listed: 18/07/1991
Balance Date: 30 June
AGM: 07/11/2025

Directors and Executives

Warwick Bray
Independent Non-Executive Director
Sheridan Broadbent
Independent Non-Executive Director
David Havercroft
Independent Non-Executive Director
Jolie Hodson
Chief Executive Officer
Paige Howard-Smith
Company Secretary
Stefan Knight
Chief Financial Officer
Lisa Nelson
Independent Non-Executive Director
Justine Smyth
Independent Non-Executive Director
Stewart Taylor
Chief Financial Officer
Lindsay Wright
Independent Non-Executive Director

Announcements

Title Date Type
Spark New Zealand Limited's Annual Meeting Results 2025 Fri, Nov 07 2025 01:02 pm MEETING
Spark's 2025 Annual Meeting Materials Fri, Nov 07 2025 09:00 am MEETING
Ongoing Disclosure Notice Fri, Oct 10 2025 03:43 pm SHINTR
Ongoing Disclosure Notice Thu, Oct 09 2025 03:06 pm SHINTR
Ongoing Disclosure Notice Tue, Oct 07 2025 04:46 pm SHINTR
Ongoing Disclosure Notice Tue, Oct 07 2025 04:38 pm SHINTR
Ongoing Disclosure Notices - Various Tue, Oct 07 2025 01:36 pm SHINTR
Capital Change Notice Mon, Oct 06 2025 02:41 pm SECISSUE
Ongoing Disclosure Notice Mon, Oct 06 2025 10:02 am SHINTR
2025 Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Form Fri, Oct 03 2025 08:30 am MEETING

Major Holdings Announcements

Date Name No. Held % Current
03/09/25 Accident Compensation Corporation 93,500,586 5.21 4.95
25/03/25 BlackRock Inc. and related bodies c 148,833,289 5.90 8.07
11/03/25 Milford Asset Management Limited 90,803,329 5.23 4.92
03/03/25 FirstCape Group Limited 91,972,197 5.04 4.99
03/08/21 The Vanguard Group, Inc. 66,009,791 5.21 3.54
12/02/19 The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 90,885,210 5.95 4.95
20/03/18 BlackRock Inc 137,946,771 6.32 7.52
14/07/17 The Bank of New York Mellon Corpora 90,977,258 6.14 4.96

Director’s Interests Announcements

Date Name No. Held % Details Other
10/04/25 Lisa Nelson 28,643 - - -
07/04/25 Justine Bronwyn Gay Smy 861,594 - - -
28/03/25 Gordon MacLeod 67,685 - - -
17/03/25 Justine Smyth 661,594 - - -
27/02/25 Sheridan Adelene Broadb 40,000 - - -
27/08/24 Mellissa Anastaslou 48,125 - - -
04/10/22 Jolie Hodson 704,655 - - -
04/10/22 Stefan Knight 75,941 - - -
05/09/22 Harry Mark Beder 199,439 - - -
11/11/21 Philippa Greenwood - - - -
29/10/21 Charles Sitch 39,350 - - -
01/10/21 David Thomas Havercroft 100,086 - - -
31/03/21 Warwick Bray 31,230 - - -
21/09/20 Paul Berriman 43,000 - - -
06/03/20 Ido Leffler 32,000 - - -
24/02/20 Alison Barrass 37,716 - - -
27/09/19 David Chalmers - - - -
26/09/18 Simon Moutter 1,831,564 - - -
01/09/17 Alison Gerry 25,000 - - -
31/08/17 Mark Verbiest 15,000 - - -

Analysts’ Forecasts

No forecasts available

Disclaimer

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Last Updated: 04/09/2025


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