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 2, Spark City, 167 Victoria Street West, Auckland 1010
Postal Address:
Private Bag 92028, Auckland 1142
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:
03/11/2023
Directors and Executives
Alison Barrass
Independent Non-Executive Director
Warwick Bray
Independent Non-Executive Director
Sheridan Broadbent
Independent Non-Executive Director
David Havercroft
Non-Executive Director
Jolie Hodson
Chief Executive Officer
Paige Howard-Smith
Company Secretary
Stefan Knight
Chief Financial Officer
Gordon MacLeod
Independent Non-Executive Director
Justine Smyth
Independent Non-Executive Director
Announcements
| Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| SPH Notice - Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) | Fri, Feb 21 2025 03:13 pm | SHINTR |
| Spark New Zealand H1 FY25 Results - ASX Appendix 3A.1 | Fri, Feb 21 2025 09:38 am | GENERAL |
| Spark New Zealand Limited H1 FY25 Results | Fri, Feb 21 2025 08:30 am | HALFYR |
| SPH Notice - Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) | Thu, Feb 13 2025 04:08 pm | SHINTR |
| Spark Finance amends SLLs Social Target | Fri, Feb 07 2025 11:58 am | GENERAL |
| Spark New Zealand H1 FY25 Results Announcement Date | Thu, Jan 30 2025 08:48 am | GENERAL |
| Ongoing Disclosure Notice | Mon, Dec 30 2024 10:50 am | SHINTR |
| Ongoing Disclosure Notice | Tue, Dec 24 2024 10:16 am | SHINTR |
| Ongoing Disclosure Notice | Mon, Dec 23 2024 11:36 am | SHINTR |
| Ongoing Disclosure Notice | Fri, Dec 20 2024 02:59 pm | SHINTR |
Major Holdings Announcements
| Date | Name | No. Held | % | Current |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/06/22 | BlackRock Inc. and related bodies c | 161,169,532 | - | 8.61 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/12/23 | Sheridan Adelene Broadb | 30,000 | - | - | - |
| 29/09/23 | Mellissa Anastaslou | 66,565 | - | - | - |
| 22/08/23 | Gordon MacLeod | 10,000 | - | - | - |
| 04/10/22 | Jolie Hodson | 704,655 | - | - | - |
| 04/10/22 | Stefan Knight | 75,941 | - | - | - |
| 16/09/22 | Justine Bronwyn Gay Smy | 500,201 | - | - | - |
| 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
| profit2021 | profit2022 | eps2021 | dps2021 | sales2021 | ebit2021 | ebitda2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean | 450.2 | 24.6 | 27.5 | 4,017.8 | 707.3 | 1,240.1 | |
| high | 450.2 | 24.6 | 27.5 | 4,017.8 | 707.3 | 1,240.1 | |
| low | 450.2 | 24.6 | 27.5 | 4,017.8 | 707.3 | 1,240.1 | |
| sample | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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