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
Spark New Zealand Limited's Annual Meeting Results 2024 Fri, Nov 01 2024 02:43 pm MEETING
Spark's 2024 Annual Meeting Materials Fri, Nov 01 2024 09:45 am MEETING
Spark reduces FY25 guidance Wed, Oct 30 2024 08:30 am MKTUPDTE
Ongoing Disclosure Notice Fri, Oct 04 2024 11:44 am SHINTR
Capital Change Notice Fri, Oct 04 2024 10:39 am SECISSUE
Ongoing Disclosure Notice Thu, Oct 03 2024 04:53 pm SHINTR
2024 Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy form Thu, Oct 03 2024 08:30 am MEETING
Spark New Zealand announces a change to the Spark Board Tue, Oct 01 2024 08:30 am ADMIN
Ongoing Disclosure Notice Mon, Sep 30 2024 03:59 pm SHINTR
Capital Change Notice Mon, Sep 30 2024 12:10 pm SECISSUE

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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Last Updated: 06/10/2023


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