Spark New Zealand Limited's Annual Meeting Results 2025

MEETING
Fri, Nov 07 2025 01:02 pm

7 November 2025

Results of Spark New Zealand Limited Annual Meeting of Shareholders

At Spark’s annual shareholder meeting, held as a hybrid meeting today, shareholders were asked to vote on six resolutions, which were supported by the Board.

As required by NZX Listing Rule 6.1, all voting was conducted by a poll.

The resolutions passed by shareholders were:

• That Ms Lindsay Wright, (appointed as a director of Spark by the Board with effect from 1 August 2025) who retires and is eligible for re-election, is re-elected as a director of Spark.
• That Mr Tarek Robbiati (appointed as a director of Spark by the Board with effect from 1 October 2025) who retires and is eligible for re-election, is re-elected as a director of Spark.
• That Mr Vince Hawksworth (appointed as a director of Spark by the Board with effect from 1 October 2025) who retires and is eligible for re-election, is re-elected as a director of Spark.
• That Ms Jolie Hodson, who retires by rotation and is eligible for re-election, is re-elected as a director of Spark.
• That Ms Justine Smyth, who retires by rotation and is eligible for re-election, is re-elected as a director of Spark.
• That the directors of Spark are authorised to fix the auditor’s remuneration for the ensuing year.

Detail of the total number of votes cast in person or by a proxy holder are:

Resolution
That Ms Lindsay Wright (appointed as a director of Spark by the Board with effect from 1 August 2025) who retires and is eligible for re-election, is re-elected as a director of Spark.
For 1,104,983,435 (99.72%)
Against 3,118,448 (0.28%)
Abstain 5,793,114

Resolution
That Mr Tarek Robbiati (appointed as a director of Spark by the Board with effect from 1 October 2025) who retires and is eligible for re-election, is re-elected as a director of Spark.
For 1,110,539,358 (99.80%)
Against 2,196,379 (0.20%)
Abstain 1,173,339

Resolution
That Mr Vince Hawksworth (appointed as a director of Spark by the Board with effect from 1 October 2025) who retires and is eligible for re-election, is re-elected as a director of Spark.
For 1,111,056,989 (99.81%)
Against 2,092,819 (0.19%)
Abstain 755,268

Resolution
That Ms Jolie Hodson, who retires by rotation and is eligible for re-election, is re-elected as a director of Spark.
For 1,044,888,049 (94.96%)
Against 55,446,741 (5.04%)
Abstain 13,570,286

Resolution
That Ms Justine Smyth, who retires by rotation and is eligible for re-election, is re-elected as a director of Spark.
For 1,025,359,526 (92.90%)
Against 78,373,384 (7.10%)
Abstain 10,172,166

Resolution
That the directors of Spark are authorised to fix the auditor’s remuneration for the ensuing year.
For 1,106,971,230 (99.43%)
Against 6,326,048 (0.57%)
Abstain 498,052

Authority for this announcement
Name of person authorised to make this announcement Stewart Taylor, Chief Financial Officer

Contact person for this announcement Rodney Deacon, Finance Lead Partner – Investor Relations and Commercial
Contact phone number +64 (0) 21 631 074
Contact email address [email protected]
Date of release through MAP 07/11/25




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