Spark New Zealand Limited's Annual Meeting Results 2025
07/11/2025 13:02 NZDT, MEETING
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 Investor-info@spark.co.nz
Date of release through MAP 07/11/25