Spark New Zealand Limited’s Annual Meeting – Results 2017

Spark New Zealand Limited ARBN 050 611 277
Spark City, 167 Victoria Street West, Private Bag 92028, Auckland, New Zealand




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3 November 2017

Spark New Zealand Limited’s Annual Meeting - Results 2017
At Spark’s Annual Meeting in Auckland today, shareholders were asked to vote on four
resolutions, all of which were supported by the Board. All resolutions were decided by
poll.
The resolutions passed by shareholders today were:
1. That the Directors of Spark are authorised to fix the auditor’s remuneration.
2. That Mr Paul Berriman is re-elected as a Director of Spark.
3. That Mr Charles Sitch is re-elected as a Director of Spark.
4. That the maximum annual remuneration able to be paid to all of the non-
executive directors of Spark taken together be increased from $1,500,000 to
$1,630,000.
Details of the total number of votes cast in person or by a proxy holder on a poll are:

Resolution For Against Abstain
1. Fix auditor’s
remuneration
1,251,305,963
(99.86%)
1,812,130
(0.14%)
772,996
2. Re-election of
Paul Berriman
1,249,896,299
(99.77%)
2,872,730
(0.23%)
1,122,060
3. Re-election of
Charles Sitch
1,249,844,868
(99.77%)
2,915,306
(0.23%)
1,130,915
4. Increase to the
non-executive
directors’ fee pool
1,219,686,104
(97.64%)
29,498,314
(2.36%)
1,577,080

Details of the manner in which shareholders directed their proxies to vote at proxy close
(and included above) are:
Resolution For Against Discretionary
proxies
Abstain
1. Fix auditor’s
remuneration
1,246,031,148 1,812,130 2,481,809 772,996
2. Re-election of
Paul Berriman
1,244,642,492 2,853,730 2,479,801 1,122,060
3. Re-election of
Charles Sitch
1,244,567,381 2,897,306 2,502,481 1,130,915
4. Increase to the
non-executive
directors’ fee pool
1,217,765,034 29,426,437 1,242,467 1,559,847

Spark New Zealand Limited ARBN 050 611 277
Spark City, 167 Victoria Street West, Private Bag 92028, Auckland, New Zealand

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