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SPH Notice - FirstCape Group Limited

Substantial Holder Notice17 December 2024SPKCommunication Services

Disclosure of beginning to have substantial holding

Section 276, Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013




To NZX Limited


and


To Spark New Zealand Limited ( SPK)

Date this disclosure made: 17 December 2024

Date on which substantial holding

began:

16 December 2024



Substantial product holder(s) giving disclosure

Full name(s):

FirstCape Group Limited



Summary of substantial holding

Class of quoted voting

products:

Ordinary Shares (Shares)

Summary for:

FirstCape Group Limited

For this

disclosure -

(a) total number held in

class:

92,998,262


(b) total in class: 1,844,093,120


(c) total percentage held

in class:

5.043%


Details of relevant interests:


Nature of relevant interest(s):

Relevant interest in Shares that its wholly-owned subsidiary

Harbour Asset Management Limited (Harbour) has a relevant

interest in. Harbour has the power to exercise (or control the

exercise of) rights to vote attached to, and power to acquire or

dispose of (or control the acquisition or disposal of), Shares

under investment powers contained in trust deeds or investment

management agreements with clients, including BNZ

Investments Limited (see below). FirstCape Group Limited has

those powers and controls indirectly, as the ultimate owner of

Harbour.

Number held in class:

59,485,033

Percentage held in class:

3.226%

Current registered holder of

financial products:

For on market purchases: Unknown 

For on market sales: Various nominees or custodians for and on

behalf of Harbour Asset Management Limited 

Registered holder of financial

products once transfer is

registered:

For on market purchases:  Various nominees or custodians for

and on behalf of Harbour Asset Management Limited  

For on market sales: Unknown


Nature of relevant interest(s):

Relevant interest in Shares that its wholly-owned subsidiary BNZ

Investments Services Limited (BNZIL) has a relevant interest in.

BNZIL has a beneficial ownership interest in these shares, which

are managed by Harbour under an investment management

agreement, so are also included in Harbour’s interest referred to

above.

Number held in class:

23,312,777

Percentage held in class:

1.264%

Current registered holder of

financial products:

For on market purchases: Unknown 

For on market sales: Various nominees or custodians for and on

behalf of Harbour Asset Management Limited 

Registered holder of financial

products once transfer is

registered:

For on market purchases:  Various nominees or custodians for

and on behalf of Harbour Asset Management Limited  

For on market sales: Unknown









Nature of relevant interest(s):

Relevant interest in Shares that its wholly-owned subsidiary

Jarden Wealth Limited has a relevant interest in. Jarden

Wealth Limited has the power to exercise (or control the

exercise of) rights to vote attached to, and power to acquire

or dispose of (or control the acquisition or disposal of),

Shares under the terms of investment management

agreements with clients (who are the beneficial owners of

the Shares). FirstCape Group Limited has those powers

and controls indirectly, as the ultimate owner of Jarden

Wealth Limited.

Number held in class:

24,177,998

Percentage held in class:

1.311%

Current registered holder of

financial products:

For on-market purchases: Unknown 

For on-market sales: FNZ Custodians Limited 

Registered holder of financial

products once transfer is

registered:

For on-market purchases:  FNZ Custodians Limited  

For on-market sales: Unknown 



Nature of relevant interest(s):

Relevant interest in Shares that its wholly-owned subsidiary

JBWere (NZ) Pty Limited has a relevant interest in. JBWere

(NZ) Pty Limited has the power to exercise (or control the

exercise of) rights

to vote attached to, and power to acquire

or dispose of (or control the acquisition or disposal of),

Shares under the terms of investment management

agreements with clients (who are the beneficial owners of

the Shares). FirstCape Group Limited has those powers

and controls indirectly, as the ultimate owner of JBWere

(NZ) Pty Limited.

Number held in class:

9,335,231

Percentage held in class:

0.506%

Current registered holder of

financial products:

For on-market purchases: Unknown 

For on-market sales: JBWere (NZ) Nominees Limited

Registered holder of financial

products once transfer is

registered:

For on-market purchases: JBWere (NZ) Nominees Limited

For on-market sales: Unkown


Details of t ransactions and e vents g iving r ise to substantial holding:


The transactions/events giving rise to this disclosure obligation are on-market buy and sell

trades by FirstCape Group Limited since 16/08/2024 until 16/12/2024, as summarised in the

table below.


Details for:

Harbour (including

BNZ Investment

Services Limited)

BNZ Investment

Services Limited

(included in

Harbour’s

figures)

Jarden

Wealth

Limited

JBWere

(NZ)

Nominees

Limited

On-market

purchases –

number of

shares

25,424,217 5,689,219 3,231,091 2,159,446

On-market

purchases –

gross

consideration

$80,574,639.58 $17,957,407.15 $10,117,148.32 $7,525,689.79

On-market

sales –

number of

shares

12,103,128 2,897,426 1,156,634 96,372

On-market

sales – gross

consideration


$38,362,719.55

$9,198,147.15 $3,717,845.29 $421,101.11

Net Shares

transferred

into DIMS

service

N/A N/A 270,308 N/A


Additional information

Address of substantial product

holder:

Level 21, 171 Featherston Street, Wellington

Contact details:

Madeleine Pumphrey

M +64 27 376 8309

Madeleine.pumphrey@jbwere.co.nz




Name of any other person believed to have given, or believed to be required to give, a

disclosure under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 in relation to the financial products to

which this disclosure relates: None.


Certification


I, Madeleine Pumphrey, certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information

contained in this disclosure is correct and that I am duly authorised to make this disclosure by all

persons for whom it is made.

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