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SPH Notice - FirstCape Group Limited

Substantial Holder Notice3 March 2025SPKCommunication Services

100080615/3821107.1 1
Disclosure of ceasing to have substantial holding

Section 279, Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

To NZX Limited

and

To Spark New Zealand Limited (SPK)

Date this disclosure made: 03 March 2025

Date last disclosure made: 17 December 2024

Date on which substantial

holding ceased:

28 February 2025



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 last 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%

For current holding

after ceasing to

have a substantial

holding

(a) total number held in class: 91,972,197

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

(c) total percentage held in class: 4.987%










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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 Services Limited (see below). FirstCape

Group Limited has those powers and controls indirectly, as the

ultimate owner of Harbour.

Number held in class:

54,929,981

Percentage held in class:

2.979%

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






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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:

25,353,129

Percentage held in class:

1.375%

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:

11,689,087

Percentage held in class:

0.634%

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







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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/sell

trades and off market transfers by FirstCape Group Limited since the 17/12/2024 until

28/02/2025, 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) Pty

Limited

On-market

purchases –

number of

shares

5,119,513 650,005 1,524,544 2,054,483

On-market

purchases –

gross

consideration

$14,388,125.41 $1,876,033.00 $4,304,158.01 $4,821,382.21

On-market

sales –

number of

shares

9,674,565 3,483,506 386,047 627

On-market

sales – gross

consideration

$23,954,165.23 $8,864,268.36 $1,111,080.85 $1,768.14

Net Shares

transferred

into DIMS

service

N/A N/A 36,634 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.

Data sourced from publicly available filings. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@nzxplorer.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice.

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