Spark New Zealand LimitedNZX: SPK

FY26 Detailed Financials

· Issued by Spark New Zealand Limited

Spark New Zealand

Group result - reported

Reported revenue, expenses, EBITDAI and NPAT exclude the results of the data centre business which has been classified as a discontinued operation in the Financial Statements in FY26.

H1 FY24

$m

H2 FY24

$m

H1 FY25

$m

H2 FY25

$m

H1 FY26

$m

H2 FY26

$m

FY25

$m

FY26

$m

FY26 vs

$m

FY25

%

Operating revenues and other gains

1,956

1,864

1,916

1,809

1,893

2,056

3,725

3,949

224

6.0%

Operating expenses

(1,437)

(1,242)

(1,510)

(1,162)

(1,445)

(1,209)

(2,672)

(2,654)

18

0.7%

EBITDAI

519

622

406

647

448

847

1,053

1,295

242

23.0%

Finance income

14

16

15

16

14

9

31

23

(8)

(25.8%)

Finance expense

(63)

(81)

(75)

(74)

(69)

(72)

(149)

(141)

8

5.4%

Depreciation and amortisation

(244)

(268)

(293)

(297)

(304)

(298)

(590)

(602)

(12)

(2.0%)

Net investment income / (loss)

(3)

(5)

-

2

(1)

-

2

(1)

(3)

NM

Net earnings before income tax

223

284

53

2G4

88

486

347

574

227

65.4%

Tax income / (expense)

(69)

(127)

(22)

(73)

(34)

(54)

(95)

(88)

7

7.4%

Net earnings from continuing operations

154

157

31

221

54

432

252

486

234

92.9%

Net earnings from discontinued operations

2

3

4

4

10

3

8

13

5

62.5%

Total net earnings for the period

156

160

35

225

64

435

260

4GG

23G

G1.G%

BAU Capital expenditure

267

210

238

163

217

184

401

401

-

-%

Strategic Capital expenditure

19

22

14

14

54

12

28

66

38

NM

Capital expenditure excluding spectrum

286

232

252

177

271

1G6

42G

467

38

8.G%

Reported EBITDAI margin

26.5%

33.4%

21.2%

35.8%

23.7%

41.2%

28.3%

32.8%

4.5pp

Reported effective tax rate

30.9%

44.7%

41.5%

24.8%

38.6%

11.1%

27.4%

15.3%

(12.1pp)

Capital expenditure to operating revenues and other gains

14.6%

12.4%

13.2%

9.8%

14.3%

9.5%

11.5%

11.8%

0.3pp

Reported basic EPS1 (cents) from continuing operations

8.4

8.7

1.6

12.0

2.9

22.8

13.6

25.7

12.1

89.0%

Reported diluted EPS (cents) from continuing operations

8.4

8.8

1.6

12.0

2.9

22.8

13.6

25.7

12.1

89.0%

Reported basic EPS (cents) from discontinued operations

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.5

0.2

0.4

0.7

0.3

75.0%

Reported diluted EPS (cents) from discontinued operations

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.5

0.2

0.4

0.7

0.3

75.0%

1Earnings per share

NM denotes 'not meaningful'

Group result - adjusted

Spark's policy is to present 'adjusted EBITDAI' and 'adjusted net earnings' when a financial year includes one-off significant items (such as gains, expenses and impairments) individually greater than $25 million. In the year ended 30 June 2026, the net gain on sale of the data centre business in January 2026 amounted to $278 million and any associated tax impact were deemed significant to adjust. In the year ended 30 June 2025, the net gain on sale of the remaining Connexa investment of $71 million, the transformation costs associated with Spark's SPK-26 Operate Programme amounted to $53 million and any associated tax impacts were deemed significant to adjust.

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs FY25

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

%

Adjusted operating revenues and other gains

1,976

1,885

1,939

1,761

1,917

1,783

3,700

3,700

-

-%

Adjusted operating expenses

(1,446)

(1,252)

(1,491)

(1,149)

(1,446)

(1,219)

(2,640)

(2,665)

(25)

(0.9%)

Adjusted EBITDAI

530

633

448

612

471

564

1,060

1,035

(25)

(2.4%)

Finance income

14

16

15

16

14

9

31

23

(8)

(25.8%)

Finance expense

(63)

(81)

(75)

(74)

(69)

(72)

(149)

(141)

8

5.4%

Depreciation and amortisation

(251)

(276)

(300)

(304)

(304)

(298)

(604)

(602)

2

0.3%

Adjusted net investment income / (loss)

(3)

(5)

-

2

(1)

-

2

(1)

(3)

NM

Adjusted net earnings before income tax

227

287

88

252

111

203

340

314

(26)

(7.6%)

Adjusted income tax expense

(70)

(102)

(32)

(81)

(38)

(51)

(113)

(89)

24

21.2%

Adjusted net earnings for the period

157

185

56

171

73

152

227

225

(2)

(0.G%)

BAU Capital expenditure

267

210

238

163

217

184

401

401

-

-%

Strategic Capital expenditure

19

22

14

14

54

12

28

66

38

NM

Capital expenditure excluding spectrum

286

232

252

177

271

1G6

42G

467

38

8.G%

Free cash flows excluding spectrum

(100)

219

58

202

107

201

260

308

48

18.5%

Adjusted EBITDAI margin

26.8%

33.6%

23.1%

34.8%

24.6%

31.6%

28.6%

28.0%

(0.6pp)

Adjusted effective tax rate

30.8%

35.5%

36.4%

32.1%

34.2%

25.1%

33.2%

28.3%

(4.9pp)

Capital expenditure to adjusted operating revenues and other gains

14.5%

12.3%

13.0%

10.1%

14.1%

11.0%

11.6%

12.6%

1.0pp

Adjusted basic EPS (cents)

8.6

10.1

3.1

9.2

3.9

8.0

12.3

11.9

(0.4)

(3.3%)

Adjusted diluted EPS (cents)

8.5

10.2

3.1

9.2

3.9

8.0

12.3

11.9

(0.4)

(3.3%)

Declared Dividends

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs FY25

Ordinary dividends (cents per share)

13.50

14.00

12.50

12.50

8.00

8.00

25.00

16.00

(9.00)

(36.0%)

Total dividend (cents per share)

13.50

14.00

12.50

12.50

8.00

8.00

25.00

16.00

(9.00)

(36.0%)

Group operating revenues and other gains

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs

FY25

Connectivity

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

%

Mobile service revenue

510

500

491

496

499

499

987

998

11

1.1%

Mobile non-service revenue

239

225

248

218

255

264

466

519

53

11.4%

Total mobile

749

725

739

714

754

763

1,453

1,517

64

4.4%

Voice

94

86

78

72

65

61

150

126

(24)

(16.0%)

Broadband1

309

304

302

306

303

293

608

596

(12)

(2.0%)

Other connectivity2

184

189

182

181

163

164

363

327

(36)

(9.9%)

Total connectivity

1,336

1,304

1,301

1,273

1,285

1,281

2,574

2,566

(8)

(0.3%)

Other

Cloud

109

116

118

117

120

113

235

233

(2)

(0.9%)

IT service management

68

64

61

55

49

55

116

104

(12)

(10.3%)

Procurement and partners

339

209

332

206

344

219

538

563

25

4.6%

Other products

105

109

104

102

95

105

206

200

(6)

(2.9%)

Total other

621

498

615

480

608

492

1,095

1,100

5

0.5%

Adjusted operating revenues

1,957

1,802

1,916

1,753

1,893

1,773

3,669

3,666

(3)

(0.1%)

Other gains

19

83

23

8

24

10

31

34

3

9.7%

Adjusted operating revenues and other gains

1,976

1,885

1,939

1,761

1,917

1,783

3,700

3,700

-

-%

Adjusting items - net gain on sale3

-

-

-

71

-

278

71

278

207

NM

Operating revenues from discontinued operations

(20)

(21)

(23)

(23)

(24)

(5)

(46)

(29)

17

37.0%

Reported operating revenues and other gains

1,956

1,864

1,916

1,809

1,893

2,056

3,725

3,949

224

6.0%

1Wireless broadband revenues and connections are included in broadband revenues and connections.

2Other connectivity includes IoT, managed data and networks, security and collaboration.

3 FY25 is net gain on sale of Connexa and FY26 is net gain on sale of data centres.

Group operating expenses

H1 FY24

$m

H2 FY24

$m

H1 FY25

$m

H2 FY25

$m

H1 FY26

$m

H2 FY26

$m

FY25

$m

FY26

$m

FY26 vs FY25

$m

%

(253)

(231)

(251)

(206)

(258)

(232)

(457)

(490)

(33)

(7.2%)

(43)

(38)

(36)

(32)

(30)

(27)

(68)

(57)

11

16.2%

(161)

(164)

(162)

(169)

(162)

(156)

(331)

(318)

13

3.9%

(98)

(108)

(96)

(100)

(85)

(86)

(196)

(171)

25

12.8%

(38)

(47)

(61)

(50)

(63)

(58)

(111)

(121)

(10)

(9.0%)

(9)

(21)

(18)

(15)

(13)

(17)

(33)

(30)

3

9.1%

(315)

(168)

(307)

(166)

(325)

(197)

(473)

(522)

(49)

(10.4%)

(27)

(28)

(34)

(29)

(23)

(30)

(63)

(53)

10

15.9%

(944)

(805)

(965)

(767)

(959)

(803)

(1,732)

(1,762)

(30)

(1.7%)

(279)

(233)

(271)

(172)

(216)

(169)

(443)

(385)

58

13.1%

(40)

(33)

(52)

(27)

(57)

(50)

(79)

(107)

(28)

(35.4%)

(52)

(63)

(74)

(58)

(75)

(80)

(132)

(155)

(23)

(17.4%)

(29)

(29)

(29)

(26)

(27)

(23)

(55)

(50)

5

9.1%

(2)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(4)

-

(7)

(4)

3

42.9%

(17)

(17)

(16)

(18)

(17)

(17)

(34)

(34)

-

-%

(33)

(21)

(31)

(27)

(42)

(27)

(58)

(69)

(11)

(19.0%)

(7)

(8)

(10)

(9)

(10)

(6)

(19)

(16)

3

15.8%

(43)

(41)

(40)

(41)

(39)

(44)

(81)

(83)

(2)

(2.5%)

(223)

(214)

(255)

(210)

(271)

(247)

(465)

(518)

(53)

(11.4%)

(1,446)

(1,252)

(1,491)

(1,149)

(1,446)

(1,219)

(2,640)

(2,665)

(25)

(0.9%)

-

-

(29)

(24)

-

-

(53)

-

53

100.0%

9

10

10

11

10

1

21

11

(10)

(47.6%)

-

-

-

-

(9)

9

-

-

-

-%

(1,437)

(1,242)

(1,510)

(1,162)

(1,445)

(1,209)

(2,672)

(2,654)

18

0.7%

Product costs Connectivity

Total mobile Voice Broadband

Other connectivity

Other

Cloud

IT service management Procurement and partners Other product costs

Total product costs

Labour

Other operating expenses Network support costs Computer costs Accommodation costs Electricity - Data Centres1 Electricity - non Data Centres

Advertising, promotions and communication

Bad debts Other

Adjusted operating expenses

Transformation costs

Operating expenses from discontinued operations Separation costs

Reported operating expenses

1Estimated electricity costs to run Spark Group's dedicated data centres.

Group FTEs

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs

FY25

FTE permanent

5,356

5,072

4,456

3,792

3,584

3,292

3,792

3,292

(500)

(13.2%)

FTE contractors

97

70

94

55

48

25

55

25

(30)

(54.2%)

Total FTE

5,453

5,142

4,550

3,847

3,632

3,317

3,847

3,317

(530)

(13.8%)

Gross margin by product

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs

FY25

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

%

Total mobile

496

494

488

508

496

531

996

1,027

31

3.1%

Voice

51

48

42

40

35

34

82

69

(13)

(15.9%)

Broadband

148

140

140

137

141

137

277

278

1

0.4%

Other connectivity

86

81

86

81

78

78

167

156

(11)

(6.6%)

Cloud

71

69

57

67

57

55

124

112

(12)

(9.7%)

IT service management

59

43

43

40

36

38

83

74

(9)

(10.8%)

Procurement and partners

24

41

25

40

19

22

65

41

(24)

(36.9%)

Other products

78

81

69

73

72

75

142

147

5

3.5%

Adjusted product gross margin

1,013

997

950

986

934

970

1,936

1,904

(32)

(1.7%)

Other gains

19

83

23

8

24

10

31

34

3

9.7%

Adjusted gross margin

1,032

1,080

974

994

958

980

1,968

1,938

(30)

(1.5%)

Gross margin from discontinued operations

(20)

(20)

(23)

(22)

(24)

(5)

(45)

(29)

16

35.6%

Gain on sale/divestment of Connexa & data centres

-

-

-

71

-

278

71

278

207

NM

Reported gross margin

1,012

1,060

951

1,043

934

1,253

1,994

2,187

193

9.7%

Finance expense G income

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26 FY26 vs FY25

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m $m %

Finance expense

Finance expense on debt

(33)

(42)

(41)

(38)

(35)

(31)

(79)

(66)

13

16.5%

Other interest and finance expenses

(8)

(15)

(10)

(10)

(10)

(15)

(20)

(25)

(5)

(25.0%)

Lease interest expense

(24)

(24)

(25)

(26)

(26)

(25)

(51)

(51)

-

-%

Leased customer equipment interest expense

(4)

(4)

(3)

(3)

(2)

(3)

(6)

(5)

1

16.7%

(69)

(85)

(79)

(77)

(73)

(74)

(156)

(147)

9

5.8%

Capitalised interest

6

4

4

3

4

2

7

6

(1)

(14.3%)

Finance income

(63)

(81)

(75)

(74)

(69)

(72)

(149)

(141)

8

5.4%

Finance lease interest income

4

4

4

4

4

4

8

8

-

-%

Other interest income

10

12

11

12

10

5

23

15

(8)

(34.8%)

14

16

15

16

14

9

31

23

(8)

(25.8%)

Depreciation and amortisation expense

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26 FY26 vs FY25

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m $m %

Depreciation and amortisation expense

Depreciation - property, plant and equipment

(112)

(123)

(147)

(138)

(139)

(131)

(285)

(270)

15

5.3%

Depreciation - right-of-use assets

(42)

(47)

(50)

(55)

(53)

(58)

(105)

(111)

(6)

(5.7%)

Depreciation - leased customer equipment assets

(17)

(16)

(13)

(14)

(13)

(14)

(27)

(27)

-

-%

Amortisation - intangible assets

(80)

(90)

(90)

(97)

(99)

(95)

(187)

(194)

(7)

(3.7%)

Adjusted depreciation and amortisation expense

(251)

(276)

(300)

(304)

(304)

(298)

(604)

(602)

2

0.3%

Depreciation and amortisation expense from discontinued operations

7

8

7

7

-

-

14

-

(14)

(100.0%)

Reported depreciation and amortisation expense

(244)

(268)

(293)

(297)

(304)

(298)

(590)

(602)

(12)

(2.0%)

Net investment income / (loss)

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs

FY25

Net investment income

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

%

Share of associates' and joint ventures' net losses

(8)

(9)

(6)

-

(1)

(1)

(6)

(2)

4

66.7%

Interest income on loans receivable from associates and joint ventures

6

6

6

2

-

-

8

-

(8)

(100.0%)

Impairment of investments

-

(2)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-%

Net disposal and remeasurement of equity accounted investments

(1)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-%

Fair value gain on receivables measured at FVTPL

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

1

NM

Adjusted net investment income

(3)

(5)

-

2

(1)

-

2

(1)

(3)

NM

Reported net investment income

(3)

(5)

-

2

(1)

-

2

(1)

(3)

NM

Other connectivity

Analysis G KPIs - Voice

Voice connections by type

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs FY25

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's %

POTS and ISDN

69

59

49

39

27

13

39

13

(26) (66.7%)

VoIP

53

51

48

49

46

47

49

47

(2) (4.1%)

Voice over wireless

8

6

6

5

5

4

5

4

(1) (20.0%)

Total voice connections

130

116

103

93

78

64

93

64

(29) (31.2%)

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs FY25

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m %

Total voice revenue

94

86

78

72

65

61

150

126

(24) (16.0%)

Voice product costs1

(43)

(38)

(36)

(32)

(30)

(27)

(68)

(57)

11 16.2%

Voice gross margin

51

48

42

40

35

34

82

69

(13) (15.9%)

Voice gross margin %

54.3%

55.8%

53.8%

55.6%

53.8%

55.7%

54.7%

54.8%

0.1pp

1Includes voice access (baseband), interconnect, and international calling costs.

Analysis G KPIs - Broadband

Broadband connections by technology

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs

FY25

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

%

Copper

54

43

36

26

20

16

26

16

(10)

(38.5%)

Fibre

427

428

424

422

417

408

422

408

(14)

(3.3%)

Wireless

214

216

218

213

212

205

213

205

(8)

(3.8%)

Total broadband connections

695

687

678

661

649

629

661

629

(32)

(4.8%)

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs

FY25

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

%

Total broadband revenue

309

304

302

306

303

293

608

596

(12)

(2.0%)

Broadband product costs2

(161)

(164)

(162)

(169)

(162)

(156)

(331)

(318)

13

3.9%

Broadband gross margin

148

140

140

137

141

137

277

278

1

0.4%

Broadband gross margin %

47.9%

46.1%

46.4%

44.8%

46.5%

46.8%

45.6%

46.6%

1.0pp

2Includes broadband access (UBA/UCLL/Fibre) and modem costs.

Analysis G KPIs - Other connectivity3

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs

FY25

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

%

Other connectivity revenue

184

189

182

181

163

164

363

327

(36)

(9.9%)

Other connectivity product costs

(98)

(108)

(96)

(100)

(85)

(86)

(196)

(171)

25

12.8%

Other connectivity gross margin

86

81

86

81

78

78

167

156

(11)

(6.6%)

Other connectivity gross margin %

46.7%

42.9%

47.3%

44.8%

47.9%

47.6%

46.0%

47.7%

1.7pp

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs

FY25

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

%

Total IoT connections

1,799

2,048

2,250

2,376

2,429

2,498

2,376

2,498

122

5.1%

3Other connectivity includes IoT, managed data and networks, security and collaboration.

Core Connectivity

Analysis G KPIs - Mobile

Consumer G SME

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs FY25

Pay monthly

Connections (k)1

1,188

1,199

1,207

1,205

1,203

1,198

1,205

1,198

(7) (0.6%)

ARPU ($)

45.51

44.34

44.03

44.90

46.23

45.95

44.46

46.08

1.62 3.6%

Prepaid

Connections (k)

1,210

1,173

1,106

1,112

1,077

1,072

1,112

1,072

(40)

(3.6%)

ARPU ($)

16.09

15.88

16.21

16.00

15.98

15.98

16.10

15.98

(0.12)

(0.7%)

Total Consumer & SME mobile service revenue ($m)

438

431

428

433

437

436

861

873

12

1.4%

Enterprise G Government

Pay monthly

Connections (k)1

337

318

312

312

308

310

312

310

(2)

(0.6%)

ARPU ($)

30.48

29.50

27.18

26.54

25.05

24.59

26.74

24.82

(1.92)

(7.2%)

Total Enterprise & Government mobile service revenue ($m)

62

58

51

49

47

46

100

93

(7)

(7.0%)

Wholesale G other2

Mobile service revenue ($m)

10

11

12

14

15

17

26

32

6

23.1%

Total mobile service revenue

510

500

491

496

499

499

987

998

11

1.1%

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs

FY25

Total mobile

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

%

Mobile service revenue

510

500

491

496

499

499

987

998

11

1.1%

Mobile non-service revenue3

239

225

248

218

255

264

466

519

53

11.4%

Total mobile revenue

749

725

739

714

754

763

1,453

1,517

64

4.4%

Mobile product costs4

(253)

(231)

(251)

(206)

(258)

(232)

(457)

(490)

(33)

(7.2%)

Mobile gross margin

496

494

488

508

496

531

996

1,027

31

3.1%

Mobile gross margin %

66.2%

68.1%

66.0%

71.1%

65.8%

69.6%

68.5%

67.7%

(0.8pp)

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs

FY25

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

000's

%

Pay monthly connections

1,525

1,517

1,519

1,517

1,511

1,508

1,517

1,508

(9)

(0.6%)

Prepaid connections

1,210

1,173

1,106

1,112

1,077

1,072

1,112

1,072

(40)

(3.6%)

Internal connections

4

4

4

3

3

2

3

2

(1)

(33.3%)

Total mobile connections5

2,739

2,694

2,629

2,632

2,591

2,582

2,632

2,582

(50)

(1.9%)

Total ARPU ($)

30.66

30.03

30.17

30.41

31.08

30.85

30.29

30.96

0.67

2.2%

1The divestment of Digital Island resulted in connection transfers from Enterprise & Government to Consumer & SME, which is reflected in these connection numbers.

2Includes MVNO revenue, but excludes other customer segment mobile revenue which is now captured in non-service revenue.

3Mobile non-service revenue includes handset sales, mobile interconnect, mobile equipment supplied to customers and partners, and other non-usage mobile revenues

4Includes handset, interconnect and cellphone tower access costs.

5Mobile connections excluding MVNO connections but including legacy machine to machine, SIM based SmartWatch connections and internal connections.

Other

Analysis G KPIs - Cloud

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs FY25

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m %

Cloud revenue

109

116

118

117

120

113

235

233

(2) (0.9%)

Cloud product costs

(38)

(47)

(61)

(50)

(63)

(58)

(111)

(121)

(10) (9.0%)

Cloud gross margin

71

69

57

67

57

55

124

112

(12) (9.7%)

Cloud gross margin%

65.1%

59.5%

48.3%

57.3%

47.5%

48.7%

52.8%

48.1%

(4.7pp)

Analysis G KPIs - IT Service Management

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs FY25

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m %

IT Service Management revenue

68

64

61

55

49

55

116

104

(12) (10.3%)

IT Service Management product costs

(9)

(21)

(18)

(15)

(13)

(17)

(33)

(30)

3 9.1%

IT Service Management gross margin

59

43

43

40

36

38

83

74

(9) (10.8%)

IT Service Management gross margin %

86.8%

67.2%

70.5%

72.7%

73.5%

69.1%

71.6%

71.2%

(0.4pp)

Analysis G KPIs - Procurement and partners

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs FY25

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m %

Procurement and partners revenue

339

209

332

206

344

219

538

563

25 4.6%

Procurement and partners product costs

(315)

(168)

(307)

(166)

(325)

(197)

(473)

(522)

(49) (10.4%)

Procurement and partners gross margin

24

41

25

40

19

22

65

41

(24) (36.9%)

Procurement and partners gross margin %

7.1%

19.6%

7.5%

19.4%

5.5%

10.0%

12.1%

7.3%

(4.8pp)

Spark New Zealand

Statement of cash flows

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs

FY25

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

%

Cash flows from operating activities

Receipts from customers1

1,972

1,739

1,977

1,717

1,938

1,716

3,694

3,654

(40)

(1.1%)

Receipts from sale of interest-free payment (IFP) receivables

-

-

-

-

239

116

-

355

355

NM

Payments for collections on derecognised IFP receivables and buy backs

-

-

-

-

-

(117)

-

(117)

(117)

NM

Receipts from interest

13

15

15

14

13

7

29

20

(9)

(31.0%)

Payments to suppliers and employees

(1,519)

(1,134)

(1,566)

(1,145)

(1,509)

(1,109)

(2,711)

(2,618)

93

3.4%

Payments for income tax (net of refunds)

(101)

(88)

(78)

(108)

(14)

(113)

(186)

(127)

59

31.7%

Payments for interest on debt

(31)

(49)

(46)

(44)

(37)

(31)

(90)

(68)

22

24.4%

Payments for interest on leases

(23)

(23)

(24)

(26)

(25)

(25)

(50)

(50)

-

-%

Payments for interest on leased customer equipment assets

(4)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(2)

(3)

(6)

(5)

1

16.7%

Net cash flows from operating activities

307

457

275

405

603

441

680

1,044

364

53.5%

Cash flows from investing activities

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

14

20

2

-

-

1

2

1

(1)

(50.0%)

Proceeds from sale of business, net of cash acquired

-

4

-

8

-

462

8

462

454

NM

Proceeds from sale of long-term investments

-

-

-

309

48

-

309

48

(261)

(84.5%)

Proceeds from long-term investments

-

7

-

17

-

21

17

21

4

23.5%

Receipts from finance leases

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

1

NM

Receipts from loans receivable

10

-

3

-

-

-

3

-

(3)

(100.0%)

Payments for purchase of business, net of cash acquired

(2)

(3)

(2)

-

-

-

(2)

-

2

100.0%

Payments for, and advances to, long-term investments

(1)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-%

Payments for assets classified as held for sale2

-

-

-

-

(51)

(11)

-

(62)

(62)

NM

Payments for purchase of property, plant and equipment, intangibles

(347)

(235)

(228)

(204)

(208)

(166)

(432)

(374)

58

13.4%

(excluding spectrum) and capacity

Payments for spectrum intangible assets

-

(8)

-

(10)

(1)

-

(10)

(1)

9

90.0%

Payments for capitalised interest

(6)

(4)

(4)

(3)

(4)

(2)

(7)

(6)

1

14.3%

Net cash flows from investing activities

(331)

(219)

(229)

117

(216)

306

(112)

90

202

NM

Cash flows from financing activities

Net proceeds from/(repayments of) debt and derivatives

489

21

190

(387)

(42)

(422)

(197)

(464)

(267)

NM

Payments for dividends

(249)

(245)

(160)

(142)

(236)

(151)

(302)

(387)

(85)

(28.1%)

Payments for share buy-back

(159)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-%

Payments for discounts on derecognised IFP receivables

-

-

-

-

-

(19)

-

(19)

(19)

NM

Payments for leases

(38)

(40)

(44)

(48)

(44)

(64)

(92)

(108)

(16)

(17.4%)

Receipts from lease incentive

-

-

22

-

-

-

22

-

(22)

(100.0%)

Payments for leased customer equipment assets

(20)

(14)

(11)

(13)

(14)

(19)

(24)

(33)

(9)

(37.5%)

Net cash flows from financing activities

23

(278)

(3)

(590)

(336)

(675)

(593)

(1,011)

(418)

(70.5%)

Net cash flows

(1)

(40)

43

(68)

51

72

(25)

123

148

NM

Opening cash and cash equivalents position

100

99

59

102

34

85

59

34

(25)

(42.4%)

Closing cash and cash equivalents position3

99

59

102

34

85

157

34

157

123

NM

1FY26 balances include $99 million of cash collected on behalf of Challenger Limited. See note 1.5 of the Financial Statements for further details.

2FY26 payments were for capital expenditure on data centre assets prior to their sale. This expenditure was recovered as part of the proceeds received from the sale of the data centre business. See note 1.4 of the Financial Statements for further details.

3FY26 balance comprises $52 million of cash in banks and $105 million of short-term deposits which are classified as cash equivalents.

Analysis G KPIs - Free cash flows and movement in working capital

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs FY25

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

%

Reported EBITDAI

519

622

406

647

448

847

1,053

1,295

242

23.0%

EBITDAI from discontinued operations

11

11

13

12

14

4

25

18

(7)

(28.0%)

Adjusting items and non cash other gains

(20)

(58)

6

(54)

(15)

(295)

(48)

(310)

(262)

NM

EBITDAI for free cash flow

510

575

425

605

447

556

1,030

1,003

(27)

(2.6%)

Less

Cash paid on BAU capital expenditure

(334)

(207)

(212)

(162)

(212)

(168)

(374)

(380)

(6)

(1.6%)

Cash paid on interest

(45)

(60)

(58)

(59)

(51)

(52)

(117)

(103)

14

12.0%

Cash paid on tax payments

(101)

(88)

(78)

(108)

(14)

(113)

(186)

(127)

59

31.7%

Cash paid on leases

(57)

(54)

(43)

(61)

(58)

(83)

(104)

(141)

(37)

(35.6%)

Total cash payments on items above

(537)

(409)

(391)

(390)

(335)

(416)

(781)

(751)

30

3.8%

Change in working capital

Change in receivables

27

(78)

80

(57)

254

(62)

23

192

169

NM

Change in payables

(20)

65

41

(50)

75

20

(9)

95

104

NM

Change in inventory

(27)

18

(25)

32

(42)

31

7

(11)

(18)

NM

Change in contract assets

(8)

12

(6)

4

(1)

2

(2)

1

3

NM

Change in prepayments (excluding CAPEX)

(45)

36

(66)

58

(78)

76

(8)

(2)

6

75.0%

IFP adjustment

-

-

-

-

(213)

(6)

-

(219)

(219)

NM

Total change in working capital - (increase)/decrease

(73)

53

24

(13)

(5)

61

11

56

45

NM

Free cash flow

(100)

21G

58

202

107

201

260

308

48

18.5%

Cash paid on strategic capital expenditure

(19)

(22)

(14)

(32)

(51)

(11)

(46)

(62)

(16)

(34.8%)

Free cash flow less strategic capex

(119)

197

44

170

56

190

214

246

32

15.0%

Group capital expenditure (Capex)

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs

FY25

BAU Capex

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

%

Cloud

24

13

9

2

5

3

11

8

(3)

(27.3%)

Fixed network & International cable capacity

55

10

37

26

46

42

63

88

25

39.7%

IT systems

80

67

73

75

81

74

148

155

7

4.7%

Mobile network

65

24

91

29

81

59

120

140

20

16.7%

Property

7

4

4

3

2

5

7

7

-

-%

Other

4

6

1

-

2

1

1

3

2

NM

5G Acceleration & SA Readiness

32

74

23

28

-

-

51

-

(51)

(100.0%)

Converged tech

-

12

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-%

Total BAU capex excluding spectrum

267

210

238

163

217

184

401

401

-

-%

Strategic Capex

Data centres

19

22

14

14

54

12

28

66

38

NM

Total capex excluding spectrum

286

232

252

177

271

196

429

467

38

8.9%

Mobile spectrum

23

-

-

-

7

-

-

7

7

NM

Total capex including spectrum

309

232

252

177

278

196

429

474

45

10.5%

Cash Capex

BAU

334

207

212

162

212

168

374

380

6

1.6%

Strategic

19

22

14

32

51

11

46

62

16

34.8%

Total cash capex excluding spectrum

353

229

226

194

263

179

420

442

22

5.2%

Capital expenditure is the additions to property, plant and equipment, and intangible assets (excluding spectrum, goodwill, acquisitions, assets fully funded by customers or vendors, and other non-cash additions that may be required by NZ IFRS, such as decommissioning costs), assets classified as held for sale, and additions to capacity right-of-use assets where such additions are paid up front.

Reconciliation of reported to adjusted net earnings

Spark's policy is to present 'adjusted EBITDAI' and 'adjusted net earnings' when a financial year includes one-off significant items (such as gains, expenses and impairments) individually greater than $25 million. In the year ended 30 June 2026, the net gain on sale of the data centre business in January 2026 amounted to $278 million and any associated tax impact were deemed significant to adjust. In the year ended 30 June 2025, the net gain on sale of the remaining Connexa investment of $71 million, the transformation costs associated with Spark's SPK-26 Operate Programme amounted to $53 million and any associated tax impacts were deemed significant to adjust.

FY26

Reported (continuing operations)

Discontinued operations1

Adjusting items2

Total adjusted

Operating revenues and other gains

3,949

29

(278)

3,700

Operating expenses

(2,654)

(11)

-

(2,665)

Total EBITDAI

1,2G5

18

(278)

1,035

Net finance expense

(118)

-

-

(118)

Depreciation and amortisation

(602)

-

-

(602)

Net investment income / (loss)

(1)

-

-

(1)

Total net earnings before tax

574

18

(278)

314

Net tax expense

(88)

(5)

4

(89)

Net earnings

486

13

(274)

225

FY25

Reported (continuing operations)

Discontinued operations1

Adjusting items3

Total adjusted

Operating revenues and other gains

3,725

46

(71)

3,700

Operating expenses

(2,672)

(21)

53

(2,640)

Total EBITDAI

1,053

25

(18)

1,060

Net finance expense

(118)

-

-

(118)

Depreciation and amortisation

(590)

(14)

-

(604)

Net investment income / (loss)

2

-

-

2

Total net earnings before tax

347

11

(18)

340

Net tax expense

(95)

(3)

(15)

(113)

Net earnings

252

8

(33)

227

1The data centre business was classified as a discontinued operation in FY25, see note 1.4 of the Financial Statements for further details.

2FY26 balances include the net gain on sale of the data centre business in January 2026 amounted to $278 million and any associated tax impact.

3FY25 balances include the net gain on sale of the remaining Connexa investment of $71 million, the transformation costs associated with Spark's SPK-26 Operate Programme amounted to $53 million and any associated tax impacts.

Spark New Zealand

Group operating revenues and other gains

Format below reflects Spark's next step towards SPK-30 distinguishing Core Connectivity from Other Services

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs FY25

Connectivity

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

%

Mobile service revenue

510

500

491

496

499

499

987

998

11

1.1%

Mobile non-service revenue

239

225

248

218

255

264

466

519

53

11.4%

Total mobile

749

725

739

714

754

763

1,453

1,517

64

4.4%

Voice

94

86

78

72

65

61

150

126

(24)

(16.0%)

Broadband

309

304

302

306

303

293

608

596

(12)

(2.0%)

Other connectivity

184

189

182

181

163

164

363

327

(36)

(9.9%)

Total connectivity

1,336

1,304

1,301

1,273

1,285

1,281

2,574

2,566

(8)

(0.3%)

Digital services

Cloud

109

116

118

117

120

113

235

233

(2)

(0.9%)

IT service management

68

64

61

55

49

55

116

104

(12)

(10.3%)

Other digital services1

15

16

15

19

17

18

34

35

1

2.9%

Total digital services

192

196

194

191

186

186

385

372

(13)

(3.4%)

Other

Procurement and partners

339

209

332

206

344

219

538

563

25

4.6%

Other products2

90

93

89

83

78

87

172

165

(7)

(4.3%)

Total other

429

302

421

289

422

306

710

728

18

2.5%

Adjusted operating revenues

1,957

1,802

1,916

1,753

1,893

1,773

3,669

3,666

(3)

(0.1%)

Other gains

19

83

23

8

24

10

31

34

3

9.7%

Adjusted operating revenues and other gains

1,976

1,885

1,939

1,761

1,917

1,783

3,700

3,700

-

-%

Group product costs

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs FY25

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

%

Connectivity

Total mobile

(253)

(231)

(251)

(206)

(258)

(232)

(457)

(490)

(33)

(7.2%)

Voice

(43)

(38)

(36)

(32)

(30)

(27)

(68)

(57)

11

16.2%

Broadband

(161)

(164)

(162)

(169)

(162)

(156)

(331)

(318)

13

3.9%

Other connectivity

(98)

(108)

(96)

(100)

(85)

(86)

(196)

(171)

25

12.8%

Total connectivity

(555)

(541)

(545)

(507)

(535)

(501)

(1,052)

(1,036)

16

1.5%

Digital services

Cloud

(38)

(47)

(61)

(50)

(63)

(58)

(111)

(121)

(10)

(9.0%)

IT service management

(9)

(21)

(18)

(15)

(13)

(17)

(33)

(30)

3

9.1%

Other digital services1

(4)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(4)

-

(9)

(4)

5

55.6%

Total digital services

(51)

(71)

(83)

(70)

(80)

(75)

(153)

(155)

(2)

(1.3%)

Other

Procurement and partners

(315)

(168)

(307)

(166)

(325)

(197)

(473)

(522)

(49)

(10.4%)

Other products2

(23)

(25)

(30)

(24)

(19)

(30)

(54)

(49)

5

9.3%

Total other

(338)

(193)

(337)

(190)

(344)

(227)

(527)

(571)

(44)

(8.3%)

Adjusted product costs

(944)

(805)

(965)

(767)

(959)

(803)

(1,732)

(1,762)

(30)

(1.7%)

Gross margin by product

H1 FY24

H2 FY24

H1 FY25

H2 FY25

H1 FY26

H2 FY26

FY25

FY26

FY26 vs FY25

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

%

Connectivity

Total mobile

496

494

488

508

496

531

996

1,027

31

3.1%

Voice

51

48

42

40

35

34

82

69

(13)

(15.9%)

Broadband

148

140

140

137

141

137

277

278

1

0.4%

Other connectivity

86

81

86

81

78

78

167

156

(11)

(6.6%)

Total connectivity

781

763

756

766

750

780

1,522

1,530

8

0.5%

Digital services

Cloud

71

69

57

67

57

55

124

112

(12)

(9.7%)

IT service management

59

43

43

40

36

38

83

74

(9)

(10.8%)

Other digital services1

11

13

10

14

12

18

24

30

6

25.0%

Total digital services

141

125

110

121

105

111

231

216

(15)

(6.5%)

Other

Procurement and partners

24

41

25

40

19

22

65

41

(24)

(36.9%)

Other products2

67

68

59

59

60

57

118

117

(1)

(0.8%)

Total other

91

109

84

99

79

79

183

158

(25)

(13.7%)

Adjusted product gross margin

1,013

996

950

986

934

970

1,936

1,904

(32)

(1.7%)

Other gains

19

83

23

8

24

10

31

34

3

9.7%

Adjusted gross margin

1,032

1,080

974

994

958

980

1,968

1,938

(30)

(1.5%)

1 Other digital services includes Data, analytics and AI, Ubiquity and Digital Identity.

2 Other products include network infrastructure delivery and products outside main categories.

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