Cleansing Notice

MARKET RELEASE 29 August 2018 Notice pursuant to clause 20(1)(a) of schedule 8 of the Financial Markets Conduct Regulations 2014 Spark Finance Limited (SFL) gives notice under clause 20(1)(a) of schedule 8 of the Financial Markets Conduct Regulations 2014 (Regulations) that it proposes to make an offer of unsecured, unsubordinated fixed rate bonds (Bonds) in reliance upon the exclusion in clause 19 of schedule 1 of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMCA). Except for the interest rate and maturity date, the Bonds will have identical rights, privileges, limitations and conditions as SFL's: ? NZ$100,000,000 unsecured, unsubordinated fixed rate bonds maturing on 10 March 2023, which are quoted on the NZX Debt Market under the ticker code SPF560; and ? NZ$125,000,000 unsecured, unsubordinated fixed rate bonds maturing on 7 September 2026, which are quoted on the NZX Debt Market under the ticker code SPF570, (together the Quoted Bonds) and therefore are of the same class as the Quoted Bonds for the purposes of the FMCA and the Regulations. The Quoted Bonds have been continuously quoted on the NZX Debt Market over the preceding three months and trading in the Quoted Bonds has not been suspended during that period. As at the date of this notice, SFL is in compliance with: ? the continuous disclosure obligations that apply to it in relation to the Quoted Bonds; and ? its financial reporting obligations (as defined in the Regulations). As at the date of this notice, there is no excluded information required to be disclosed for the purposes of the Regulations. As at the date of this notice, there is no information that would be required to be disclosed under a continuous disclosure obligation or which would be excluded information required to be disclosed for the purposes of the Regulations if the Quoted Bonds had had the same interest rate or redemption date as the Bonds being offered. -ENDS- For media queries, please contact: Lucy Fullarton Communications Partner +64 (0) 21 070 6197 For investor relations queries, please contact: Dean Werder General Manager Finance and Performance +64 (0) 27 259 7176 End CA:00323002 For:SPK Type:GENERAL Time:2018-08-29 09:22:29