Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. — Capital/Financing Update 2008

Sep 14, 2008

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Company Secretary’s Office Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited 14/100 Queen Street MELBOURNE VIC 3000 www.anz.com

15 September 2008

Company Announcements Office Australian Securities Exchange Level 4 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

Appendix 3B – conversion of ANZ Stapled Exchangeable Preferred Securities

Attached is an Appendix 3B for the issue and quotation of fully paid ordinary shares following the conversion of ANZ Stapled Exchangeable Preferred Securities.

John Priestley Company Secretary Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited

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Appendix 3B New issue announcement

Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5

Appendix 3B

New issue announcement, application for quotation of additional securities and agreement

Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX’s property and may be made public.

Introduced 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 5. Amended 1/7/98, 1/9/99, 1/7/2000, 30/9/2001, 11/3/2002, 1/1/2003, 24/10/2005.

Name of entity

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (‘ ANZ ’)

ABN

11 005 357 522

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

Part 1 - All issues

You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough space).

1 +Class of+securities issued or to be issued 2 Number of+securities issued or to be issued (if known) or maximum number which may be issued 3 Principal terms of the+securities (eg, if options, exercise price and expiry date; if partly paid+securities, the amount outstanding and due dates for payment; if+convertible securities, the conversion price and dates for conversion)	Fully paid ordinary shares.
	61,968,347
	Terms of the securities will be the same as the terms of the existing ANZ ordinary shares.

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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4 Do the+securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment with an existing+class of quoted+securities? If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state: • the date from which they do • the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment • the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment 5 Issue price or consideration 6 Purpose of the issue (If issued as consideration for the acquisition of assets, clearly identify those assets) 7 Dates of entering+securities into uncertificated holdings or despatch of certificates 8 Number and+class of all+securities quoted on ASX (_including_the securities in clause 2 if applicable)	Yes.	Yes.
	61,968,347 ordinary shares were issued upon conversion of ANZ Stapled Exchangeable Preferred Securities (‘ANZ StEPS’) in accordance with the Terms of the ANZ StEPS included in the Prospectus lodged with ASIC and ASX on 21 August 2003.
	Shares issued on conversion of ANZ StEPS.
	15 September 2008
	Number	+Class
	2,040,618,096	Fully paid ordinary shares

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Number and+class of all+securities quoted on ASX (_including_the securities in clause 2 if applicable)

AUD400m Floating Rate Transferable Certificates of Deposit (“TCD”) due March 2009 AUD1025m 6.00% TCD due March 2009 AUD27m Floating Rate Senior Notes due September 2009 AUD800m 6.00% TCD due March 2010 AUD1050m Floating Rate TCD due March 2010 AUD430m 7.00% TCD due September 2010 AUD465m Floating Rate TCD due September 2010 AUD500m 6.00% TCD due March 2011 AUD800m Floating Rate TCD due March 2011 AUD950m 6.50% TCD due November 2011 AUD1450m Floating Rate TCD due November 2011 AUD340m 7.25% TCD due September 2012 AUD635m Floating Rate TCD due September 2012 AUD350m 6.50% Subordinated Notes due May 2014 AUD380m Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due May 2014 AUD300m 6.00% Subordinated Notes due August 2015 AUD400m Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due August 2015 AUD300m 6.25% Subordinated Notes due May 2016 AUD300m Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due May 2016

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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9 Number and+class of all+securities not quoted on ASX (_including_the securities in clause 2 if applicable) 10 Dividend policy (in the case of a trust, distribution policy) on the increased capital (interests)	AUD350m 6.50% Subordinated Notes due March 2017 AUD350m Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due March 2017 AUD100m 7.30% Subordinated Notes due August 2017 AUD100m Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due August 2017 AUD290m 7.75% Subordinated Notes due October 2017 AUD310m Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due October 2017 AUD365m Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due January 2018 AUD1230m 8.5% TCD due April 2013 AUD520m Floating Rate TCD due April 2013	AUD350m 6.50% Subordinated Notes due March 2017 AUD350m Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due March 2017 AUD100m 7.30% Subordinated Notes due August 2017 AUD100m Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due August 2017 AUD290m 7.75% Subordinated Notes due October 2017 AUD310m Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due October 2017 AUD365m Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due January 2018 AUD1230m 8.5% TCD due April 2013 AUD520m Floating Rate TCD due April 2013
	Number +Class
	18,057,714 350,000 750,000 500,000 9,000	Options on issue 2003 Redeemable Preference Shares 2003 Redeemable Preference Shares (Series 2) December 2004 Euro Preference Shares July 2007 Sterling Preference Shares
	Same as existing fully paid ordinary shares.

Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue

11	Is security holder approval required?
12	Is the issue renounceable or non-
	renounceable?
13	Ratio in which the+securities will be
	offered

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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14	+Class of+securities to which the offer
	relates
15	+Record date to determine entitlements
16	Will holdings on different registers (or
	subregisters) be aggregated for
	calculating entitlements?
17	Policy for deciding entitlements in
	relation to fractions
18	Names of countries in which the entity
	has+security holders who will not be
	sent new issue documents
	Note: Security holders must be told how
	their entitlements are to be dealt with.
	Cross reference: rule 7.7.
19	Closing date for receipt of acceptances
	or renunciations
20	Names of any underwriters
21	Amount of any underwriting fee or
	commission
22	Names of any brokers to the issue
23	Fee or commission payable to the
	broker to the issue
24	Amount of any handling fee payable to
	brokers who lodge acceptances or
	renunciations on behalf of+security
	holders
25	If the issue is contingent on+security
	holders’ approval, the date of the
	meeting
26	Date entitlement and acceptance form
	and prospectus or Product Disclosure
	Statement will be sent to persons
	entitled
27	If the entity has issued options, and the
	terms entitle option holders to
	participate on exercise, the date on
	which notices will be sent to option
	holders

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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28	Date rights trading will begin (if
	applicable)
29	Date rights trading will end (if
	applicable)
30	How do+security holders sell their
	entitlements_in full_through a broker?
31	How do+security holders sell_part_of
	their entitlements through a broker and
	accept for the balance?
32	How do+security holders dispose of
	their entitlements (except by sale
	through a broker)?
33	+Despatch date

Part 3 - Quotation of securities

You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of securities

34 Type of securities ( tick one ) (a)[Securities described in Part 1 ]

• (b)[All other securities ]

Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed period, partly paid securities that become fully paid, employee incentive share securities when restriction ends, securities issued on expiry or conversion of convertible securities

Entities that have ticked box 34(a)

Additional securities forming a new class of securities

Tick to indicate you are providing the information or documents

35[If the ] + securities, and the number and percentage of additional[+][securities are ][+][equity securities, the names of the 20 largest holders of the additional ] + securities held by those holders 36[If the ][+][securities are ][+][equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional ][+][securities setting ] out the number of holders in the categories 1 - 1,000 1,001 - 5,000 5,001 - 10,000 10,001 - 100,000 100,001 and over

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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37 A copy of any trust deed for the additional[+] securities

Entities that have ticked box 34(b)

38 Number of securities for which +quotation is sought 39 Class of+securities for which quotation is sought 40 Do the+securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment with an existing+class of quoted+securities? If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state: • the date from which they do • the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment • the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment 41 Reason for request for quotation now Example: In the case of restricted securities, end of restriction period (if issued upon conversion of another security, clearly identify that other security) 42 Number and+class of all+securities quoted on ASX (_including_the securities in clause 38)
	Number	+Class

Quotation agreement

• 1 +Quotation of our additional +securities is in ASX’s absolute discretion. ASX may quote the[+] securities on any conditions it decides.

• 2 We warrant the following to ASX.

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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• The issue of the[+] securities to be quoted complies with the law and is not for an illegal purpose.

• There is no reason why those[+] securities should not be granted[+] quotation.

• An offer of the[+] securities for sale within 12 months after their issue will not require disclosure under section 707(3) or section 1012C(6) of the Corporations Act.

Note: An entity may need to obtain appropriate warranties from subscribers for the securities in order to be able to give this warranty

• Section 724 or section 1016E of the Corporations Act does not apply to any applications received by us in relation to any[+] securities to be quoted and that noone has any right to return any[+] securities to be quoted under sections 737, 738 or 1016F of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the[+] securities be quoted.

• If we are a trust, we warrant that no person has the right to return the +securities to be quoted under section 1019B of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the[+] securities be quoted.

• 3 We will indemnify ASX to the fullest extent permitted by law in respect of any claim, action or expense arising from or connected with any breach of the warranties in this agreement.

• 4 We give ASX the information and documents required by this form. If any information or document not available now, will give it to ASX before[+] quotation of the[+] securities begins. We acknowledge that ASX is relying on the information and documents. We warrant that they are (will be) true and complete.

Sign here: ............................................................ Date: 15 September 2008 Company Secretary

Print name: John Priestley

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• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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