Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. — Capital/Financing Update 2012

Mar 19, 2012

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	ANZ Subordinated Notes
	15,086,520 ANZ Subordinated Notes

10978188_5

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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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)

See Section 1 of the ANZ Subordinated Notes Offer Document lodged with ASX on 21 February 2012 (“Offer Document”). Capitalised terms have the meaning set out in the Offer Document. ANZ Subordinated Notes are unsecured and subordinated debt obligations of ANZ. ANZ Subordinated Notes have a term of 10.25 years unless redeemed earlier by ANZ in accordance with the Terms. Interest on ANZ Subordinated Notes is based on a floating rate. Interest is scheduled to be paid quarterly in arrears so long as the Solvency Condition is met. Holders of ANZ Subordinated Notes generally do not have voting rights, except in the limited circumstances describedintheTerms.

• 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	Refer to Section 1 of the Offer Document for details of the ranking of ANZ Subordinated Notes.
	$100 per ANZ Subordinated Note
	The proceeds from the Offer of ANZ Subordinated Notes will be used for general corporate purposes.
	Despatch of holding statements expected to be completed by 28 March 2012

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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8 Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX (_including_the securities in clause 2 if applicable)	Number	+Class
	2,679,513,264 10,812,124 19,687,224 13,400,000 15,086,520	Fully paid ordinary shares Fully paid convertible preference shares issued in 2008 (CPS1). Fully paid convertible preference shares issued in 2009 (CPS2). Fully paid convertible preference shares issued in 2011 (CPS3) ANZ Subordinated Notes
	AUD370m Floating Rate TCD due May 2012 AUD600m 5.25% TCD due May 2012 AUD340m 7.25% TCD due September 2012 AUD635m Floating Rate TCD due September 2012 AUD1,230m 8.5% TCD due April 2013 AUD1,150m Floating Rate TCD due April 2013 AUD2,350m Floating Rate TCD due July 2013 AUD250m 5.75% TCD due July 2013 AUD1,100m Floating Rate TCD due January 2014 AUD2,410m 5.25% TCD due January 2014 AUD1,700m Floating Rate TCD due February 2014 AUD600m 6.25% TCD due February 2014 AUD2,500 Floating Rate TCD due November 2014 AUD1,375m 6.75% TCD due November 2014 AUD1,000m Floating Rate TCD due October 2015 AUD1,450m Floating Rate TCD due May 2016 AUD550m 6.75% TCD due May 2016 AUD100m 7.30% SubordinatedNotes due

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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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

• 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)	Number	+Class
	7,837, 959 750,000 500,000 9,000	Options on issue (there are no options approved for grant but not yet granted). 2003 Redeemable Preference Shares (Series 2) December 2004 Euro Preference Shares June 2007 Sterling Preference Shares
	Refer to Section 1 of the Offer Document. Interest payments are based on a floating rate, equal to the sum of the Bank Bill Rate plus a fixed Margin of 2.75 per cent.

Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue

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

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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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

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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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 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?

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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• 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 are ][+][equity securities, the names of the 20 largest holders of the ] additional[+] securities, and the number and percentage of additional[+] securities held by those holders

• 36[If the ] +securities setting out the number of holders in the categories[+][securities are ][+][equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional ] 1 - 1,000

1,001 - 5,000 5,001 - 10,000 10,001 - 100,000 100,001 and over

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

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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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

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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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.

• 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 no-one 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:

..................................................... (Company secretary)

Date: 20 March 2012....

Print name: ...... John Priestley.....................................

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• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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