Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. — Major Shareholding Notification 2012

Mar 14, 2012

Notice given in accordance with Corporations Act Subsection 259C(2) Exemption To Company Announcements Australian Securities Exchange Level 4 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 1. Name of Company Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ABN 11 005 357 522 (“ANZ”) gives notice of the aggregated percentage of voting shares in ANZ, in respect of which its associated entities have the power to control voting or disposal, in accordance with the terms of an exemption granted by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission pursuant to subsection 259C(2) of the Corporations Act.

Date of present notice: 15 March 2012 The previous notice was given to the ASX on: 01 March 2012 The previous notice was dated: 01 March 2012

• 2,679,508,264 fully paid Ordinary Shares in the capital of ANZ have been issued as at

• 2. Issued Share Capital 14 March 2012.

3. Previous and present The aggregated number and percentage of shares in each class of voting shares in ANZ aggregated % of in respect of which its controlled entities have power to control voting or disposal, Voting Shares when last required, and when now required, to give a notice to the ASX are:

Class of Shares	Previous Notice	Previous Notice	Present Notice	Present Notice
	Total Number	% of Total Shares	Total Number	% of Total Shares
OrdinaryFullyPaid	26,783,596	1.00%	27,268,921	1.02%

4. Details of Controlled The following controlled entities are the holders in the Voting Shares referred to in

Entity Holdings paragraph 3 above.

Registered Holder	Controlled Entity entitled to be registered	Number of Shares	% of Total Shares
ANZ Trustees as trustee for various estates and trusts;	ANZ Trustees as trustee for various estates and trusts	693,238	0.03%
ANZ Trustees and various co trustees as co trustees for various estates and trusts;	ANZ Trustees and various co trustees as co trustees for various estates and trusts	808,290	0.03%
ANZ Trustees as trustee for various internal common funds;	ANZ Trustees as trustee for various internal common funds	1,848,799	0.07%
ANZ Trustees as manager for variousprivate clients.	ANZ Trustees as manager for variousprivate clients	1,137,824	0.04%
ANZEST Pty Ltd as Trustee for ANZ Employee Share Acquisition Plan	ANZEST Pty Ltd as Trustee for ANZ Employee Share Acquisition Plan	254,401	0.01%
JP Morgan	OnePath (NZ) Limited on behalf of various investment funds and clientportfolios	118,887	0.00%
OnePath Nominees / Reserve Bank of NZ	OnePath (NZ) Limited on behalf of various investment funds and clientportfolios	34,708	0.00%

Registered Holder	Controlled Entity entitled to be registered	Number of Shares	% of Total Shares
Trustees Executors(TEA)	OnePath (NZ) Limited on behalf of various investment funds and clientportfolios	20,942	0.00%
Citi Group / Reserve Bank of NZ	OnePath (NZ) Limited on behalf of various investment funds and clientportfolios	392,616	0.01%
Citi Group/ OnePath Australia	OnePath (NZ) Limited on behalf of various investment funds and clientportfolios	385,936	0.01%
Reserve Bank of NZ	OnePath (NZ) Limited on behalf of various investment funds and clientportfolios	25,819	0.00%
Private Nominees Limited	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for variousprivate clients	433,101	0.02%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Wholesale Protected Aus 50 Trust	42,125	0.00%
ANZ Nominees Limited	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ANZ Australian Industrial Equities Fund	2,178,900	0.08%
ANZ Nominees Limited	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ANZ Select Leaders Pool	523,634	0.02%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for Tax Effective Income Trust	1,628,372	0.06%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Sustainable Investments - Wholesale Australian Share Trust	116,550	0.00%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for Blue ChipPool	2,550,691	0.10%
ANZ Nominees Limited	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Australian Quantitative Pool Trust	2,669,175	0.10%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OnePath Australian Shares Index Pool	2,111,821	0.08%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity OnePath Australian Shares – Small Cap Index Pool	99,046	0.00%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity OnePath Australian Shares – Imputation Index Pool	719,163	0.03%
UBS Nominees PtyLimited	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Australian Advanced Alpha Pool Trust	251,501	0.01%

Registered Holder	Controlled Entity entitled to be registered	Number of Shares	% of Total Shares
UBS Nominees Pty Limited	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OPTIMIX AUD EQU – FORTIS 130/30 (OPSFTE)	1,089,321	0.04%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OPTIMIX – ORION(OPSORE)	2,693,644	0.10%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OPTIMIX AUST EQUITIES – AUSBIL (OPSAUE)	716,876	0.03%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OPTIMAX AUST EQUITIES – TYNDALL(OPSTYE)	1,761,125	0.07%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OPTIMIX AUST SHRS HYPERION (OPSHPE)	858,714	0.03%
HSBC Custody Nominees ACF OASIS	Oasis Fund Management Limited as responsible entity for Oasis Asset Management Ltd	230,666	0.01%
OnePath Custodian Pty Ltd	OnePath Custodian Pty Ltd as responsible entity for Portfolio One	518,200	0.02%
ANZ Nominees Limited	FSP Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for FSP AUSTRALIAN EQUITIES LEADERS FUND	195,636	0.01%
ANZ Nominees Limited	FSP Equities Management Ltd as responsible entity for FSP EQUITY LEADERS FUND	159,200	0.01%
Aggregation		27,268,921	1.02%

5. Changes in Voting Particulars of change in voting shares in ANZ in respect of which its controlled entities

Shares are or were entitled since ANZ was last required to give a notice to the ASX are:

Date of Change	Controlled Entity entitled whose shareholding changed	Nature of Change	Consideration given in relation to change	Class of Share	Number of Shares
01/03/2012	ANZEST Pty Ltd as Trustee for ANZ Employee Share Acquisition Plan (the “plan”)	The change in holding occurred as a result of shares under the Plan being forfeited due to cessation of an individual’s employment or vesting conditions not being met and/ or shares being allocated under the Plan	Not applicable	Not applicable	49
01/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Wholesale Protected Aus 50 Trust	On-market purchase	5,078.25	Ordinary fully paid	234
01/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for Tax Effective Income Trust	On-market purchase	676,663.09	Ordinary fully paid	31,011
01/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for Blue ChipPool	On-market sale	1,574,824.00	Ordinary fully paid	-72,517
01/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OnePath Australian Shares Index Pool	On-market sale	243,943.33	Ordinary fully paid	-11,253
01/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ANZ Australian Industrial Equities Fund	On-market sale	946,779.41	Ordinary fully paid	-43,597

01/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ANZ Select Leaders Pool	On-market sale	432,725.33	Ordinary fully paid	-19,926
02/03/2012	ANZEST Pty Ltd as Trustee for ANZ Employee Share Acquisition Plan (the “plan”)	The change in holding occurred as a result of shares under the Plan being forfeited due to cessation of an individual’s employment or vesting conditions not being met and/ or shares being allocated under the Plan	Not applicable	Not applicable	5,857
02/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Wholesale Protected Aus 50 Trust	On-market sale	25,308.07	Ordinary fully paid	-1,151
02/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OnePath Australian Shares Index Pool	On-market sale	198,045.01	Ordinary fully paid	-9,007
02/03/2012	Oasis Fund Management Limited as responsible entity for Oasis Asset Management Ltd	On-market sale	1,682.45	Ordinary fully paid	-77
05/03/2012	ANZEST Pty Ltd as Trustee for ANZ Employee Share Acquisition Plan (the “plan”)	The change in holding occurred as a result of shares under the Plan being forfeited due to cessation of an individual’s employment or vesting conditions not being met and/ or shares being allocated under the Plan	Not applicable	Not applicable	-245

05/03/2012	ANZ Trustees as trustee for various estates and trusts	On-market sale	23,045.02	Ordinary fully paid	-1,039
05/03/2012	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	Transfer in	82,660.59	Ordinary fully paid	3,811
05/03/2012	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	8,526.11	Ordinary fully paid	-308
05/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OnePath Australian Shares Index Pool	On-market sale	187,442.45	Ordinary fully paid	-8,448
06/03/2012	ANZEST Pty Ltd as Trustee for ANZ Employee Share Acquisition Plan (the “plan”)	The change in holding occurred as a result of shares under the Plan being forfeited due to cessation of an individual’s employment or vesting conditions not being met and/ or shares being allocated under the Plan	Not applicable	Not applicable	-69,628
06/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OnePath Australian Shares Index Pool	On-market sale	115,400.93	Ordinary fully paid	-5,227
07/03/2012	ANZEST Pty Ltd as Trustee for ANZ Employee Share Acquisition Plan (the “plan”)	The change in holding occurred as a result of shares under the Plan being forfeited due to cessation of an individual’s employment or vesting conditions not being met and/ or shares being allocated under the Plan	Not applicable	Not applicable	-262

07/03/2012	OnePath (NZ) Limited on behalf of various investment funds and clientportfolios	On-market purchase	64,592.18	Ordinary fully paid	2,217
07/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Wholesale Protected Aus 50 Trust	On-market sale	28,737.68	Ordinary fully paid	-1,322
08/03/2012	ANZEST Pty Ltd as Trustee for ANZ Employee Share Acquisition Plan (the “plan”)	The change in holding occurred as a result of shares under the Plan being forfeited due to cessation of an individual’s employment or vesting conditions not being met and/ or shares being allocated under the Plan	Not applicable	Not applicable	429
08/03/2012	OnePath (NZ) Limited on behalf of various investment funds and clientportfolios	On-market purchase	1,413,407.78	Ordinary fully paid	64,602
08/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Wholesale Protected Aus 50 Trust	On-market sale	32,100.79	Ordinary fully paid	-1,474
08/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for Tax Effective Income Trust	On-market purchase	13,336,255.10	Ordinary fully paid	612,317
08/03/2012	Oasis Fund Management Limited as responsible entity for Oasis Asset Management Ltd	On-market purchase	10,007.69	Ordinary fully paid	451

08/03/2012	OnePath Custodian Pty Ltd as responsible entity for Portfolio One	On-market purchase	5,469.40	Ordinary fully paid	250
08/03/2012	OnePath Custodian Pty Ltd as responsible entity for Portfolio One	On-market purchase	10,886.90	Ordinary fully paid	500
09/03/2012	ANZ Trustees as trustee for various estates and trusts	Transfer in, in terms of will	Nil	Ordinary fully paid	5,233
09/03/2012	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	57,918.29	Ordinary fully paid	-2,078
09/03/2012	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	7,664.84	Ordinary fully paid	-275
09/03/2012	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	3,261.04	Ordinary fully paid	-117
09/03/2012	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	2,920.19	Ordinary fully paid	-134
09/03/2012	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	9,413.06	Ordinary fully paid	-337
09/03/2012	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market purchase	5,099.99	Ordinary fully paid	176

09/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Wholesale Protected Aus 50 Trust	On-market purchase	11,012.49	Ordinary fully paid	502
09/03/2012	OnePath Custodian Pty Ltd as responsible entity for Portfolio One	On-market purchase	8,747.90	Ordinary fully paid	400
12/03/2012	OnePath (NZ) Limited on behalf of various investment funds and clientportfolios	On-market purchase	160,252.43	Ordinary fully paid	7,319
12/03/2012	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	Transfer out	Nil	Ordinary fully paid	-176
12/03/2012	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	2,771.33	Ordinary fully paid	-100
12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Sustainable Investments - Wholesale Australian Share Trust	Off-market transfer out	22,184,169.94	Ordinary fully paid	-1,020,431
12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for Blue ChipPool	Off-market transfer out	10,301,585.96	Ordinary fully paid	-473,854
12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for Blue ChipPool	Off-market transfer out	15,634,603.62	Ordinary fully paid	-719,163

12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ANZ Australian Industrial Equities Fund	Off-market transfer out	3,651,037.34	Ordinary fully paid	-167,941
12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ANZ Australian Industrial Equities Fund	Off-market transfer out	5,192,859.88	Ordinary fully paid	-238,862
12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ANZ Australian Industrial Equities Fund	Off-market transfer out	2,153,260.04	Ordinary fully paid	-99,046
12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ANZ Select Leaders Pool	Off-market transfer out	8,209,676.20	Ordinary fully paid	-377,630
12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Australian Quantitative Pool Trust	Off-market transfer in	22,184,169.94	Ordinary fully paid	1,020,431
12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Australian Quantitative Pool Trust	Off-market transfer in	8,209,676.20	Ordinary fully paid	377,630
12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Australian Quantitative Pool Trust	Off-market transfer in	10,301,585.96	Ordinary fully paid	473,854

12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Australian Quantitative Pool Trust	Off-market transfer in	17,332,432.40	Ordinary fully paid	797,260
12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Australian Quantitative Pool Trust	Off-market transfer out	40,718,128.66	Ordinary fully paid	-1,872,959
12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Australian Advanced Alpha Pool Trust	Off-market transfer in	3,651,037.34	Ordinary fully paid	167,941
12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Australian Advanced Alpha Pool Trust	Off-market transfer out	17,332,432.40	Ordinary fully paid	-797,260
12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OnePath Australian Shares Index Pool	Off-market transfer in	40,718,128.66	Ordinary fully paid	1,872,959
12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OnePath Australian Shares Index Pool	Off-market transfer in	5,192,859.88	Ordinary fully paid	238,862
12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity OnePath Australian Shares – Small CapIndex Pool	Off-market transfer in	2,153,260.04	Ordinary fully paid	99,046

12/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity OnePath Australian Shares – Imputation Index Pool	Off-market transfer in	15,634,603.62	Ordinary fully paid	719,163
13/03/2012	ANZEST Pty Ltd as Trustee for ANZ Employee Share Acquisition Plan (the “plan”)	The change in holding occurred as a result of shares under the Plan being forfeited due to cessation of an individual’s employment or vesting conditions not being met and/ or shares being allocated under the Plan	Not applicable	Not applicable	-91
13/03/2012	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	5,376.99	Ordinary fully paid	-195
13/03/2012	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	4,384.32	Ordinary fully paid	-159
13/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Wholesale Protected Aus 50 Trust	On-market sale	27,097.92	Ordinary fully paid	-1,226
13/03/2012	Oasis Fund Management Limited as responsible entity for Oasis Asset Management Ltd	On-market sale	11,373.43	Ordinary fully paid	-521
14/03/2012	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	5,134.67	Ordinary fully paid	-181

14/03/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Wholesale Protected Aus 50 Trust	On-market purchase	11,889.83	Ordinary fully paid	533
14/03/2012	Oasis Fund Management Limited as responsible entity for Oasis Asset Management Ltd	On-market sale	25,003.44	Ordinary fully paid	-1,148
14/03/2012	OnePath Custodian Pty Ltd as responsible entity for Portfolio One	On-market purchase	25,004.60	Ordinary fully paid	1,110

Note: There is a discrepancy of 543 shares when the above transactions are aggregated and compared to the holding numbers set out in section 3 of this Notice. This discrepancy is currently being investigated.

Addresses	The addresses of entities named in this form are as follows:
Name	Address
ANZ	Level 9A, ANZ Centre Melbourne, 833 Collins Street, Docklands Vic 3008
ANZ Trustees Limited	Level 9A, ANZ Centre Melbourne, 833 Collins Street, Docklands Vic 3008
ANZ Nominees Limited	Level 9A, ANZ Centre Melbourne, 833 Collins Street, Docklands Vic 3008
ANZEST Pty Ltd	Level 9A, ANZ Centre Melbourne, 833 Collins Street, Docklands Vic 3008
OnePath Australia Limited	Level 13, 347 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000
OnePath Funds Management Ltd	Level 13, 347 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000
OnePath Life Limited	Level 13, 347 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000
OnePath Custodian PtyLtd	Level 13, 347 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000
OnePath Investment Management Ltd	Level 21, 83 Clarence Street Sydney NSW 2000
Oasis Fund Management Ltd	Level 14, 347 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000
FSP Portfolio Administration Ltd	Level 34 Australia Square 264-278 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000
OnePath (NZ) Limited	ASB Bank Centre, 135 Albert Street, PO Box 7149 Auckland, New Zealand
OnePath Nominees Ltd	ASB Bank Centre, 135 Albert Street, PO Box 7149 Auckland, New Zealand

JP Morgan	Level 35, 259 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Private Nominees Limited	Level 14, ANZ Tower, 215-229 Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand
UBS Nominees Pty Limited	Level 16 Chifley Tower 2 Chifley Sq Sydney
Reserve Bank of New Zealand	2 The Terrace, PO Box 2498, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
Trustees Executors Limited	Level 5, 10 Customhouse Quay, PO Box 10-519, Wellington, New Zealand
Citi Group	Level 16, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Reserve Bank of NZ	2 The Terrace, PO Box 2498 Wellington 6011, New Zealand

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Date 15 March 2012