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

Jan 4, 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: 05 January 2012

The previous notice was given to the ASX on: 22 December 2011

The previous notice was dated: 22 December 2011

• 2,679,110,336 fully paid Ordinary Shares in the capital of ANZ have been issued as at

• 2. Issued Share Capital 04 January 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	30,175,051	1.13%	28,852,895	1.08%

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	735,718	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	1,872,489	0.07%
ANZ Trustees as manager for variousprivate clients.	ANZ Trustees as manager for variousprivate clients	1,160,031	0.04%
ANZEST Pty Ltd as Trustee for ANZ Employee Share Acquisition Plan	ANZEST Pty Ltd as Trustee for ANZ Employee Share Acquisition Plan	249,995	0.01%
JP Morgan	OnePath (NZ) Limited on behalf of various investment funds and clientportfolios	169,531	0.01%
OnePath Nominees / Reserve Bank of NZ	OnePath (NZ) Limited on behalf of various investment funds and clientportfolios	42,582	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	18,725	0.00%
Citi Group / Reserve Bank of NZ	OnePath (NZ) Limited on behalf of various investment funds and clientportfolios	481,142	0.02%
Citi Group/ OnePath Australia	OnePath (NZ) Limited on behalf of various investment funds and clientportfolios	285,825	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	440,340	0.02%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Wholesale Protected Aus 50 Trust	35,584	0.00%
ANZ Nominees Limited	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ANZ Australian Industrial Equities Fund	2,763,209	0.10%
ANZ Nominees Limited	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ANZ Select Leaders Pool	921,190	0.03%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for Tax Effective Income Trust	985,044	0.04%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Sustainable Investments - Wholesale Australian Share Trust	1,351,829	0.05%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for Blue ChipPool	5,314,283	0.20%
ANZ Nominees Limited	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Australian Quantitative Pool Trust	1,932,731	0.07%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for Indexed Australian Shares Pool	42,790	0.00%
UBS Nominees PtyLimited	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Australian Advanced Alpha Pool Trust	908,677	0.03%
UBS Nominees Pty Limited	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OPTIMIX AUD EQU – FORTIS 130/30 (OPSFTE)	1,039,188	0.04%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OPTIMIX – ORION(OPSORE)	2,759,833	0.10%

Registered Holder	Controlled Entity entitled to be registered	Number of Shares	% of Total Shares
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OPTIMIX AUST EQUITIES – AUSBIL (OPSAUE)	790,200	0.03%
JP Morgan Chase Bank	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OPTIMAX AUST EQUITIES – TYNDALL(OPSTYE)	1,813,601	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	217,347	0.01%
OnePath Custodian Pty Ltd	OnePath Custodian Pty Ltd as responsible entity for Portfolio One	504,982	0.02%
ANZ Nominees Limited	FSP Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for FSP AUSTRALIAN EQUITIES LEADERS FUND	177,171	0.01%
ANZ Nominees Limited	FSP Equities Management Ltd as responsible entity for FSP EQUITY LEADERS FUND	146,035	0.01%
ANZ Banking Group Limited	ANZ Banking Group Limited	0	0.00%
Aggregation		28,852,895	1.08%

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
22/12/2011	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	-753,237

22/12/2011	ANZ Banking Group Limited	On-market client forced sell in connection with margin lending business (ANZ acquiring interest in stock)	Nil	Ordinary fully paid	200
22/12/2011	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	7,932.63	Ordinary fully paid	-298
22/12/2011	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	2,768.44	Ordinary fully paid	-104
22/12/2011	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	2,928.15	Ordinary fully paid	-110
22/12/2011	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Wholesale Protected Aus 50 Trust	On-market purchase	2,446.79	Ordinary fully paid	119
22/12/2011	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for OPTIMIX AUD EQU – FORTIS 130/30 (OPSFTE)	On-market sale	781,250.77	Ordinary fully paid	-38,110
22/12/2011	OnePath Custodian Pty Ltd as responsible entity for Portfolio One	On-market purchase	22,862.06	Ordinary fully paid	1,100
22/12/2011	OnePath Custodian Pty Ltd as responsible entity for Portfolio One	On-market purchase	6,310.00	Ordinary fully paid	300

23/12/2011	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	-31,362
23/12/2011	ANZ Trustees as trustee for various internal common funds	On-market sale	1,703,011.50	Ordinary fully paid	-82,285
23/12/2011	ANZ Trustees as manager for various private clients	On-market purchase	28,219.24	Ordinary fully paid	1,358
23/12/2011	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	4,101.53	Ordinary fully paid	-200
23/12/2011	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	4,006.97	Ordinary fully paid	-150
23/12/2011	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	7,053.73	Ordinary fully paid	-261
23/12/2011	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	5,026.79	Ordinary fully paid	-186
28/12/2011	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	-99,205

28/12/2011	ANZ Trustees as trustee for various internal common funds	On-market sale	428,518.63	Ordinary fully paid	-20,750
28/12/2011	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	17,920.68	Ordinary fully paid	-668
29/12/2011	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	-218,346
29/12/2011	ANZ Banking Group Limited	Settlement of shares forced sold	Nil	Ordinary fully paid	-200
29/12/2011	ANZ Trustees as trustee for various internal common funds	On-market sale	162,639.88	Ordinary fully paid	-7,910
29/12/2011	ANZ Trustees as trustee for various internal common funds	On-market sale	44,165.67	Ordinary fully paid	-2,148
29/12/2011	ANZ Trustees as trustee for various internal common funds	On-market sale	954,784.53	Ordinary fully paid	-46,436
29/12/2011	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for Indexed Australian Shares Pool	On-market purchase	6,983.54	Ordinary fully paid	338

29/12/2011	Oasis Fund Management Limited as responsible entity for Oasis Asset Management Ltd	On-market sale	3,128.16	Ordinary fully paid	-152
29/12/2011	OnePath Custodian Pty Ltd as responsible entity for Portfolio One	On-market purchase	28,296.85	Ordinary fully paid	1,358
30/12/2011	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	-35,672
03/01/2012	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	-8,980
03/01/2012	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	4,181.80	Ordinary fully paid	-156
03/01/2012	Private Nominees Limited as trustee for various private clients	On-market sale	8,953.34	Ordinary fully paid	-334
03/01/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for Indexed Australian Shares Pool	On-market purchase	10,221.54	Ordinary fully paid	494

03/01/2012	OnePath Custodian Pty Ltd as responsible entity for Portfolio One	OnePath Custodian Pty Ltd as responsible entity for Portfolio One	On-market purchase	25,324.70	Ordinary fully paid	1,216
03/01/2012	OnePath Custodian Pty Ltd as responsible entity for Portfolio One		On-market purchase	24,943.90	Ordinary fully paid	1,200
04/01/2012	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	17,095
04/01/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for ING Wholesale Protected Aus 50 Trust		On-market purchase	7,446.20	Ordinary fully paid	355
04/01/2012	OnePath Funds Management Ltd as responsible entity for Indexed Australian Shares Pool		On-market purchase	6,730.10	Ordinary fully paid	320
04/01/2012	Oasis Fund Management Limited as responsible entity for Oasis Asset Management Ltd		On-market sale	7,171.95	Ordinary fully paid	-349
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 05 January 2012