ANZ Share Purchase Plan

On Wednesday, 27 May 2009, ANZ announced a Share Purchase Plan (SPP) offer of fully paid ordinary shares in ANZ to Eligible Shareholders (SPP Offer). The SPP Offer closed at 5.00pm (Melbourne time) on Thursday 2 July 2009. For further details, please view the information on the ANZ Share Purchase Plan.

The New Shares have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act") or the securities laws of any state or jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered or sold in the U.S. or to, or for the account or benefit of, "U.S. persons" (as defined in Regulation S of the US Securities Act), except in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.