Dividend information

ANZ has a policy that all dividends payable to shareholders in Australia, New Zealand or Great Britain will be paid by direct credit to their nominated financial institution accounts (excluding credit card accounts).

Subject to receiving effective contrary instructions from the shareholder, the 2013 Interim Dividend paid to shareholders with a registered address in Great Britain (including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) or New Zealand will be converted to pounds sterling and New Zealand dollars respectively at an exchange rate calculated on 17 May 2013.

ANZ offers both a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP) and a Bonus Option Plan (BOP) as alternatives to receiving cash dividends on ANZ ordinary shares.

The Acquisition Price to be used in determining the number of shares to be provided under the DRP and BOP in connection with the 2013 Interim Dividend will be the arithmetic average of the daily volume weighted average sale price of all fully paid ANZ ordinary shares sold on the ASX during the ten trading days commencing 16 May 2013, and then rounded to the nearest whole cent (- please note that no discount will be applied when calculating the Acquisition Price in relation to the 2013 Interim Dividend). In order to be effective, election notices from ordinary shareholders wanting to commence, cease or vary their participation in the DRP or BOP for the 2013 Interim Dividend must be received by ANZ's Share Registrar by 5.00 pm (Australian Eastern Standard time) on 15 May 2013.

• DRP/BOP election form (PDF 120kB)
• Shareholder Alternatives Booklet (PDF 89kB)
• BOP and DRP Terms and Conditions (PDF 316kB)

ANZ offers a Dividend Charity Donation Program, which enables ANZ shareholders who are Australian resident taxpayers to donate some or all of the cash dividends on their ANZ ordinary shares to one of a number of charities.

• Dividend Charity Donation Program Flyer (PDF 1MB)
• Dividend Charity Donation History (PDF 60kB)
• Dividend Charity Donation Program Partners (PDF 307kB)
  

The Record Date for a dividend is the date by reference to which the Company will determine which shareholders on its share register are entitled to receive the dividend.

More specifically, the Record Date is 5.00 pm (in the case of an ASTC regulated transfer, a later time permitted by the ASTC Settlement Rules) on the date specified by the Company as the date by reference to which the Company will identify the shareholders on the Company's register entitled to the dividend.

The Record Date is sometimes referred to as the close of books date.

The ex dividend date is four business days before the Record Date of the dividend. To be entitled to the dividend, a shareholder must have purchased shares before the ex dividend date.

People who purchase shares on the sharemarket on or after the ex dividend date are not entitled to the dividend. Conversely, if you sell shares on the sharemarket on or after the ex dividend date, you are still entitled to the dividend.

This is the date on which steps are taken by the Company to pay the dividend to entitled shareholders.