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ANZ proposes to pay a fully franked 2009 Final Dividend of 56 cents per ordinary share on 18 December 2009.

The Record Date for the proposed 2009 Final Dividend is 11 November 2009.

Cash Dividends

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 account (excluding credit card accounts).

Subject to receiving effective contrary instructions from the shareholder, dividends payable 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 ANZ’s exchange rate at 5.00 pm (Melbourne time) on 13 November 2009.

Shares Alternatives

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

The Acquisition Price to be used in determining the number of shares to be provided under the DRP and BOP in connection with the proposed 2009 Final Dividend will be calculated by reference to the arithmetic average of the daily volume weighted average sale price of fully paid ANZ ordinary shares sold on the ASX during the seven trading days commencing 13 November 2009 less a 1.5% discount, and then rounded to the nearest whole cent. Election notices from shareholders wanting to commence, cease or vary their participation in the DRP or BOP for the proposed 2009 Final Dividend must be received by ANZ’s Share Registrar by 5.00 pm (Melbourne time) on 11 November 2009.

As announced to the ASX, the Acquisition Price for the 2009 Interim Dividend was AUD15.16.

Dividend Donations to Charity

ANZ offers a Dividend Charity Donation Program, enabling 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.

Further details about ANZ dividends, the DRP and BOP, and the Dividend Charity Donation Program can be found below.

What is the Record Date and what does it mean?

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.

What is the Ex Dividend Date and what does it mean?

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.

What happens on Payment Date?

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

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