Cleansing Notice

18 January 2018



Company Announcements Office
Australian Securities Exchange
Level 4
20 Bridge Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000



Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ASX Code: ANZ)
Notification under section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

ANZ gives notice under section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
(Corporations Act) that:

1. ANZ has today issued 21 fully paid ordinary shares at a price of $28.36 per share
pursuant to an agreement with a sophisticated investor (the Shares). The proceeds of the
issue of the Shares will be used to fund the redemption of the convertible preference
shares issued by ANZ in September 2011 (CPS3).

2. The Shares were issued without disclosure to investors under Part 6D.2 of the Corporations
Act.

3. As at the date of this notice:

(a) ANZ has complied with the provisions of Chapter 2M of the Corporations Act as they
apply to ANZ;

(b) ANZ has complied with section 674 of the Corporations Act; and

(c) there is no "excluded information" within the meaning of sections 708A(7) and
708A(8) of the Corporations Act which is required to be disclosed by ANZ under
section 708A(6)(e) of the Corporations Act.


Yours faithfully



Simon Pordage
Company Secretary
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited









NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN OR INTO
THE U.S. This statement does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale. The securities
offered will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or
sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration
requirements.


Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ABN 11 005 357 522