Johnson Winter & Slattery Class Action

ASX
Release
12 MARCH 2020
JOHNSON WINTER & SLATTERY CLASS ACTION
Westpac today confirmed that it has been served with a class action by Johnson Winter & Slattery on
behalf of certain shareholders who acquired an interest in Westpac securities or equity swap
confirmations between 16 December 2013 and 19 November 2019 (inclusive). The claim relates to
market disclosure issues connected to Westpac’s monitoring of financial crime over the relevant
period and matters which are the subject of the AUSTRAC proceedings and covers similar subject
matter to the claim filed by Phi Finney McDonald which was announced in December 2019. The
claim does not identify the amount of any damages sought.
W
estpac will be defending the claim.
For further information:
D
avid Lording Andrew Bowden
Group Head of Media Relations Head of Investor Relations
0419 683 411 +61 2 8253 4008
This document has been authorised for release by Timothy Hartin, Group Company Secretary.
Level 18, 275 Kent Street
Sydney, NSW, 2000