Information Memorandum for Issuance of Debt Instruments

ASX Release


14 November 2022

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS
Information Memorandum for Westpac’s U.S.$70,000,000,000 Programme for the Issuance of
Subordinated Debt Instruments

Pursuant to ASX Listing Rules 2.1 (Condition 5) and 15.2, attached is the Information Memorandum
dated 11 November 2022 for Westpac Banking Corporation’s U.S.$70,000,000,000 Programme for
the Issuance of Subordinated Debt Instruments. Westpac may, from time to time, offer debt securities
on the terms and conditions described in the Information Memorandum.


This document has been authorised for release by Tim Hartin, Company Secretary.

Disclaimer

This release does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale in the United States, or in any other
jurisdiction in which such offer would not be permitted, and is not for distribution in the United States.
The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered, sold or delivered in the United States or
to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, as such terms are defined in Regulation S under the
Securities Act, except in accordance with an applicable exemption from registration. There will be no
public offering of the securities in the United States.

Level 18, 275 Kent Street
Sydney, NSW, 2000

INFORMATION MEMORANDUM
Westpac Banking Corporation
(A.B.N. 33 007 457 141)
(AFSL 233714)
(incorporated with limited liability in Australia and registered in the State of New South Wales)
U.S. $70,000,000,000 Programme for the
Issuance of Debt Instruments
This Information Memorandum has been prepared on the basis that application will be made to the Australian Securities Exchange (the “ASX”) for
subordinated instruments issued pursuant to this Information Memorandum (the “Subordinated Instruments”) to be admitted to listing and/or trading on
the ASX’s wholesale Interest Rate Securities Market. This Information Memorandum has also been prepared on the basis that Subordinated Instruments
issued under the Programme may be unlisted or admitted to listing and/or trading on such other or further listing authority and/or stock exchange as may
be agreed between Westpac Banking Corporation (the “Issuer” or “Westpac”) and the relevant Dealer(s).
This Information Memorandum does not comprise (i) a base prospectus for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of the
domestic law in the United Kingdom (the “UK”) by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended by the European Union
(Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (the “EUWA”) (the “UK Prospectus Regulation”) or (ii) a base prospectus for the purposes of Regulation (EU)
2017/1129 (as amended) (the "EU Prospectus Regulation"). This Information Memorandum has been prepared solely with regard to Subordinated
Instruments that are (i) not to be admitted to listing or trading on any regulated market for the purposes of Directive 2014/65/EU, as amended
(“MiFID II”) or Regulation (EU) No. 600/2014 as it forms part of the domestic law in the UK by virtue of the EUWA (“UK MiFIR”) and (ii) not to be
offered to the public in a Member State (as defined below) (other than pursuant to one or more of the exemptions set out in Article 1(4) and/or
3(2) of the EU Prospectus Regulation) or in the UK (other than pursuant to one or more of the exemptions set out in Section 86 of the Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (the “FSMA”)).
Instruments issued on a senior, unsubordinated basis may be issued under the Programme on the basis that they will be admitted to trading on the London
Stock Exchange’s Main Market, being a regulated market for the purposes of UK MiFIR (the "Senior Instruments"). The Issuer has published a prospectus
(approved by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”), being the UK competent authority for the purposes of the UK Prospectus Regulation) pursuant
to which Senior Instruments may be issued under the Programme.
This Information Memorandum supersedes any previous base prospectus, listing particulars, information memorandum or information memorandum
addendum describing the Programme in respect of Subordinated Instruments. Any Subordinated Instruments issued under the Programme on or after the
date of this Information Memorandum are issued subject to the provisions described herein. This does not affect any Subordinated Instruments issued
before the date of this Information Memorandum.
Factors which could be material for the purpose of assessing the risks associated with an investment in the Subordinated Instruments issued under the
Programme are set out on pages 15 to 59 (inclusive) of this Information Memorandum.
The Subordinated Instruments have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons.

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Arranger for the Programme
UBS Investment Bank
Dealers
Barclays
BNP PARIBAS
BofA Securities
Citigroup
Credit Suisse International
Daiwa Capital Markets Singapore Limited
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs International
HSBC
J.P. Morgan
Mizuho
Morgan Stanley
MUFG
Nomura

RBC Capital Markets
SMBC Nikko
Société Générale Corporate & Investment
Banking
Standard Chartered Bank
TD Securities
UBS Investment Bank
Westpac Banking Corporation

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S&P Global Ratings Australia Pty Ltd has assigned Westpac a senior unsecured credit rating of AA-.
The outlook for the rating is stable. The short-term credit rating assigned by S&P Global Ratings
Australia Pty Ltd to Westpac is A-1+. Moody’s Investors Service Pty Limited has assigned Westpac a
senior unsecured credit rating of Aa3. The outlook for the rating is stable. The short-term credit rating
assigned by Moody’s Investors Service Pty Limited to Westpac is P-1.
Neither S&P Global Ratings Australia Pty Ltd nor Moody’s Investors Service Pty Limited is established
in the European Union or has applied for registration under Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 (as
amended, the “EU CRA Regulation”). Neither S&P Global Ratings Australia Pty Ltd nor Moody’s
Investors Service Pty Limited is established in the UK or has applied for registration under Regulation
(EC) No. 1060/2009 as it forms part of the domestic law in the UK by virtue of the EUWA (the “UK CRA
Regulation”). However, the relevant ratings assigned by S&P Global Ratings Australia Pty Ltd are
endorsed by S&P Global Ratings Europe Limited, which is established in the European Union and
registered under the EU CRA Regulation, as well as by S&P Global Ratings UK Limited, which is
established in the UK and is registered under the UK CRA Regulation. The relevant ratings assigned
by Moody’s Investors Service Pty Limited are endorsed by Moody’s Deutschland GmbH, which is
established in the European Union and registered under the EU CRA Regulation, as well as by Moody’s
Investors Service Ltd, which is established in the UK and registered under the UK CRA Regulation.
The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Information Memorandum and
each Pricing Supplement. To the best of the knowledge of the Issuer (who has taken all reasonable
care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained in this Information Memorandum is in
accordance with the facts and this Information Memorandum does not omit anything likely to affect the
import of such information.
This Information Memorandum should be read and construed together with any amendment or
supplement thereto and, unless the context otherwise requires, be deemed to include any other
documents incorporated by reference herein and, in relation to any Series (as defined herein) of
Subordinated Instruments, should be read and construed together with the relevant Pricing
Supplement (as defined herein).
No person has been authorised by the Issuer to give any information or to make any representation
not contained in or not consistent with this Information Memorandum or any other document entered
into in relation to the Programme or any additional written information supplied by the Issuer or such
other information as has been published in the public domain by the Issuer and, if given or made, such
information or representation should not be relied upon as having been authorised by the Issuer or any
Dealer (as defined in “Subscription and Sale”).
The Dealers have not independently verified the information contained herein. Accordingly, no
representation or warranty is made or implied by the Dealers or any of their respective affiliates, and
neither the Dealers nor any of their respective affiliates make any representation or warranty, or accept
any responsibility or liability, as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained or
incorporated by reference in this Information Memorandum or any other information provided by the
Issuer in connection with the Programme. Neither the delivery of this Information Memorandum nor
any Pricing Supplement nor the offering, sale or delivery of any Subordinated Instrument shall, in any
circumstances, create any implication that the information contained or incorporated by reference in
this Information Memorandum or any other information provided by the Issuer in connection with the
Programme is true subsequent to the date thereof or the date upon which this Information
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change in the financial situation of the Issuer since the date thereof or, if later, the date upon which this
Information Memorandum has been most recently amended or supplemented or that any other
information supplied in connection with this Programme is correct at any time subsequent to the date
on which it is supplied or, if different, the date indicated in the document containing the same.
The distribution of this Information Memorandum and any Pricing Supplement and the offering, sale
and delivery of the Subordinated Instruments in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons
into whose possession this Information Memorandum or any Pricing Supplement comes are required
by the Issuer and the Dealers to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions. For a
description of certain restrictions on offers, sales and deliveries of Subordinated Instruments and on
the distribution of this Information Memorandum or any Pricing Supplement and other offering material
relating to the Subordinated Instruments, see the “Subscription and Sale” section in this Information
Memorandum. In particular, the Subordinated Instruments have not been and will not be registered
under the Securities Act and Subordinated Instruments may be in bearer form which are subject to U.S.
tax law requirements. Subject to certain exceptions, Subordinated Instruments may not be offered,
sold or delivered within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. Persons. Neither
this Information Memorandum nor any Pricing Supplement may be used for the purpose of an offer or
solicitation by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not authorised or to any
person to whom it is unlawful to make such an offer or solicitation.
PROHIBITION OF SALES TO EEA RETAIL INVESTORS – The Subordinated Instruments are not
intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise
made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area (the “EEA”). For these purposes,
a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of
Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97, as amended
(the “Insurance Distribution Directive”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional
client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II. Consequently, no key information document
required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the “EU PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or
selling the Subordinated Instruments or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA
has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Subordinated Instruments or otherwise making
them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the EU PRIIPs Regulation.
PROHIBITION OF SALES TO UK RETAIL INVESTORS – The Subordinated Instruments are not
intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise
made available to any retail investor in the UK. For these purposes, a retail investor means a person
who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No
2017/565 as it forms part of the domestic law in the UK by virtue of the EUWA; or (ii) a customer within
the meaning of the provisions of the FSMA and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to
implement the Insurance Distribution Directive in the UK, where that customer would not qualify as a
professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of UK MiFIR. Consequently, no key information
document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 as it forms part of the domestic law in the UK by
virtue of the EUWA (the “UK PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the Subordinated Instruments
or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and therefore
offering or selling the Subordinated Instruments or otherwise making them available to any retail
investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation.
MiFID II PRODUCT GOVERNANCE / TARGET MARKET – The Pricing Supplement in respect of any
Subordinated Instruments may include a legend entitled "MiFID II Product Governance" which will
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for distribution of the Subordinated Instruments are appropriate. Any person subsequently offering,
selling or recommending the Subordinated Instruments (a “MiFID II distributor”) should take into
consideration the target market assessment; however, a MiFID II distributor subject to MiFID II is
responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Subordinated
Instruments (by either adopting or refining the target market assessment) and determining appropriate
distribution channels.
A determination will be made in relation to each issue about whether, for the purposes of the MiFID II
product governance rules under EU Delegated Directive 2017/593 (the “MiFID II Product Governance
Rules”), any Dealer subscribing for any Subordinated Instruments is a manufacturer in respect of such
Subordinated Instruments, but otherwise neither the Arranger nor the Dealers nor any of their
respective affiliates will be a manufacturer for the purpose of the MiFID II Product Governance Rules.
UK MiFIR PRODUCT GOVERNANCE / TARGET MARKET – The Pricing Supplement in respect of
any Subordinated Instruments may include a legend entitled “UK MiFIR Product Governance” which
will outline the target market assessment in respect of the Subordinated Instruments and which
channels for distribution of the Subordinated Instruments are appropriate. Any person subsequently
offering, selling or recommending the Subordinated Instruments (a “UK MiFIR distributor”) should
take into consideration the target market assessment; however, a UK MiFIR distributor subject to the
FCA Handbook Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook (the “UK MiFIR Product
Governance Rules”) is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of
the Subordinated Instruments (by either adopting or refining the target market assessment) and
determining appropriate distribution channels.
A determination will be made in relation to each issue about whether, for the purpose of the UK MiFIR
Product Governance Rules, any Dealer subscribing for any Subordinated Instruments is a
manufacturer in respect of such Subordinated Instruments, but otherwise neither the Arranger nor the
Dealers nor any of their respective affiliates will be a manufacturer for the purpose of the UK MiFIR
Product Governance Rules.
Notification under Section 309B(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001 (2020 Revised
Edition) of Singapore, as modified or amended from time to time (the “SFA”) – Unless otherwise
stated in the Pricing Supplement in respect of any Subordinated Instrument, all Subordinated
Instruments issued or to be issued under the Programme shall be prescribed capital markets products
(as defined in the Securities and Futures (Capital Markets Products) Regulations 2018) and Excluded
Investment Products (as defined in MAS Notice SFA 04-N12: Notice on the Sale of Investment
Products and MAS Notice FAA-N16: Notice on Recommendations on Investment Products).
Neither this Information Memorandum nor any Pricing Supplement constitutes an offer or an invitation
to subscribe for or purchase any Subordinated Instruments and should not be considered as a
recommendation by the Issuer or the Dealers or any of them that any recipient of this Information
Memorandum or any Pricing Supplement should subscribe for or purchase any Subordinated
Instruments. Each recipient of this Information Memorandum or any Pricing Supplement shall be taken
to have made its own investigation and appraisal of the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Issuer.
All references in this Information Memorandum to a “Member State” are references to a Member State
of the EEA, references to “U.S.$”, “U.S. dollars” or “U.S. cents” are to the lawful currency of the United
States of America, all references to “A$”, “AUD”, “Australian dollar” and “Australian cents” are to
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New Zealand, all references to “£”, “Sterling” and “GBP” are to the lawful currency of the UK, and all
references to “Renminbi” and “CNY” are to the lawful currency of the People’s Republic of China.
References to “€”, “Eur”, “euro” or, as the context may require, “euro cents” are to the currency,
introduced at the third stage of European Economic and Monetary Union pursuant to the Treaty on
European Union of those member states of the European Union which are participating in the
European economic and monetary union (the “Eurozone”). References to “Australia” are to the
Commonwealth of Australia, its territories and possessions.
In connection with the issue of any Tranche (as defined herein) of Subordinated Instruments under the
Programme, the Dealer or Dealers (if any) specified as the stabilising dealers (the “Stabilising
Dealer(s)”) (or persons acting on behalf of any Stabilising Dealer(s)) may, outside Australia and on a
market operated outside Australia and otherwise to the extent permitted by applicable laws and rules,
over-allot Subordinated Instruments or effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price
of the Subordinated Instruments at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail. However,
stabilisation may not necessarily occur. Any stabilisation action may begin on or after the date on which
adequate public disclosure of the terms of the offer of the relevant Tranche of Subordinated Instruments
is made and, if begun, may cease at any time, but it must end no later than the earlier of 30 days after
the issue date of the relevant Tranche of Subordinated Instruments and 60 days after the date of the
allotment of the relevant Tranche of Subordinated Instruments. Any stabilisation action or over-
allotment must be conducted by the relevant Stabilising Dealer(s) (or person(s) acting on behalf of any
Stabilising Dealer(s)) in accordance with all applicable laws and rules.
The Subordinated Instruments are complex financial instruments and are not a suitable or
appropriate investment for all investors. In some jurisdictions, regulatory authorities have
adopted or published laws, regulations or guidance with respect to the offer or sale of securities
such as the Subordinated Instruments to retail investors. By purchasing, or making or
accepting an offer to purchase, any Subordinated Instruments from the Issuer and/or the
Dealers, each prospective investor represents, warrants, agrees with and undertakes to the
Issuer and each Dealer that it has and will at all times comply with all applicable laws,
regulations and regulatory guidance (whether inside or outside the EEA or the UK) relating to
the promotion, offering, distribution and/or sale of the Subordinated Instruments (including
without limitation MiFID II as implemented in each Member State of the EEA and UK MiFIR in
the UK) and any other applicable laws, regulations and regulatory guidance relating to
determining the appropriateness and/or suitability of an investment in the Subordinated
Instruments by investors in any relevant jurisdiction. Where acting as agent on behalf of a
disclosed or undisclosed client when purchasing, or making or accepting an offer to purchase,
any Subordinated Instruments from the Issuer and/or the Dealers, the foregoing
representations, warranties, agreements and undertakings will be given by and be binding
upon both the agent and its underlying client.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAMME 8
RISK FACTORS 15
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 59
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SUBORDINATED INSTRUMENTS 61
PRO FORMA PRICING SUPPLEMENT 160
USE OF PROCEEDS 176
WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION 177
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES 204
TAXATION 207
SUBSCRIPTION AND SALE 212
GENERAL INFORMATION 223

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OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAMME
This overview must be read as an introduction to this Information Memorandum and any decision to
invest in the Subordinated Instruments should be based on a consideration of this Information
Memorandum as a whole, including the documents incorporated by reference.
Words and expressions defined elsewhere in this Information Memorandum have the same meanings
in this overview.
This Programme has been established by the Issuer to allow for the issue of instruments from time to
time to investors. Details of the types of Subordinated Instruments that may be issued and the terms
and conditions which may apply to them are set out below.
Issuer: Westpac Banking Corporation, acting through its head office.

Issuer Legal Entity Identifier (“LEI”): EN5TNI6CI43VEPAMHL14.
Dealers: Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets Limited,
Credit Suisse International, Daiwa Capital Markets Singapore Limited,
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman Sachs International,
HSBC Bank plc, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Merrill Lynch International,
Mizuho Securities Asia Limited, Morgan Stanley & Co. International
plc, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Nomura International plc, RBC
Europe Limited, SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited, Société
Générale, Standard Chartered Bank, The Toronto-Dominion Bank,
UBS AG London Branch, Westpac Banking Corporation and any other
dealer appointed from time to time by the Issuer generally in relation
to the Programme or a particular Tranche.
Fiscal Agent: The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch.
Programme Amount: The maximum aggregate principal amount of Senior Instruments and
Subordinated Instruments permitted to be outstanding under the
Programme is U.S.$70,000,000,000 (for this purpose, any instruments
denominated in another currency shall be translated into U.S. dollars
at the date of the agreement to issue such instruments using the spot
rate of exchange for the purchase of such currency against payment
of U.S. dollars being quoted by the Fiscal Agent on the date on which
the relevant agreement in respect of the relevant Tranche was made
or such other rate as the Issuer and the relevant Dealer may agree).
The maximum aggregate principal amount of instruments which may
be outstanding under the Programme may be increased subject to
compliance with the relevant provisions of the Dealership Agreement.
Essential Characteristics
of the Issuer:
The Issuer is domiciled and incorporated in Australia. The Issuer was
registered on 23 August 2002 as a public company limited by shares
under the Corporations Act 2001 of Australia (the “Corporations Act
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The Issuer is the ultimate parent of the Westpac Group (as defined
below). The Westpac Group is one of four major banking organisations
in Australia and is one of the largest banking organisations in New
Zealand. The Westpac Group provides a broad range of banking and
financial services in these markets, including consumer, business and
institutional banking and wealth management services.
Westpac’s business is focused in Australia and New Zealand, with
branches, affiliates and controlled entities throughout Australia, New
Zealand, Asia and in the Pacific region, and branches and offices in
some of the key financial centres around the world.
Consumer serves consumers in Australia with a range of banking
products under the brands of Westpac, St.George, BankSA, Bank of
Melbourne and RAMS.
Business serves the needs of small to medium businesses and
commercial and agribusiness customers across Australia. This
division also includes Private Wealth, supporting the needs of high-
net-worth individuals.
Westpac Institutional Bank (“WIB”) delivers a broad range of financial
services to commercial, corporate, institutional, and government
customers operating in, and with connections to, Australia and New
Zealand.
Westpac New Zealand delivers banking and wealth services to
business and institutional customers across New Zealand.
Group Businesses comprise the head office and Australian support
functions including treasury, customer services and technology,
corporate services, and enterprise services.
Specialist Businesses bring together the Westpac Group’s non-core
businesses that it ultimately plans to divest. These currently include
superannuation, platforms and investments, along with its operations
in Fiji and Papua New Guinea.
Issuance in Series:
Subordinated Instruments will be issued in series (each a “Series”).
Each Series may comprise one or more tranches (“Tranches”) issued
on different issue dates. The Subordinated Instruments of each Series
will all be subject to identical terms except that the issue date and/or
the amount of the first payment of interest and/or the issue price may
be different in respect of different Tranches and a Series may comprise
Subordinated Instruments in more than one denomination. The
Subordinated Instruments of each Tranche will all be subject to
identical terms save that a Tranche may comprise Subordinated
Instruments of different denominations.
Form of Subordinated
Instruments:
Subordinated Instruments shall be issued in bearer form or registered
form. In respect of each Tranche of Subordinated Instruments issued
in bearer form, the Issuer will deliver a temporary global instrument (a
“Temporary Global Instrument”) or (if so specified in the relevant
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U.S. Treasury Regulation §1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(C) (the “TEFRA C Rules”)
applies (as so specified in such Pricing Supplement)) a permanent
global instrument (a “Permanent Global Instrument”). Such global
instruments will be either (i) deposited on or before the relevant issue
date therefor with a depositary or a common depositary for Euroclear
Bank SA/NV (“Euroclear”) and/or Clearstream Banking S.A.
(“Clearstream, Luxembourg”) and/or any other relevant clearing
system or (ii) lodged on or before the relevant issue date thereof with
a sub-custodian in Hong Kong for the Central Moneymarkets Unit
Service operated by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (“CMU
Service”). Each Temporary Global Instrument will be exchangeable
either for a Permanent Global Instrument, or, if so specified in the
relevant Pricing Supplement, for Subordinated Instruments in
definitive bearer form. Each Permanent Global Instrument will be
exchangeable for Subordinated Instruments in definitive bearer form.
Subordinated Instruments in definitive bearer form will either have
interest coupons (“Coupons”) attached or, if appropriate, a talon
(“Talon”) for further Coupons. Subordinated Instruments in bearer
form may in certain circumstances be exchangeable in accordance
with the terms thereof for Subordinated Instruments in registered form.
Subordinated Instruments in registered form may not be exchanged
for Subordinated Instruments in bearer form.
Currencies: Subordinated Instruments may be denominated in any currency or
currencies subject to compliance with all applicable legal and/or
regulatory and/or central bank requirements. Payments in respect of
Subordinated Instruments may, subject to compliance as aforesaid, be
made in and/or linked to, any currency or currencies other than the
currency in which such Subordinated Instruments are denominated.
Status: The Subordinated Instruments will be issued on a subordinated basis
and, subject to the prior written approval of the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority (“APRA”), are expected to qualify as Tier 2
Capital for the purposes of the Prudential Standards (as defined in the
Terms and Conditions). The rights and claims of Holders of
Subordinated Instruments against the Issuer will be subordinated on
a winding-up of the Issuer.
Netting or Set-Off: Subordinated Instruments are not subject to netting, and without
limitation, neither the Issuer nor any Holder of Subordinated
Instruments is entitled to set-off any amounts due in respect of
Subordinated Instruments held by the Holder against any amount of
any nature owed by the Issuer to the Holder or by the Holder to the
Issuer.
Issue Price: Subordinated Instruments may be issued at any price, as specified in
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Maturities: Any maturity of not less than five years, subject, in relation to specific
currencies, to compliance with all applicable legal and/or regulatory
and/or central bank requirements.
Redemption: Subordinated Instruments may be redeemable at par. Subordinated
Instruments may only be redeemed prior to their stated maturity in the
limited circumstances provided for in Condition 8 (Redemption and
Purchase) of the Subordinated Instruments and subject to certain
conditions, including that Westpac has obtained the prior written
approval of APRA. Any such approval is at the discretion of APRA and
may or may not be given and Holders should not expect that APRA’s
prior written approval will be given for any redemption or purchase of
Subordinated Instruments.
Early Redemption: Early redemption will be permitted (if specified as “Applicable” in the
relevant Pricing Supplement): (i) as mentioned in “Terms and
Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments – Redemption and
Purchase – Early redemption at the option of the Issuer” following
notice by the Issuer; (ii) for taxation reasons as mentioned in “Terms
and Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments – Redemption and
Purchase – Early redemption for adverse tax events”; or (iii) for
regulatory reasons as mentioned in “Terms and Conditions of the
Subordinated Instruments – Redemption and Purchase – Early
redemption for regulatory events”, but will otherwise be permitted only
to the extent specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement.
The Issuer’s right to exercise any option to repay, purchase or
otherwise redeem Subordinated Instruments (prior to the stated
maturity thereof, if any) is subject to the prior written approval of APRA,
and investors should not assume that such approval will be given.
Interest: Subordinated Instruments are interest-bearing. Interest may accrue at
a fixed or floating rate and may vary during the lifetime of the relevant
Series.
Denominations: Subordinated Instruments will be issued in such denominations as
may be specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement, subject to
compliance with all applicable legal and/or regulatory and/or central
bank requirements.
In the case of Subordinated Instruments which have a denomination
consisting of the minimum denomination plus a higher integral multiple
of another smaller amount, so long as the Subordinated Instruments
are represented by a Temporary Global Instrument or Permanent
Global Instrument and the relevant clearing system(s) so permit, the
Subordinated Instruments will be tradeable only in the minimum
denomination and higher integral multiples of another smaller amount,
notwithstanding that no definitive Subordinated Instruments will be
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Supplement).
Conversion: If the Subordinated Instruments are required to be converted on
account of a Non-Viability Trigger Event in accordance with the “Terms
and Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments – Non-Viability,
Conversion and Write-off and – Procedures for Conversion”,
depending on the circumstances, Holders of Subordinated
Instruments may receive Ordinary Shares (as defined in the section
entitled “Information Concerning the Underlying Securities”) in the
Issuer or the proceeds from the sale thereof. If conversion into
Ordinary Shares does not occur for any reason within 5 ASX Business
Days after the Non-Viability Trigger Event Date, the Subordinated
Instruments (or a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Amount of
the Subordinated Instruments) will be written-off. This means that
Holders’ rights in relation to Subordinated Instruments (including to
payments of interest and accrued interest, and the repayment of the
Outstanding Principal Amount and, where conversion is the primary
method of loss absorption, to be issued with Ordinary Shares in
respect of such Subordinated Instruments) are immediately and
irrevocably written-off and terminated with effect on and from the Non-
Viability Trigger Event Date.
If any Subordinated Instruments are Converted following a Non-
Viability Trigger Event, it is likely that the Maximum Conversion
Number will apply and limit the number of Ordinary Shares to be
issued. In this case, the value of the Ordinary Shares received is likely
to be significantly less than the Outstanding Principal Amount of the
Subordinated Instruments. The Australian dollar may depreciate in
value against the relevant currency by the time of Conversion. In that
case, the Maximum Conversion Number is more likely to apply.
Information on the
underlying securities:
The Ordinary Shares are admitted to listing and trading on the ASX
(for further information see the section entitled “Information
Concerning the Underlying Securities”).
Taxation: Payments in respect of Subordinated Instruments or Coupons, or
upon or with respect to the issuance of any Ordinary Shares upon any
Conversion of Subordinated Instruments, will be made without
withholding or deduction for any taxes, duties, assessments or
governmental charges of whatsoever nature imposed or levied by or
on behalf of Australia or any political subdivision or any authority
thereof or therein having power to tax, unless the withholding or
deduction of such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental
charges is required by law. In that event, unless specified otherwise in
the relevant Pricing Supplement, the Issuer will (subject to customary
exceptions) pay such additional amounts as will result in the Holders
receiving such amounts as they would have received had no such
withholding or deduction been required. Holders should be aware that
the Pricing Supplement prepared in respect of a Tranche of

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Subordinated Instruments may modify the terms and conditions set
out herein for that Tranche. This can include, for example, specifying
that the call right of the Issuer, which would ordinarily apply in the event
that the Issuer is required to gross up payments on that tranche of
Subordinated Instruments, will not apply.
Governing Law: Save as provided below, the Subordinated Instruments and all related
contractual documentation will be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, English law. Any matter, claim or dispute arising out
of or in connection with the Subordinated Instruments and all related
contractual documentation, whether contractual or non-contractual,
will be governed by, and determined in accordance with, English law.
The provisions of Conditions 4 (Status of the Subordinated
Instruments - General), 5 (Non-Viability, Conversion and Write-off) and
6 (Procedures for Conversion) (and the defined terms when used in
those Conditions) which relate to subordination, non-viability,
conversion and write-off will be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of New South Wales, Australia.
Listing: Each Series may be admitted to listing and/or trading on the wholesale
Interest Rate Securities Market of the ASX. Subordinated Instruments
may also be admitted to the Official List of Euronext Dublin and
admitted to trading by Euronext Dublin’s Global Exchange Market
and/or to listing and/or trading by any other competent listing authority
and/or stock exchange as agreed between the Issuer and the relevant
Dealer(s) and specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement or may be
issued on the basis that they will not be admitted to listing and/or
trading by any listing authority and/or stock exchange.
Terms and Conditions: A Pricing Supplement will be prepared in respect of each Tranche of
Subordinated Instruments a copy of which will:
(a) in the case of Subordinated Instruments admitted to listing and/or
trading on the wholesale Interest Rate Securities Market of the
ASX or by any other competent listing authority and/or stock
exchange, be lodged on or with the relevant competent listing
authority and/or stock exchange by the time required by the
relevant competent listing authority and/or stock exchange; and
(b) in the case of Subordinated Instruments to be listed on the Official
List of Euronext Dublin and admitted to trading on Euronext
Dublin’s Global Exchange Market, be delivered to Euronext Dublin
and to the Euronext Dublin’s Global Exchange Market as soon as
practicable and, in any event, on or before the closing date for
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The terms and conditions applicable to each Tranche will be those set
out herein under “Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated
Instruments” as supplemented, modified or replaced by the relevant
Pricing Supplement.
Enforcement of
Subordinated Instruments
in Global Form:
In the case of Subordinated Instruments in global form, individual
investors’ rights will be governed by a Deed of Covenant dated 11
November 2020 (as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to
time), a copy of which will be available for inspection at the office of
the Fiscal Agent specified on page 229.
Clearing Systems: Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg, the CMU Service and/or, in
relation to any Subordinated Instruments, any other clearing system
as may be specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement.
Selling Restrictions: For certain restrictions on offers, invitations, purchases, sales and
deliveries of Subordinated Instruments and on the distribution of
offering material in the USA, the EEA, the UK, Australia, Hong Kong,
Japan, France, the Republic of Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, New
Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland and Taiwan, see the
“Subscription and Sale” section.
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RISK FACTORS
Westpac believes that the following material factors may adversely affect its ability to fulfil its obligations
under Subordinated Instruments issued under the Programme. These factors are contingencies that
may or may not occur and Westpac is not in a position to express a view on the likelihood of any such
contingency occurring. In addition, the inability of Westpac to pay interest, principal or other amounts
on or in connection with any Subordinated Instruments may occur for other reasons.
Prospective investors should consult their own financial and legal advisers about risks associated with
an investment in such Subordinated Instruments and the suitability of investing in such Subordinated
Instruments in light of their particular circumstances.
Factors which could be material for the purpose of assessing the market risks associated with
Subordinated Instruments issued under the Programme are described below.
Words and expressions defined in the “Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments” below
or elsewhere in this Information Memorandum have the same meanings in this section, unless
otherwise stated.
1. Risks relating to the Westpac Group’s business
The Westpac Group has suffered, and could in the future suffer, information security risks,
including cyberattacks
Westpac and its subsidiaries (together, the “Westpac Group”) and other third parties that it engages
with, including its external service providers, business partners, customers and organisations that it
acquires or invests in) face information security risks. These risks are heightened by: the inherent risks
in existing and new technologies; increasing digitisation of business processes within, and transactions
among, organisations; the increased volume of data, including sensitive data, that organisations
collect, generate, hold, use and disclose; the global increase in the sophistication, severity and volume
of cyber crime; supply chain disruptions; the prevalence of remote and hybrid working for employees,
staff of service providers, and customers; ongoing geo-political tensions or wars, including the military
invasion of Ukraine by Russia; and other external events such as acts of terrorism and attacks from
State sponsored actors, which could compromise its information assets and interrupt the Westpac
Group’s usual operations and those of its customers, suppliers and counterparties.
As a result of these factors, adverse information security events such as data breaches, cyberattacks,
espionage and/or errors are happening at an unprecedented pace, scale and reach. Cyberattacks or
other information security breaches have the potential to cause: financial system instability; serious
disruption to customer banking services; economic and non-economic losses to the Westpac Group,
its customers, shareholders, suppliers, counterparties and others; and compromise data privacy of
customers, shareholders, employees and others. While the Westpac Group has systems in place to
protect against, detect, contain and respond to cyberattacks and information security threats, these
systems have not always been, and may not always be, effective.
The Westpac Group, its customers, shareholders, employees, suppliers, counterparties or others could
suffer losses from cyberattacks, information security breaches or ineffective cyber resilience. The
Westpac Group may not be able to anticipate and prevent a cyberattack, effectively respond to a
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suppliers and counterparties, and other parties that facilitate its activities, financial platforms and
infrastructure (such as payment systems and exchanges or that hold data in relation to its existing or
potential customers), are also subject to the risk of cyberattacks and other information security
breaches, which could in turn impact the Westpac Group. Furthermore, as the scale and volume of
cyberattacks increases globally, there is an increased likelihood that global and domestic regulators
such as the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (“APRA”), the Australian Securities and
Investments Commission (“ASIC”), the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (“OAIC”) and
the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) take enforcement action for
information security risk management failures, for failing to protect the Westpac Group’s information
assets (including customer and other data) or for deficiencies in its response to cyberattacks and
information security threats (including for any delayed, deficient, or misleading notifications or for
misleading statements made about its information security practices).
The Westpac Group’s operations rely on the secure processing, storage and transmission of
information on the Westpac Group’s computer systems and networks, and the systems and networks
of external suppliers. Although the Westpac Group implements measures to protect the confidentiality,
availability and integrity of its information, there is a risk that its information assets (including the
computer systems, software and networks on which the Westpac Group, or its customers,
shareholders, employees, suppliers, counterparties or others rely), may be subject to security
breaches, unauthorised access, malicious software, external attacks or internal breaches that could
have an adverse impact on the Westpac Group’s and their confidential information.
A range of potential consequences could arise from a successful cyberattack or information security
breach (whether targeting the Westpac Group or third parties), such as: damage to technology
infrastructure; the potential use of incident response and intervention powers by the Australian
Government under the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 of Australia (the “SOCI”); disruptions
or other adverse impacts to network access, operations or availability of services; loss of customers,
suppliers and market share or reputational damage; loss of data or information; cyber extortion;
customer remediation and/or claims for compensation; breach of applicable laws and regulations
(including those relating to privacy, data protection and reporting obligations); increased vulnerability
to fraud and scams; litigation and adverse regulatory action including fines or penalties and increased
regulatory scrutiny and enforcement action; and additional costs and increased need for significant
additional resources to modify or enhance the Westpac Group’s systems and processes or to
investigate and remediate any vulnerabilities or incidents.
All these potential consequences could have regulatory impacts and negatively affect the Westpac
Group’s business, prospects, reputation, financial performance or financial condition. As cyber threats
evolve, the Westpac Group may need to spend significant resources to modify or enhance its systems
or investigate and remediate any vulnerabilities or incidents.
The Westpac Group could be adversely affected by legal or regulatory change
The Westpac Group operates in an environment where there is sustained regulatory change and
ongoing scrutiny of financial services providers. Its business, prospects, reputation, financial
performance and financial condition have been, and could in the future be, adversely affected by
changes to law, regulation, policies, supervisory activities, the expectations of the Westpac Group’s
regulators, and the requirements of industry codes of practice, such as the Australian Banking Code
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Such regulatory changes may affect how the Westpac Group operates and have altered the way the
Westpac Group provides its products and services, in some cases requiring the Westpac Group to
change or discontinue its offerings. These changes could also limit, and have in the past limited, the
Westpac Group’s flexibility, require it to incur substantial costs (such as costs of systems changes, or
the levies associated with the anticipated Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (the “CSLR”)), impact
the profitability of its businesses, require the Westpac Group to retain additional capital, impact its
ability to pursue strategic initiatives, result in the Westpac Group being unable to increase or maintain
market share and/or create pressure on margins and fees.
A failure to manage regulatory change effectively and in the timeframes required (which may be short)
has resulted, and could in the future result, in the Westpac Group not meeting its compliance
obligations. It could also result in enforcement action, penalties, fines, capital impacts and ultimately
loss of business licences. Managing large volumes of regulatory change simultaneously has created,
and will continue to create, execution risk. Systems changes can increase the risk of human error or
unintended consequences (or system flaws) and this risk is exacerbated by frequent requirements for
change. The Westpac Group expects that it will continue to invest significantly in compliance and the
management and implementation of regulatory change. Significant management attention, costs and
resources may be required to update existing, or implement new, processes to comply with such
regulatory changes. The availability of skilled personnel required to implement changes may be limited.
There is additional information on certain aspects of regulatory changes affecting the Westpac Group
in the section entitled “Significant developments” below and the sections entitled “Critical accounting
assumptions and estimates” and “Future developments in accounting standards” in Note 1 to the
Issuer’s consolidated audited annual financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2022
(which are incorporated by reference in this Information Memorandum).
The Westpac Group has been and could be adversely affected by failing to comply with laws,
regulations or regulatory policy
The Westpac Group is responsible for ensuring that it complies with all applicable legal and regulatory
requirements and industry codes of practice in the jurisdictions in which it operates or obtains funding.
The Westpac Group is subject to conduct and compliance risk. These risks are exacerbated by the
complexity and volume of regulation, including where the Westpac Group interprets its obligations and
rights differently to regulators or a Court, tribunal or other body, or where applicable laws in different
jurisdictions conflict. The potential for this is heightened when regulation is new, untested or is not
accompanied by extensive regulatory guidance.
The Westpac Group’s compliance management system is designed to identify, assess and manage
compliance risk. However, this system has not always been, and may not always be, effective.
Breakdowns have occurred, and may in the future occur, due to flaws in the design or implementation
of controls or processes, or when new measures are implemented in short periods of time, for example
in response to external events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This has resulted in, and may in the
future result in, potential breaches of compliance obligations as well as poor customer outcomes which
have exposed, and may continue to expose, the Westpac Group to regulatory action, litigation
(including class action), damages, penalties and remediation obligations. As reviews and change
programs are progressed, compliance issues have been, and will likely continue to be, identified.
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their needs or do not meet the expectations of the market, as well as the poor conduct of the Westpac
Group’s employees, contractors, agents, authorised representatives, credit representatives and
external services providers. This could occur through a failure to meet professional obligations to
specific clients (including fiduciary and suitability requirements), weakness in risk culture, corporate
governance or organisational culture, poor product design and implementation, failure to adequately
consider customer needs or selling products and services outside of customer target markets. This
could include deliberate, reckless or negligent actions by such individuals that could result in the
circumvention of the Westpac Group’s controls, processes and procedures. The Westpac Group
depends on its people to ‘do the right thing’ to meet its compliance obligations and abide by its Code
of Conduct. While the Westpac Group has frameworks, policies, processes, training and controls that
are designed to manage poor conduct outcomes, at times these have been, and could in future be,
ineffective. Inappropriate or poor conduct by individuals such as not following a policy or engaging in
misconduct has resulted, and could result, in poor customer outcomes and a failure by the Westpac
Group to meet its compliance obligations. This can be exacerbated by failures or delays in detecting
or promptly responding to breaches.
The Westpac Group’s failure, or suspected failure, to comply with a compliance obligation, or to
promptly detect or remedy such a failure, has in the past and could in the future lead to a regulator
commencing surveillance or an investigation. ASIC’s expanded breach reporting regime, which
commenced on 1 October 2021, has led to a significant increase in the Westpac Group’s reporting to
ASIC of certain breaches (or likely breaches), which could give rise to additional regulatory scrutiny
and action. Past compliance failures may increase the likelihood or severity of regulatory action for
subsequent failures. The Westpac Group is currently subject to a number of investigations and reviews
by regulators and is responding to a number of requests from APRA, ASIC and other regulators,
involving significant resources and costs.
Depending on the circumstances, regulatory reviews and investigations have in the past, and may in
the future, result in a regulator taking administrative or enforcement action against the Westpac Group
and/or its representatives. Regulators have broad powers, and in certain circumstances, can issue
directions to the Westpac Group (including in relation to product design and distribution and remedial
action). Regulators could also pursue civil or criminal proceedings, seeking substantial fines, civil
penalties or other enforcement outcomes. For example, the payment in 2021 of a civil penalty of A$1.3
billion as a result of proceedings brought by the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
(“AUSTRAC”) against Westpac; the payment of civil penalties of A$114.5 million in 2022 relating to
seven proceedings which were settled with ASIC; and ASIC’s 2021 action against Westpac relating to
its involvement in the 2016 Ausgrid privatisation transaction. Penalties can be (and have been) more
significant where it has taken some time to identify contraventions, or to investigate, correct or
remediate contraventions, where there are patterns of similar conduct, or where there has been
awareness of contraventions. In addition, regulatory investigations may lead to adverse findings
against directors and management, including potential disqualification.
APRA can also require the Westpac Group to hold additional capital either through a capital overlay or
higher risk weighted assets (“RWAs”). In 2019, APRA imposed a A$500 million overlay to Westpac’s
operational risk capital requirement following the completion of its self-assessment into its frameworks
and practices in relation to culture, governance and accountability, and a further A$500 million overlay
following the commencement of civil penalty proceedings by AUSTRAC (both overlays were applied
through an increase in RWAs). Both overlays continue to be imposed. If the Westpac Group incurs
additional capital overlays, it may need to raise additional capital, which could have an adverse impact
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The political and regulatory environment that the Westpac Group operates in has seen (and may in the
future see) its regulators (including any new regulator) receive new powers along with materially (and
potentially substantially) increased penalties for corporate and financial sector misconduct, or failings.
For example, recent and anticipated increases in the civil penalties for certain contraventions (as
discussed in the section entitled “Significant Developments” below) to the greater of A$50 million; three
times the value of the benefit obtained; or where the value of the benefit cannot be determined, 30 per
cent. of adjusted turnover during the breach period. Given the size of the Westpac Group, a failure by
the Westpac Group may result in multiple contraventions, which could lead to significant financial and
other penalties. This could also result in reputational damage and impact the willingness of customers,
investors and other stakeholders to deal with the Westpac Group.
There may also be a shift in the type and focus of enforcement proceedings commenced by regulators
in the future. Regulators may seek to refer investigations to the Commonwealth Department of Public
Prosecutions or other prosecutorial bodies for potential criminal prosecution. This may result in an
increase in criminal prosecutions against institutions and/or their employees or representatives. The
civil penalty regimes were expanded in 2019, with significant increases in applicable penalties. As a
result, it is possible that civil penalty proceedings may be brought more frequently by regulators for
conduct after 2019, in a broader range of contexts, and in circumstances where underlying conduct
may not have been intentional, reckless or systemic. ASIC can commence civil proceedings and seek
civil penalties (currently up to A$555 million per contravention) against an Australian financial services
licensee for failing to do all things necessary to ensure that the financial services provided under the
licence are provided honestly, efficiently and fairly.
Regulatory investigations or actions commenced against the Westpac Group has exposed, and may
in the future expose, the Westpac Group to an increased risk of litigation brought by third parties
(including through class action proceedings), which may require it to pay compensation to third parties
and/or undertake further remediation activities. In some cases, the amounts claimed and/or to be paid
may be substantial.
The Westpac Group has incurred significant remediation costs on a number of occasions (including
compensation payments and costs of correcting issues) and new issues may arise requiring
remediation. The Westpac Group also has, and may continue to have, challenges and risk in relation
to remediation activities such as effectively and reliably scoping, quantifying, implementing or
completing remediation activities, including determining how to compensate impacted parties properly
and fairly, and the challenges and risks of completing these activities in a timely way. Remediation
activities may be affected or delayed by a number of events or considerations, such as the number of
customers (or other parties) affected, where customers commence litigation (including class action
proceedings), where a regulator requires a remediation to be done in a specific way or timeframe, or
difficulties in locating or contacting affected parties. Investigation of the underlying issue may be
impeded due to the passage of time, technical system constraints, or if the Westpac Group’s records
are inadequate. Remediation programs may not prevent regulatory action, litigation or other
proceedings from being pursued, or sanctions being imposed.
Regulatory investigations, inquiries, litigation, fines, penalties, infringement notices, revocation,
suspension or variation of conditions of regulatory licences or other enforcement or administrative
action or agreements (such as enforceable undertakings) have and could, either individually or in
aggregate with other regulatory action, adversely affect the Westpac Group’s business, prospects,
reputation, financial performance or financial condition. There is additional information on certain
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developments” below and in Note 26 to the Issuer’s consolidated audited annual financial statements
for the year ended 30 September 2022 (which are incorporated by reference in this Information
Memorandum).
The Westpac Group has suffered, and in the future could suffer, losses and be adversely
affected by the failure to implement effective risk management
The Westpac Group’s risk management framework has not always been, and may not in the future be,
effective, and the resources it has in place for identifying, escalating, measuring, evaluating,
monitoring, reporting and controlling or mitigating material risks may not always be adequate.
This could be because the design of the framework is inadequate or key risk management policies,
controls and processes may be ineffective, due to inadequacies in their design, technology failures,
incomplete implementation or embedment, or failure by the Westpac Group’s people (including
contractors, agents, authorised representatives and credit representatives) to comply with the Westpac
Group’s policies and processes. The potential for these types of failings is heightened if the Westpac
Group does not have appropriately skilled, trained and qualified people in key positions or it does not
have sufficient capacity, including people, processes and technology, to appropriately manage risks.
There are also inherent limitations with any risk management framework as risks may exist, or emerge
in the future, that the Westpac Group has not anticipated or identified.
Further, the design or operation of the Westpac Group’s remuneration structures and consequence
management processes may not always sufficiently encourage the right risk culture, behaviours, or
prudent risk management as intended, which could also result in staff engaging in excessive risk-taking
behaviours.
The risk management framework may also prove ineffective because of weaknesses in risk culture or
risk governance practices and policies (for example, where there is a lack of awareness of the Westpac
Group’s policies, controls and processes or where they are not adequately monitored, audited or
enforced). This may result in poor decision making or risks and control weaknesses not being identified,
escalated or acted upon.
The Westpac Group is required to periodically review its risk management framework to determine if it
remains appropriate. Past analysis and reviews, in addition to regulatory feedback, have highlighted
that while there have been improvements, the framework is still not operating satisfactorily in a number
of respects and needs continued focus. The Westpac Group has a number of risks which sit outside
its risk appetite or do not meet the expectations of regulators, including, for example, fraud and scams,
records management, third party arrangements, data, change, execution, models and conduct risk
(including product design, hardship and privacy).
As part of the Westpac Group’s risk management framework, it measures and monitors risks against
its risk appetite. When a risk is out-of-appetite (as some risks are), the Westpac Group needs to take
steps to bring this risk back into appetite in a timely way. This may include steps to improve the design
of its risk class frameworks and supporting policies. However, it may not always be able to bring a risk
back within appetite within proposed timeframes or institute effective improvements. This may occur
because, for example, the Westpac Group experiences delays in enhancing its information technology
systems, in recruiting sufficient appropriately trained staff for required activities, or operational failure.
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be inherently outside of appetite for periods of time.
Weaknesses in risk management systems and controls may also result in regulatory action. For
example, APRA requiring the Westpac Group to hold additional capital as discussed above. In
December 2020, APRA accepted an Enforceable Undertaking (“APRA Enforceable Undertaking”)
from Westpac, reflecting the crystallisation of many of the risks discussed above. APRA has approved
Westpac’s Integrated Plan required by the APRA Enforceable Undertaking (“Integrated Plan”) in
relation to risk governance and remediation. Promontory Australia was appointed as the Independent
Reviewer to provide regular updates to APRA on Westpac’s compliance with the APRA Enforceable
Undertaking and the Integrated Plan. These reports are provided quarterly and published on Westpac’s
website every six months at https://www.westpac.com.au/about-westpac/media/core/.
If any of the Westpac Group’s governance or risk management processes and procedures prove
ineffective or inadequate or are otherwise not appropriately implemented or it does not bring risks into
appetite as has occurred, it could be exposed to higher levels of risk than expected and sustained or
increased regulatory scrutiny. This may result in losses, imposition of capital requirements, breaches
of compliance obligations, fines and reputational damage which could adversely affect its business,
prospects, financial performance or financial condition or require remediation.
The Westpac Group could suffer losses due to geopolitical risks, environmental and social risk
factors or external events
The Westpac Group may face changes in the external business environment including competitive,
regulatory, economic, geopolitical, technological, social and environmental changes. There is a risk
that the Westpac Group does not identify, understand or respond effectively to such changes or that
these changes have an adverse impact on the Westpac Group’s ability to pursue its strategic agenda.
The Westpac Group and its customers operate businesses and hold assets in a diverse range of
geographic locations. Geopolitical risks are increasing, including those arising from geopolitical
instability, conflicts, strategic competition, trade tensions, trade tariffs, sanctions, social disruption
(including civil unrest, war and terrorist activity), acts of civil or international hostility, and complicity
with or reluctance to take action against certain types of crimes. The Westpac Group is also exposed
to risks arising from significant environmental change or other external events, including climate
change, natural capital loss, water scarcity, rising sea levels, extreme weather events (such as drought,
bushfire, flood and storm), and outbreaks or pandemics (such as COVID-19).
Such an event has the potential to hinder domestic and international economic stability and adversely
impact economic activity. It could impact consumer and investor confidence, and disrupt numerous
industries, businesses, service providers and supply chains. It could lead to shortages of materials and
labour and/or cost increases, price volatility or supply interruption in commodities (including metals and
energy), volatility in financial markets including currencies, damage to property, affect asset values and
impact the Westpac Group’s ability to recover amounts owing to it. All of these impacts could adversely
affect the Westpac Group’s business, prospects, financial performance or financial condition.
The high dependency of the global economy on nature means natural capital loss represents a risk to
the Westpac Group, primarily through its exposure to customers in sectors that are materially
dependent or impact on nature. Natural capital loss can also contribute to, and be accelerated by,
climate change and these risks can be interdependent. Increasing recognition and market-based
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Group. The Westpac Group acknowledges the goal of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial
Disclosures is to develop and deliver a risk management and disclosure framework for organisations
to report on evolving nature-related risks.
The Westpac Group’s business may be exposed to social and human rights risks through its activities
and business relationships including in its operations and supply chain. If it fails to adequately identify
and manage these risks, it may cause, contribute to, or be directly linked to adverse social and human
rights impacts including a risk that it may provide financial services to institutional, business and retail
customers that perpetrate, rely on, or benefit from human rights abuses or exploit its financial platforms
and products for criminal purposes.
Data sources relevant to the Westpac Group’s assessment and management of environmental and
social risks continue to mature. If those data sources do not mature at sufficient pace, or are not
sufficiently available or reliable, there is a risk that the Westpac Group’s decision making (including
target setting and reporting) in areas reliant on this data could be affected, such as by outdated or
incorrect assumptions or modelling.
Climate change may have adverse effects on the Westpac Group’s business
Climate-related risks have had, and are likely to have, adverse effects on the Westpac Group,
customers, external suppliers, and the communities in which it operates. There are significant
uncertainties inherent in accurately identifying and modelling climate-related risks and opportunities
over short-, medium- and long-term time horizons and in assessing their impact. These risks may
manifest as physical risks, both acute and chronic in nature, transition risks, and risks related to legal
liability and regulatory action.
Physical risks include increases and variability in temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, rising
sea levels, loss of natural capital, and increased frequency and severity of adverse climatic events,
including fires, storms, floods and droughts. These may impact the Westpac Group and its customers
through, for example, disruptions to business and economic activity, inability to access insurance
and/or impacts on income and asset values. Adverse impacts on the Westpac Group’s customers may
also, in turn increase human rights risk, increase the number of people in vulnerable circumstances,
and negatively impact loan serviceability and security values, as well as the Westpac Group’s
profitability.
Transition risks may arise from initiatives and trends associated with climate change mitigation and the
transition to a low carbon economy, changes in investor appetite, shifting customer preferences,
technological developments, changes in supervisory expectations of banks, and other regulatory and
policy changes. Transition risks could directly impact the Westpac Group by, for example, giving rise
to higher compliance and/or funding costs, the contraction of revenue from sectors materially exposed
to transition risk, and potential legal or regulatory risk.
The Westpac Group is also indirectly exposed to transition risk through its lending to higher risk sectors
or regions and its own transition pathway. Transition risks may place additional pressure on certain
customer sectors, including pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, that could result in loss of
revenue and result in increased credit risk to Westpac. Conversely, Westpac may not be able to reduce
its lending to higher risk sectors or regions, as a result of possible stakeholder requirements to continue
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The Westpac Group’s ambition to become a net-zero, climate resilient bank, including joining the Net-
Zero Banking Alliance (“NZBA”) and setting interim 2030 sector targets has, and will, require ongoing
changes to the Westpac Group’s lending and operational policies, and processes and may present
execution risk. The Westpac Group’s ability to meet its commitments and targets is dependent on the
orderly transition of the economy towards net-zero, which may be impacted by external factors
including government climate policy, the level of public and private investment, electricity grid
transmission capacity, and constraints in the development and supply of technology, infrastructure and
skilled labour required to deliver new renewable projects, including power generation.
Failure or perceived failure to adapt the Westpac Group’s strategy, governance, procedures, systems
and controls to proactively manage or disclose evolving climate- and sustainability-related risks and
opportunities (including, for example, perceived misstatement of, or failure to adequately implement or
meet, sustainability claims, commitments and/or targets) may give rise to business, reputational, legal
and regulatory risks. This includes financial and credit risks that may impact on the Westpac Group’s
profitability and outlook, and the risk of regulatory action or third party and shareholder litigation
(including class actions) against the Westpac Group (and/or its customers), with these types of actions
becoming more common.
The Westpac Group may also be subject, from time to time, to legal and business challenges due to
actions instituted by activist shareholders or others. Examples of areas which have attracted
shareholder activism and challenges include: the finance of or interaction with businesses that are
perceived to be at greater risk from physical and transition risks of climate change or are perceived to
not demonstrate responsible management of climate change, environmental and social issues;
disclosure of climate- and sustainability-related risks; and setting and implementing appropriate climate
change and environmental strategies (including net-zero or emissions reductions strategies, targets
and policies).
Scrutiny from Australian, New Zealand and global regulators and shareholders on the climate-related
risk management practices, lending policies, targets and commitments, and other sustainability
products, claims and marketing practices of banks and other financial institutions, will likely remain
high in coming years.
Increased focus by and collaboration between local and global regulators on climate change and
sustainability factors increases compliance, legal and regulatory risks, and costs. Applicable legal and
regulatory regimes, policies, and reporting and other standards are also evolving (alongside science,
technology, research and development) and are likely to continue to do so over time. Examples of
regulatory developments in this space include: APRA’s Climate Vulnerability Assessment involving
major Australian banks including Westpac; APRA’s Prudential Practice Guide on climate change
financial risks and Climate Risk Self-Assessment Survey; the EU’s introduction of Sustainability
Financial Disclosure Regulations and changes to Basel Pillar 3 disclosure obligations; international
policy consideration of capital regulatory requirement updates to account for climate- and
sustainability-related prudential risks; New Zealand’s introduction of mandatory climate-risk reporting
legislation for the financial sector and associated disclosure standards; the Australian Accounting
Standards Board proposed approach to developing sustainability-related financial reporting standards
in Australia; International Sustainability Standards Board’s proposed introduction of IFRS S1 General
Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information and IFRS S2 Climate-
related Disclosures; the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) proposed introduction
of enhanced and standardised mandatory climate-related disclosures; and increased compliance and
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sustainability, including active monitoring and investigation of environmental or sustainability claims.
The failure to comply with financial crime obligations has had, and could have further, adverse
effects on the Westpac Group’s business and reputation
The Westpac Group is subject to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (“AML/CTF”)
laws, anti-bribery and corruption laws, economic and trade sanctions laws and tax transparency laws
in the jurisdictions in which it operates (“Financial Crime Laws”). These laws can be complex and, in
some circumstances, impose a diverse range of obligations. As a result, regulatory, operational and
compliance risks are heightened.
Financial Crime Laws require Westpac to report certain matters and transactions to regulators (such
as international funds transfer instructions (“IFTIs”), threshold transaction reports (“TTRs”) and
suspicious matter reports (“SMRs”)) and ensure that it knows who its customers are and that it has
appropriate ongoing customer due diligence in place. The failure to comply with some of these laws
has had, and in the future could have, adverse impacts for the Westpac Group.
The Westpac Group operates within a landscape that is constantly changing, particularly with the
emergence of new payment technologies, increased regulatory focus on digital assets (e.g.
cryptocurrency), increasing reliance on economic and trade sanctions to manage issues of
international concern, and the rapid increase of ransomware and cyber extortion attacks. These
developments bring with them new financial crime risks for the Westpac Group (as well as other risks),
which may require adjustments to the Westpac Group’s systems, policies, processes and controls.
In recent years there has been, and there continues to be, a focus on compliance with financial crime
obligations, with regulators globally commencing investigations and taking enforcement action for
identified non-compliance (often seeking significant penalties). Further, due to the Westpac Group’s
scale of operations, an undetected failure or the ineffective implementation, monitoring or remediation
of a system, policy, process or control (including a regulatory reporting obligation) has resulted, and
could in the future result, in a significant number of breaches of AML/CTF or other financial crime
obligations. This in turn could lead to significant financial penalties and other adverse impacts for the
Westpac Group, such as reputational damage and litigation risk.
While the Westpac Group has systems, policies, processes and controls in place designed to manage
its financial crime obligations (including reporting obligations), these have not always been, and may
not in the future always be, effective. This could be for a range of reasons, including, for example, a
deficiency in the design of a control or a technology failure or a change in financial crime risks or
typologies. The Westpac Group’s analysis and reviews, in addition to regulator feedback, have
highlighted that its systems, policies, processes and controls are not always operating satisfactorily in
a number of respects and require improvement. The Westpac Group continues to have an increased
focus on financial crime and its management of this risk and, as such, further issues requiring attention
have been identified and may continue to be identified.
Although the Westpac Group provides updates to AUSTRAC, the Australian Taxation Office (“ATO”),
the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (“RBNZ”) and other regulators on its remediation and other program
activities, there is no assurance that AUSTRAC, the ATO, RBNZ or other regulators will agree that its
remediation and program update activities will be adequate or effectively enhance the Westpac
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If the Westpac Group fails to comply with its financial crime obligations, it has faced, and could in the
future face, significant regulatory enforcement action and other consequences as discussed in the risk
factor entitled “The Westpac Group has been and could be adversely affected by failing to comply with
laws, regulations or regulatory policy” above and increased reputational risks as discussed in the risk
factor entitled “Reputational damage has harmed, and could in the future harm, the Westpac Group’s
business and prospects” below. There is additional information on financial crime matters in the section
entitled “Significant developments” below.
Reputational damage has harmed, and could in the future harm, the Westpac Group’s business
and prospects
Reputational risk arises where there are differences between stakeholders’ current and emerging
perceptions, beliefs and expectations and the Westpac Group’s past, current and planned activities,
processes, performance and behaviours.
There are various potential sources of reputational damage. For example, where the Westpac Group’s
actions cause, or are perceived to cause, a negative outcome for customers, shareholders,
stakeholders or the community. Reputational damage could also arise from the failure to effectively
manage risks, failure to comply with legal and regulatory requirements, enforcement or supervisory
action by regulators, adverse findings from regulatory reviews, failure or perceived failure to adequately
respond to community, environmental, social and ethical issues, and inadequate record keeping, which
may prevent the Westpac Group from demonstrating that, or determining if, a past decision was
appropriate at the time it was made.
The Westpac Group also recognises the potential reputational consequences (together with other
potential commercial and operational consequences) of failing to appropriately identify, assess and
manage environmental, social and governance related risks, or respond effectively to evolving
standards and stakeholder expectations. The Westpac Group’s reputation could also be adversely
affected by the actions of customers, suppliers, contractors, authorised representatives, credit
representatives, joint-venture partners, strategic partners, or other counterparties.
Failure, or perceived failure, to address issues that could or do give rise to reputational risk, has
created, and could in the future create additional legal risk, subject the Westpac Group to regulatory
investigations, regulatory enforcement actions, fines and penalties or litigation or other actions brought
by third parties (including class actions), and the requirement to remediate and compensate customers,
including prospective customers, investors and the market. It could also result in the loss of customers
or restrict the Westpac Group’s ability to efficiently access capital markets. This could adversely affect
the Westpac Group’s business, prospects, financial performance or financial condition.
The Westpac Group could suffer losses due to technology failures
Maintaining the reliability, availability, integrity, confidentiality, security and resilience of the Westpac
Group’s information and technology is crucial to its business. While the Westpac Group has a number
of processes in place to preserve and monitor the availability, and facilitate the recovery, of its systems,
there is a risk that its information and technology systems might fail to operate properly or result in
outages, including from events wholly or partially beyond its control.
If the Westpac Group experiences a technology failure, it may fail to meet a compliance obligation
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continuity management or outsourcing obligations), or its employees and its customers may be
adversely affected, including through the inability for them to access the Westpac Group’s products
and services, privacy breaches, or the loss of personal data. This could result in reputational damage,
remediation costs and a regulator commencing an investigation and/or taking action, or others
commencing litigation, against the Westpac Group. The use of legacy systems, as well as the work
underway to uplift the Westpac Group’s technological capabilities, may heighten the risk of a
technology failure and also the risk of non-compliance with its regulatory obligations.
Failure to regularly renew and enhance its technology to deliver new products and services, comply
with regulatory obligations and ongoing regulatory changes, improve automation of its systems and
controls, and meet its customers’ and regulators’ expectations, or to effectively implement new
technology projects, could result in cost overruns, technology failures (including due to human error in
implementation), reduced productivity, outages, operational failures or instability, compliance failures,
reputational damage and/or the loss of market share. This could place the Westpac Group at a
competitive disadvantage and also adversely affect its business, prospects, financial performance or
financial condition.
The Westpac Group has and could suffer losses due to litigation
Litigation has been, and could in the future be, commenced against the Westpac Group by a range of
plaintiffs, such as customers, shareholders, employees, suppliers, counterparties and regulators and
may, either individually or in aggregate, adversely affect the Westpac Group’s business, operations,
prospects, reputation or financial condition.
In recent years, there has been an increase in class action proceedings, many of which have resulted
in significant monetary settlements. The risk of class actions has been heightened by a number of
factors, including regulatory enforcement actions (such as the civil penalty proceedings brought by
AUSTRAC), an increase in the number of regulatory investigations and inquiries, a greater willingness
on the part of regulators to commence court proceedings, more intense media scrutiny, the increasing
prospect of regulatory reforms which might eliminate some of the current barriers to such litigation, and
the growth of third-party litigation funding and other funding arrangements. Class actions commenced
against a competitor could also lead to similar proceedings against the Westpac Group.
Litigation is subject to many uncertainties and the outcome may not be predicted accurately.
Furthermore, the Westpac Group’s ability to respond to and defend litigation may be adversely affected
by inadequate record keeping.
Depending on the outcome of any litigation, the Westpac Group has been, and may in the future be,
required to comply with broad court orders, including compliance orders, enforcement orders or
otherwise pay significant damages, fines, penalties or legal costs. There is a risk that the actual penalty
or damages paid following a settlement or determination by a Court for any legal proceedings may be
materially higher or lower than any relevant provision (where applicable) or that any contingent liability
may be larger than anticipated. There is also a risk that additional litigation or contingent liabilities arise,
all of which could adversely affect the Westpac Group’s business, prospects, reputation, financial
performance or financial condition.
There is additional information on certain legal proceedings that may affect the Westpac Group in the
section entitled “Significant developments” below and in Note 26 to the Issuer’s consolidated audited
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reference in this Information Memorandum).
The Westpac Group is exposed to adverse funding market conditions
The Westpac Group relies on deposits, money markets and capital markets to fund its business and
source liquidity. The Westpac Group’s liquidity and costs of obtaining funding are related to funding
market conditions, in addition to its creditworthiness and credit profile.
Funding markets can be unpredictable and experience extended periods of extreme volatility,
disruption and decreased liquidity. The main risks the Westpac Group faces are damage to market
confidence, changes to the access and cost of funding, a slowing in global economic activity, effects
of monetary policy outcomes, the interest rates cycle or other impacts on customers or counterparties
and reduction in appetite for exposure to the Westpac Group’s name.
A shift in investment preferences could result in deposit withdrawals which could increase the Westpac
Group’s need for funding from other, potentially less stable, or more expensive, sources.
If market conditions deteriorate due to economic, financial, political, geopolitical, regulatory, fiscal or
monetary policy, or other reasons (including those idiosyncratic to Westpac), there may also be a loss
of confidence in bank deposits leading to unexpected withdrawals. This could increase funding costs
and the Westpac Group’s liquidity, funding and lending activities may be constrained and its financial
solvency threatened.
If its current sources of funding prove to be insufficient, the Westpac Group may need to seek
alternatives which will depend on factors such as market conditions, its credit ratings and market
capacity. Even if available, these alternatives may be more expensive or on unfavourable terms, which
could adversely affect its financial performance, liquidity, capital resources or financial condition.
If the Westpac Group is unable to source appropriate funding, it may be forced to reduce business
activities (e.g. lending) or operate with smaller liquidity buffers. This may adversely impact the Westpac
Group’s business, prospects, liquidity, capital resources, financial performance or financial condition.
If the Westpac Group is unable to source appropriate funding for an extended period, or if it can no
longer realise liquidity, it may not be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due or meet other
contractual obligations.
Westpac enters into collateralised derivative obligations, which may require Westpac to post additional
collateral based on market movements, which has the potential to adversely affect Westpac’s liquidity
or ability to use derivative obligations to hedge interest rate, currency and other financial instrument
risks.
The Westpac Group could be adversely affected by the risk of inadequate capital levels under
stressed conditions
The Westpac Group is subject to the risk of an inadequate level or composition of capital to support
normal business activities, meet regulatory capital requirements under normal operating environments
or stressed conditions and to maintain its solvency. Regulatory change over the years has led banks
to progressively build capital. Buffers have been built to assist in maintaining capital adequacy during
stressed times and ahead of the implementation of APRA’s finalised Capital Framework, which comes
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into consideration various factors, including its balance sheet, portfolio mix, potential capital headwinds
(including real estate valuations, inflation and rising rates) and stressed outcomes. Capital distribution
constraints apply when an ADI’s Common Equity Tier 1 (“CET 1”) capital ratio is within the capital buffer
range (consisting of the Capital Conservation Buffer plus any Countercyclical Capital Buffer) in line
with regulatory requirements. Such constraints could have an impact on the Westpac Group’s ability
to pay future dividends, make capital distributions or continue lending. The macro-economic
environment, stressed conditions and/or regulatory change or regulatory policy (including the final
outcomes from Basel III implementation) could result in a material increase to risk weighted assets or
impact the Westpac Group’s capital adequacy, trigger capital distribution constraints, threaten the
Westpac Group’s financial viability and/or require the Westpac Group to make a highly dilutive capital
raising.
The Westpac Group’s business is substantially dependent on the Australian and New Zealand
economies, and could be adversely affected by a material downturn or shock to these
economies or other financial systems
The Westpac Group’s revenues and earnings are dependent on domestic and international economic
activity, business conditions and the level of financial services its customers require. Most of the
Westpac Group’s business is conducted in Australia and New Zealand so its performance is influenced
by the level and cyclical nature of activity in these countries. The financial services industry and capital
markets have been, and may continue to be, adversely affected by volatility, global economic
conditions (including inflation), external events, geopolitical instability, political developments,
cyberattacks or a major systemic shock.
Market and economic disruptions could cause consumer and business spending to decrease,
unemployment to rise, demand for the Westpac Group’s products and services to decline and credit
losses to increase, thereby reducing its earnings. These events could also undermine confidence in
the financial system, reduce liquidity, impair access to funding and adversely affect its customers and
counterparties. In addition, any significant decrease in housing and commercial property valuations,
significant increases in inflation or significant increases in interest rates could adversely impact lending
activities, possibly leading to higher credit losses.
Due to the economic relationship between Australia/New Zealand and China, particularly in the mining,
resources and agricultural sectors, a slowdown in China’s economic growth and foreign policies
(including the adoption of protectionist trade measures or sanctions) could negatively impact the
Australian economy. This could result in a reduced demand for the Westpac Group’s products and
services and affect supply chains, the level of economic activity and the ability of its borrowers to repay
their loans.
All these factors could adversely affect the Westpac Group’s business, prospects, financial
performance or financial condition. The nature and consequences of any such event are difficult to
predict and there is a risk that the Westpac Group’s response may be ineffective.
Declines in asset markets could adversely affect the Westpac Group’s operations or
profitability and an increase in impairments and provisioning could adversely affect its financial
performance or financial condition
Declines in Australian, New Zealand or other asset markets, including equity, residential and
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Westpac Group’s operations and profitability. Declining asset prices could also impact customers and
counterparties and the value of security (including residential and commercial property) it holds. This
may impact the Westpac Group’s ability to recover amounts owing to it if customers or counterparties
default. It may also affect its impairment charges and provisions, in turn impacting its financial
performance, financial condition and capital levels. Declining asset prices also impact its wealth
management business as its earnings partly depend on fees based on the value of securities and/or
assets held or managed.
The Westpac Group establishes provisions for credit impairment based on accounting standards using
current information and its expectations. If economic conditions deteriorate beyond its expectations,
some customers and/or counterparties could experience higher financial stress, leading to an increase
in impairments, defaults and write-offs, and higher provisioning. Such events could adversely affect
the Westpac Group’s liquidity, capital resources, financial performance or financial condition.
Credit risk also arises from certain derivative, clearing and settlement contracts Westpac enters into,
and from its dealings in, and holdings of, debt securities issued by other institutions, the financial
conditions of which may be affected to varying degrees by economic conditions in global financial
markets.
Sovereign risk may destabilise financial markets adversely
Sovereign risk is the risk that governments will default on their debt obligations, fail to perform
contractual obligations or be unable to refinance their debts as they fall due. Potential sovereign
contractual defaults, sovereign debt defaults and the risk that governments will nationalise parts of
their economy including assets of financial institutions (such as Westpac) could negatively impact the
value of its holdings of assets. Such an event could destabilise global financial markets, adversely
affecting the Westpac Group’s liquidity, financial performance or financial condition. There may also be
a cascading effect to other markets and countries, the consequences of which, while difficult to predict,
may be similar to, or worse than, those experienced during the global financial crisis of 2007 to 2008.
Westpac could be adversely affected by the failure to maintain its credit ratings
Credit ratings are independent opinions on Westpac’s creditworthiness. Westpac’s credit ratings can
affect the cost and availability of its funding and may be important to certain customers or
counterparties when evaluating its products and services.
Credit ratings assigned to Westpac by rating agencies are based on an evaluation of several factors,
including the structure of Australia’s financial system, the economy and Australia’s sovereign credit
rating, as well as Westpac’s financial strength, the quality of its governance and risk appetite. A rating
downgrade could be driven by a downgrade of Australia’s sovereign credit rating, or one or more of
the risks identified in this section or by other events including changes to the methodologies rating
agencies use to determine credit ratings. A credit rating or rating outlook could be downgraded or
revised, where credit rating agencies believe there is a very high level of uncertainty on the impact to
key rating factors from a significant event.
A downgrade to Westpac’s credit ratings could have an adverse effect on its cost of funds, collateral
requirements, liquidity, competitive position, its access to capital markets and its financial stability. The
extent and nature of these impacts would depend on various factors, including the extent of any rating
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impacted.
The Westpac Group faces intense competition in all aspects of its business
The financial services industry is highly competitive. The Westpac Group competes with a range of
firms, including retail and commercial banks, investment banks, other financial service companies,
fintech companies and businesses in other industries with financial services aspirations. This includes
those competitors who are not subject to the same capital and regulatory requirements as the Westpac
Group, which may allow those competitors to operate more flexibly.
Emerging competitors are increasingly altering the competitive environment by adopting new business
models or seeking to use new technologies to disrupt existing business models.
The competitive environment may also change as a result of increased scrutiny by regulators in the
sector (such as in the payments space) and legislative reforms such as ‘Open Banking’, which will
stimulate competition, improve customer choice and likely give rise to increased competition from new
and existing firms.
Competition in the various markets in which the Westpac Group operates has led, and may continue
to lead, to a decline in its margins or market share.
Deposits fund a significant portion of the Westpac Group’s balance sheet and have been a relatively
stable source of funding. If the Westpac Group is not able to successfully compete for deposits this
could increase its cost of funding, lead it to seek access to other types of funding, or result in the
Westpac Group reducing its lending.
The Westpac Group’s ability to compete depends on its ability to offer products and services that meet
evolving customer preferences. Not responding to changes in customer preferences could see it lose
customers. This could adversely affect the Westpac Group’s business, prospects, financial
performance or financial condition.
For more detail on how the Westpac Group addresses competitive pressures refer to the section
entitled “Westpac Banking Corporation – Competition” below.
The Westpac Group has and could suffer losses due to operational risks
Operational risk is the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and
systems as well as the risk of business disruption due to external events such as those discussed
under the relevant risk factor above. It includes, among other things, technology risk, model risk and
outsourcing risk. While the Westpac Group has policies, processes and controls in place to manage
these risks, these have not always been, or may not be, effective.
Ineffective processes and controls have resulted in, and could result in, adverse outcomes for
customers, employees or other third parties. For example, a process breakdown or a failure to have
appropriate product governance and monitoring processes in place could result in a customer not
receiving a product on the terms, conditions, or pricing they agreed to, potentially to the detriment of
the customer. Failed processes could also result in the Westpac Group incurring losses because it
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The risk of operational breakdowns occurring is heightened where measures are implemented quickly
in response to external events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Failed processes could result in the
Westpac Group incurring losses because it cannot enforce its expected contractual rights. These types
of operational failures may also result in financial losses, customer remediation, regulatory scrutiny
and intervention, fines, penalties and capital overlays and, depending on the nature of the failure, result
in litigation, including class action proceedings.
The Westpac Group has incurred, and could in the future incur, losses from scams and fraud (including
fraudulent applications for loans, or from incorrect or fraudulent payments and settlements). Such
losses could increase if its liability for scams is impacted by regulatory change. Fraudulent conduct
can also arise from external parties seeking to access its systems or customer accounts. If systems,
procedures and protocols for preventing and managing scams, fraud or improper access to its systems
and customer accounts fail, or are ineffective, they could lead to losses which could adversely affect
its customers, business, prospects, reputation, financial performance or financial condition. Regulatory
and compliance requirements can impede the ability to swiftly identify or respond to a scam or fraud,
or to communicate with affected parties.
The Westpac Group could also incur losses if there was a failure to adequately implement and monitor
effective records management policies and processes, as this could impact the Westpac Group’s ability
to safeguard or locate relevant records, respond to production and regulatory notices, conduct
remediation, and generally meet its compliance obligations, including under the Privacy Act 1988 of
Australia (the “Privacy Act”).
As the Westpac Group increases the adoption of artificial intelligence (“AI”) to support its customers
and business processes, the Westpac Group may become more exposed to associated AI risks, such
as lack of transparency, inaccurate decisions or unintended consequences that are inconsistent with
its policies or values. These could have financial, regulatory, conduct and reputational impacts.
The Westpac Group is also exposed to model risk, being the risk of loss arising from errors or
inadequacies in data or a model, or in the control and use of a model.
Financial services entities have been increasingly sharing data with third parties, such as suppliers,
fintechs, and regulators, to conduct their business and meet regulatory obligations. Each third party
can give rise to a variety of risks, including financial crime compliance, information security, cyber,
privacy, regulatory compliance, reputation, environmental and business continuity risks.
The Westpac Group also relies on suppliers, both in Australia and overseas, to provide services to it
and its customers. Failures by these third-party contractors and suppliers (including its authorised
representatives and credit representatives) to deliver services as required could disrupt its ability to
provide its products and services and adversely impact its operations, financial performance or
reputation.
The Westpac Group is also exposed to change risk through delivery of technology and other change
programs, being the risk that a change program fails to deliver the desired goals, or fails to reduce,
pre-empt, mitigate and manage the challenges associated with transformation or leads to further
regulatory scrutiny. Westpac has embarked on significant change program plans including the
Customer Outcomes and Risk Excellence (“CORE”) program in response to the APRA Enforceable
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If the technology systems used by the Westpac Group, its counterparties and/or financial infrastructure
providers do not operate correctly, this may also cause loss or damage to the Westpac Group and/or
its counterparties.
There is also a risk that the Westpac Group will not be able to obtain and/or have not obtained
appropriate insurance coverage for the risks that the Westpac Group may be exposed to.
The Westpac Group could suffer losses due to market volatility
The Westpac Group is exposed to market risk due to its financial markets businesses, its defined
benefit plan, asset and liability management (including through volatility in prices of equity securities it
holds or is exposed to) and its holdings in liquid asset securities. Market risk is the risk of an adverse
impact on the Westpac Group’s financial performance or financial position resulting from changes in
market factors, such as foreign exchange rates, commodity prices, equity prices, credit spreads and
interest rates (including material increases as central banks actively unwind accommodative monetary
policy settings). This includes interest rate risk in the banking book due to a mismatch between the
duration of assets and liabilities arising from the normal course of business activities.
Changes in markets could be driven by numerous developments resulting in market volatility which
could lead to substantial losses (including changes in the return on, value of or market for, securities
or other instruments). This may adversely affect its business, prospects, liquidity, ability to hedge
exposures, capital resources, financial performance or financial condition.
As a financial intermediary, Westpac underwrites listed and unlisted debt securities. Westpac could
suffer losses if it fails to syndicate or sell down this risk to others. This risk is more pronounced in times
of heightened market volatility.
On 5 March 2021, the FCA confirmed that all London Inter-bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) settings, in
their current format, would cease: (i) immediately after 31 December 2021, in the case of all sterling,
euro, Swiss franc and Japanese yen settings, and the 1-week and 2-month U.S. dollar settings; and
(ii) immediately after 30 June 2023, in the case of the remaining US dollar settings (i.e. overnight, 1-
month, 3-month, 6-month and 12-month). Subsequently, the FCA exercised its powers under the UK
Benchmarks Regulation to define and require the publication of ‘synthetic’ sterling (and Japanese yen)
LIBOR at least until the end of 2022 and outlined its permitted uses. The Critical Benchmarks
(References and Administrators’ Liability) Act 2021 substituted such ‘synthetic’ LIBOR for references
to LIBOR in English, Scots and Northern Irish law governed contracts that have not otherwise
transitioned to an alternative rate. In addition, on 29 September 2022, the FCA announced that
publication of 1 month and 6-month ‘synthetic’ sterling LIBOR will permanently cease at the end of
March 2023.
On 16 May 2022, Refinitiv Benchmark Services (UK) Limited, the administrator of CDOR, announced
that the calculation and publication of all remaining tenors of CDOR will permanently cease following
final publication on 28 June 2024.
The cessation of parts of the LIBOR regime as of 1 January 2022 and of all tenors of CDOR after 28
June 2024, continuation of some U.S. dollar LIBOR settings until 30 June 2023 and possible pre–
cessation events will continue to impact market pricing. Industry pressure to migrate to alternative
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Any future changes in the administration of LIBOR, CDOR or other market benchmarks could have
adverse consequences for the return on, value of and market for securities and other instruments
linked to any such benchmark, including securities or other instruments issued by the Westpac Group.
While the Westpac Group is monitoring its exposure to LIBOR and CDOR, it remains dependent on
market developments in relation to the LIBOR and CDOR transition, which may have an impact on
market pricing for, or valuations of, its LIBOR and/or CDOR exposures and migrated alternative
reference rate exposures. For further information on the Westpac Group’s LIBOR exposure, refer to
Note 22 to the Issuer’s consolidated audited annual financial statements for the year ended 30
September 2022 (which are incorporated by reference in this Information Memorandum).
Poor data quality could adversely affect the Westpac Group’s business and operations
Accurate, complete and reliable data, along with appropriate data control, retention, destruction and
access frameworks and processes, is critical to the Westpac Group’s business. Data plays a key role
in how it provides products and services to customers, its systems, its risk management framework
and its decision-making and strategic planning.
In some areas of its business, the Westpac Group is affected by poor data quality or data availability.
This has occurred, and could arise in the future, in a number of ways, including through inadequacies
in systems, processes and policies, or the ineffective implementation of data management frameworks.
Poor data quality could lead to poor customer service, negative risk management outcomes, and
deficiencies in credit systems and processes. Any deficiency in credit systems and processes could,
in turn, have a negative impact on the Westpac Group’s decision making in the provision of credit and
the terms on which it is provided. The Westpac Group also needs accurate data for financial and other
reporting.
Poor data has affected, currently affects, and may in the future continue to affect, the Westpac Group’s
ability to monitor and manage its business, comply with production notices, respond to regulatory
notices and conduct remediation.
In addition, poor data or poor data retention, and control gaps and weaknesses, has affected, currently
affects and may in the future continue to affect, the Westpac Group’s ability to meet its compliance
obligations (including its regulatory reporting obligations) which could lead to a regulator taking action
against it. For example, APRA has raised concerns regarding Westpac’s data quality, including missing
data and its increasing trend of resubmissions of regulatory reporting. The Reserve Bank of Australia
(“RBA”) and Australian Bureau of Statistics also footnote that they exclude Westpac data from certain
economic and financial statistics reports. Further substantial regulatory change programs (and
regulatory focus) are anticipated, including in response to APRA’s data collection road map and privacy
law reform, and the Westpac Group is yet to ascertain the scope, cost and resourcing required to
implement and manage these changes. Due to the importance of data, the Westpac Group has and
will likely continue to incur substantial costs, and devote significant effort, to improving the quality of
data and data frameworks and processes, remediating deficiencies where necessary, and compliance
generally.
The consequences and effects arising from poor data quality or poor data retention could have an
adverse impact on the Westpac Group’s business, operations, prospects, reputation, financial
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The Westpac Group’s failure to recruit and retain key executives, employees and Directors may
have adverse effects on its business
Key executives, employees and Directors play an integral role in the operation of the Westpac Group’s
business and its pursuit of its strategic objectives. The Westpac Group’s failure to recruit and retain
appropriately skilled and qualified persons into key roles could have an adverse effect on its business,
prospects, reputation, financial performance or financial condition. Macro environmental factors such
as low unemployment, restricted migration levels, on-shoring of work, the prevalence of remote and
hybrid working for employees and the competitive talent market, may also have an adverse impact on
attracting specialist skills for the Westpac Group.
Certain strategic decisions may have adverse effects on the Westpac Group’s business
The Westpac Group routinely evaluates and implements strategic decisions and objectives including
simplification, diversification, innovation, divestment, acquisitions or business expansion initiatives.
Each of these activities can be complex, costly and may not proceed in a timely manner. For example,
they may cause reputational damage, or the Westpac Group may experience difficulties in completing
certain transactions, separating or integrating businesses in the scheduled timeframe or at all,
disruptions to operations, diversion of management resources or higher than expected transaction
costs.
Furthermore, approvals may be required from shareholders, regulators or other stakeholders for
transactions, and there is a risk that these approvals may not be received (as seen in 2021 with the
attempted sale of Westpac Pacific) or the transaction does not complete for other reasons. In addition,
the Westpac Group’s failure to successfully divest businesses means that it may have sustained
exposure to higher operating costs and to the higher inherent risks in those businesses, for example
its Pacific businesses face a number of risks including heightened operational risk, sovereign risk,
financial crime and exchange control risks which could adversely affect its customers, business,
prospects, reputation, financial performance or financial condition. A failure to divest businesses or
assets could also result in interested parties taking action against the Westpac Group. The Westpac
Group may not receive the anticipated business benefits or cost saving and the Westpac Group could
otherwise be adversely affected.
In addition, as part of the Specialist Businesses transactions, the Westpac Group has given a number
of warranties and indemnities in favour of counterparties relating to certain pre-completion matters,
and made certain other contractual commitments (including in relation to transitional services). Claims
under these warranties, indemnities and other contractual commitments may result in Westpac being
liable to make significant payments to these counterparties. Additional operational risk capital is
required to be held against the risk pursuant to APRA’s published guidance. Westpac’s contingent
liabilities are described in Note 26 to the Issuer’s consolidated audited annual financial statements for
the year ended 30 September 2022 (which are incorporated by reference in this Information
Memorandum).
The Westpac Group also acquires and invests in businesses. These transactions involve a number of
risks and costs. A business it invests in may not perform as anticipated or may ultimately prove to have
been overvalued when the transaction was entered into.
Operational, cultural, governance, compliance and risk appetite differences between the Westpac
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There are also risks involved in failing to identify, understand or respond effectively to changes in the
Westpac Group’s internal factors or external business environment (including economic, geopolitical,
regulatory, technological, environmental, social and competitive factors). This could have a range of
adverse effects on the Westpac Group, such as being unable to increase or maintain market share or
resulting pressure on margins and fees.
Any of these risks could have a negative impact on the Westpac Group’s business, growth prospects,
reputation, engagement with regulators, financial performance or financial condition.
The Westpac Group could suffer losses due to impairment of capitalised software, goodwill and
other intangible assets that may adversely affect its business, operations or financial condition
In certain circumstances the Westpac Group may incur a reduction in the value of intangible assets.
The Westpac Group is required to assess the recoverability of goodwill and other intangible asset
balances at least annually or wherever an indicator of impairment exists. For this purpose, the Westpac
Group uses a discounted cash flow calculation. Changes in the methodology or assumptions in
calculations, together with changes in expected cash flows, could materially impact this assessment.
Estimates and assumptions used in assessing the useful life of an asset can also be affected by a
range of factors including changes in strategy, changes in technology and regulatory requirements.
In the event that an asset is no longer in use, or its value has been reduced or its estimated useful life
has declined, an impairment will be recorded, adversely impacting the Westpac Group’s financial
performance.
Changes in critical accounting estimates and judgements could expose the Westpac Group to
losses
The Westpac Group is required to make estimates, assumptions and judgements when applying
accounting policies and preparing financial statements, particularly in connection with the calculation
of provisions (including remediation and expected credit losses) and the determination of the fair value
of financial instruments. A change in a critical accounting estimate, assumption and/or judgement
resulting from new information or from changes in circumstances or experience could result in the
Westpac Group incurring losses greater than those anticipated or provided for. This could have an
adverse effect on the Westpac Group’s financial performance, financial condition and reputation. The
Westpac Group’s financial performance and financial condition may also be impacted by changes to
accounting standards or to generally accepted accounting principles.
2. Risks related to the market generally
The secondary market generally
Subordinated Instruments may have no established trading market when issued, and one may never
develop. If a market does develop, it may not be very liquid. Therefore, investors may not be able to
sell their Subordinated Instruments easily or at prices that will provide them with a yield comparable to
similar investments that have a developed secondary market. This is particularly the case for
Subordinated Instruments that are especially sensitive to interest rate, currency or market risks, are
designed for specific investment objectives or strategies or have been structured to meet the
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would generally have a more limited secondary market and more price volatility than conventional debt
securities. Illiquidity may have a severely adverse effect on the market value of Subordinated
Instruments.
Exchange rate risks and exchange controls
The Issuer will pay principal and interest on the Subordinated Instruments in the Specified Currency.
This presents certain risks relating to currency conversions if an investor’s financial activities are
denominated principally in a currency or currency unit (the “Investor’s Currency”) other than the
Specified Currency. These include the risk that exchange rates may change significantly (including
changes due to devaluation of the Specified Currency or revaluation of the Investor’s Currency) and
the risk that authorities with jurisdiction over the Investor’s Currency may impose or modify exchange
controls. An appreciation in the value of the Investor’s Currency relative to the Specified Currency
would decrease (i) the Investor’s Currency-equivalent yield on the Subordinated Instruments, (ii) the
Investor’s Currency-equivalent value of the principal payable on the Subordinated Instruments and (iii)
the Investor’s Currency-equivalent market value of the Subordinated Instruments.
Government and monetary authorities may impose (as some have done in the past) exchange controls
that could adversely affect an applicable exchange rate. As a result, investors may receive less interest
or principal than expected, or no interest or principal.
Credit or corporate ratings may not reflect all risks
One or more independent rating agencies may assign ratings to the Subordinated Instruments and/or
the Issuer. The ratings may not reflect the potential impact of all risks related to structure, market,
additional factors discussed in this section, and other factors that may affect the value of the
Subordinated Instruments or the standing of the Issuer. A credit rating and/or a corporate rating is not
a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be revised or withdrawn by the rating agency
at any time.
3. Risks related to Subordinated Instruments generally
The Subordinated Instruments are loss absorption instruments that involve risk and may not
be a suitable investment for all investors
The Subordinated Instruments are loss absorption instruments designed to comply with applicable
Australian banking regulations and involve certain risks. Each potential investor in the Subordinated
Instruments must determine the suitability (either alone or with the help of a financial advisor) of an
investment in the Subordinated Instruments in light of its own circumstances. In particular, each
potential investor should understand thoroughly the terms of the Subordinated Instruments, such as
the provisions governing the Conversion or Write-off, including under what circumstances a Non-
Viability Trigger Event could occur.
A potential investor should not invest in the Subordinated Instruments unless it has the knowledge and
expertise (either alone or with the help of a financial advisor) to evaluate how the Subordinated
Instruments will perform, subject to the risks set forth herein, the resulting effects on the likelihood of
the Conversion or Write-off and the value of the Subordinated Instruments, and the resultant impact
on the potential investor’s overall investment portfolio. Prior to making an investment decision, potential
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objectives, all the information contained in or incorporated by reference into this Information
Memorandum.
Investments in Subordinated Instruments are not deposit liabilities or protected accounts
under Australian legislation
The Subordinated Instruments are not deposit liabilities or protected accounts of the Issuer for the
purposes of the Banking Act 1959 of Australia (the “Banking Act”) or Financial Claims Scheme and
will not be subject to the depositor protection provisions of Australian banking legislation. The
Subordinated Instruments will not be guaranteed or insured by any Australian government, government
agency or compensation scheme of Australia or any other jurisdiction.
Payments are subject to satisfaction of the Solvency Condition
All of the Issuer’s obligations to make payments in respect of the Subordinated Instruments are subject
to the Solvency Condition being satisfied.
If the Solvency Condition is not satisfied (that is, if the Issuer is not able to pay its debts as they fall
due, or the Issuer’s Assets do not exceed its Liabilities, both at the time the payment is due or
immediately after making the payment) no payment will be made in respect of the Subordinated
Instruments. The Issuer’s failure to pay in such circumstances will not be an Event of Default and any
unpaid principal will accrue interest and interest not paid will accrue with compounding until it is paid
and will be payable on the first Business Day on which the Issuer meets the Solvency Condition.
However, if a Non-Viability Trigger Event occurs, all of the Issuer’s obligations to make payments in
respect of the Subordinated Instruments (to the extent Converted or Written-off) (including in respect
of accrued but unpaid interest) will cease and Holders will have no rights to recover any unpaid
amounts (although if Conversion is the primary method of loss absorption as specified in the Pricing
Supplement, Holders will receive Ordinary Shares upon Conversion, assuming Westpac is able to
Convert the Subordinated Instruments).
A Non-Viability Trigger Event may occur
If a Non-Viability Trigger Event occurs, the Issuer must Convert the Subordinated Instruments to
Ordinary Shares or, if Write-off is specified in the Pricing Supplement as being the primary method of
loss absorption, Write-off the Subordinated Instruments. Even if Conversion is specified in the Pricing
Supplement as being the primary method of loss absorption, the Subordinated Instruments may, in
certain circumstances, still be subject to Write-off. See “Termination of rights where Conversion does
not occur or if Write-off is the primary method of loss absorption” below.
A Non-Viability Trigger Event occurs when APRA notifies the Issuer in writing that it believes:
 Conversion or Write-Off of Subordinated Instruments (or conversion, write-off or write-down
of Relevant Securities) is necessary because, without it, the Issuer would become non-viable;
or
 a public sector injection of capital, or equivalent support, is necessary because, without it, the
Issuer would become non-viable.
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precedents for this. APRA has not provided extensive guidance as to how it will determine non-viability.
APRA has not yet made a determination of non-viability. Non-viability could be expected to include
serious impairment of the Issuer’s financial position, concerns about its capital, funding or liquidity
levels and/or insolvency. However, it is possible that APRA’s definition of non-viability may not
necessarily be confined to these matters and APRA’s position on these matters may change over time.
APRA has indicated that non-viability is likely to arise prior to insolvency. As the occurrence of a Non-
Viability Trigger Event is at the discretion of APRA, there can be no assurance given as to the factors
and circumstances that might give rise to such an event. A Non-Viability Trigger Event could occur at
any time. It could occur on dates not previously contemplated by investors or which may be
unfavourable in light of then-prevailing market conditions or investors’ individual circumstances or
timing preferences.
The Issuer has frameworks in place to manage capital, funding and liquidity risk to lower the risk of
experiencing financial difficulty.
The section entitled “Risks relating to Westpac’s business” sets out a number of general risks
associated with the Issuer’s businesses. If one, or a combination, of these risks leads to a significant
capital loss, or prolonged difficulties in raising funding or maintaining sufficient liquidity, the Issuer
believes this may be the type of situation in which APRA would become concerned and notify the Issuer
that it has become non-viable. It should be noted that these are examples. The risks outlined in the
section entitled “Risks relating to Westpac’s business” are not exhaustive and there may be other risks
which affect the financial performance and condition of the Issuer and consequently, the likelihood of
the occurrence of a Non-Viability Trigger Event.
Conversion following a Non-Viability Trigger Event
Upon the occurrence of a Non-Viability Trigger Event, if Conversion is the primary method of loss
absorption and if Subordinated Instruments are required to be Converted (see “Order of Conversion of
Relevant Securities”, below), all or some Subordinated Instruments (or a percentage of the
Outstanding Principal Amount of each Subordinated Instrument) will Convert into the applicable
Conversion Number of Ordinary Shares, subject to the Maximum Conversion Number. In these
circumstances, it is likely that the Maximum Conversion Number will apply and limit the number of
Ordinary Shares to be issued. Upon Conversion, the value of Ordinary Shares received is likely to be
significantly less than the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Subordinated Instruments because:
 the VWAP during the 5 ASX Business Days on which trading in Ordinary Shares took place
immediately preceding but not including the Non-Viability Trigger Event Date may differ from
the Ordinary Share price on or after that date;
 the number of Ordinary Shares holders receive for each Subordinated Instrument on
Conversion is limited by the Maximum Conversion Number, which is based on 20 per cent. of
the Issue Date VWAP. It is likely that the Maximum Conversion Number will apply if a Non-
Viability Trigger Event has occurred and limit the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued; and
 where the Specified Currency is other than the Australian dollar, the Australian dollar may
depreciate in value against the Specified Currency by the time of Conversion. Any
depreciation of the Australian dollar against the Specified Currency by the time of Conversion
will increase the likelihood of the Maximum Conversion Number applying on Conversion and
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particularly if such depreciation is significant. This is because:
o the Maximum Conversion Number is based on an Issue Date VWAP in Australian
dollars and the Specified Currency Outstanding Principal Amount of each
Subordinated Instrument converted to Australian dollars is based on the spot rate of
exchange at the time of issue; and
o the Conversion Number is based on the VWAP in Australian dollars at the time of
Conversion and the Specified Currency Outstanding Principal Amount of each
Subordinated Instrument converted to Australian dollars is based on the spot rate of
exchange at the time of Conversion.
The Maximum Conversion Number may be adjusted to reflect a consolidation, division or
reclassification, or pro rata bonus issue, of Ordinary Shares. However, no adjustment will be made to
it on account of other transactions which may affect the price of Ordinary Shares, including for example,
rights issues, returns of capital, buy-backs or special dividends. The transactions that Westpac may
undertake with respect to its share capital are not limited and any such action may increase the risk
that Holders receive only the Maximum Conversion Number and so adversely affect the position of
Holders.
However, even if Conversion is the primary method of loss absorption, the Subordinated Instruments
may, in certain circumstances, still be subject to Write-off. See “Termination of rights where Conversion
does not occur or if Write-off is the primary method of loss absorption” below.
Ordinary Shares
While the Issuer currently has Ordinary Shares listed on the ASX, the Ordinary Shares issued on
Conversion may not be listed, for example, if the Issuer is acquired by another entity and delisted. The
Ordinary Shares may not be able to be sold at prices representing their value based on the VWAP. In
particular, the VWAP will be based on trading days which occurred immediately before the occurrence
of the Non-Viability Trigger Event.
Ordinary Shares are a different type of investment to the Subordinated Instruments. Dividends are
payable at the absolute discretion of the Issuer and the amount of each dividend is also discretionary.
In a Winding-Up, claims of holders of Ordinary Shares rank behind claims of holders of all other
securities and debts of the Issuer. There may be no market in Ordinary Shares received on Conversion
and investors may not be able to sell the Ordinary Shares at a price equal to the value of their
investment or at all and as a result may suffer a loss. Furthermore, the market price of Ordinary Shares
may be more sensitive than that of Subordinated Instruments to changes in the Issuer’s performance,
operational issues and other business issues.
Potential investors in Subordinated Instruments should understand that if a Non-Viability Trigger Event
occurs and Subordinated Instruments are Converted, investors are obliged to accept Ordinary Shares
or have such Ordinary Shares issued to a Sale and Transfer Agent to be delivered or sold on their
behalf.
Order of Conversion of Relevant Securities
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determine the amount of Subordinated Instruments which will be Converted or Written-off and other
Relevant Securities which will be converted, written-off or written-down as follows:
 first, the Issuer will convert, write-off or write-down an amount of the outstanding principal
amount of all outstanding Relevant Tier 1 Securities before Conversion or Write-off of the
Subordinated Instruments; and
 second, if conversion, write-off or write-down of those Relevant Tier 1 Securities is not
sufficient, the Issuer will Convert or Write-off the Subordinated Instruments and convert, write-
off or write-down other Relevant Tier 2 Securities, on a pro-rata basis or in a manner that is
otherwise, in the opinion of the Issuer, fair and reasonable (subject to such adjustments as
the Issuer may determine to take into account the effect on marketable parcels and the need
to round to whole numbers of Ordinary Shares and the authorised denominations of any
Relevant Tier 2 Securities remaining on issue, and the need to effect the conversion, write-off
or write-down immediately),
but such determination will not impede the immediate Conversion or Write-Off of the relevant
Subordinated Instruments or percentage of the Outstanding Principal Amount of each Subordinated
Instrument or, if applicable, termination of the relevant Holders’ rights and claims.
However, the Issuer has no obligation to have or maintain on issue Relevant Tier 1 Securities which
are required to be converted, written-off or written-down ahead of Subordinated Instruments and other
Relevant Tier 2 Securities and gives no assurance that there will be any such instruments on issue at
the time at which the Subordinated Instruments may be required to be Converted or Written-off.
Termination of rights where Conversion does not occur or if Write-off is the primary method of
loss absorption
If Conversion of a Subordinated Instrument (or a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Amount of
the Subordinated Instrument) does not occur for any reason within 5 ASX Business Days after the
Non-Viability Trigger Event Date (including, for example, due to applicable law, order of a court or
action of any government authority, including regarding the insolvency, Winding-Up or other external
administration of the Issuer or as a result of the Issuer’s inability or failure to comply with its obligations
under the Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated Instrument in relation to Conversion), or if Write-
off is specified in the Pricing Supplement as being the primary method of loss absorption, then the
Subordinated Instrument (or a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Subordinated
Instrument to be Converted or Written-off) will be Written-off and the rights of Holders in relation to
such Subordinated Instrument (including to payments of interest and accrued but unpaid interest, and
the repayment of the Outstanding Principal Amount and, where Conversion is the primary method of
loss absorption, to be issued with Ordinary Shares in respect of such Subordinated Instruments) will
be immediately and irrevocably written-off and terminated with effect on and from the Non-Viability
Trigger Event Date and investors will lose all or some of their investment and will not receive any
compensation.
In certain circumstances, an investor holding Subordinated Instruments subject to Conversion
may not receive Ordinary Shares, only the proceeds thereof, as the Ordinary Shares would be
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to occur when market conditions are not favourable
lf Subordinated Instruments are held by the operator of a Clearing System, then in respect of a Non-
Viability Trigger Event Date:
(a) provided a Clearing System Participant has provided the Issuer and, if appointed, the relevant
Sale and Transfer Agent with certain details relating to its holding of Ordinary Shares (such as
name, address and security account details) by the Clearing System Cut-Off Date (which will
be specified in the Pricing Supplement) the Clearing System Participant will be entitled to
receive the Ordinary Shares; or
(b) the Clearing System Participant will receive the proceeds of the sale of the Ordinary Shares
from one or more Sale and Transfer Agents,
in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated lnstruments. If a Clearing System
Participant fails to provide the required information, notifies the Issuer that it does not wish to receive
Ordinary Shares on or prior to the Clearing System Cut-off Date, or would be an Ineligible Holder, the
Clearing System Participant will not be entitled to receive Ordinary Shares and will instead receive the
proceeds of their sale (after deducting any applicable brokerage fees, stamp duty and other taxes
(including, without limitation, FATCA Withholding) and charges) by a Sale and Transfer Agent.
It is expected that all Subordinated Instruments will be held by one or more Clearing System
Participants (and will be held for so long as the Subordinated Instruments are represented by a
Temporary Global Instrument or Permanent Global Instrument).
In certain circumstances including, for example, where Subordinated lnstruments are held by an
Ineligible Holder or a Holder has notified the lssuer that it does not wish to receive Ordinary Shares on
Conversion, then, on a Non-Viability Trigger Event Date, such Holder's rights (including to payments
of interest and accrued interest and the repayment of the Outstanding Principal Amount and, where
Conversion is the primary method of loss absorption, to be issued with Ordinary Shares in respect of
such Subordinated Instruments) in relation to each Subordinated Instrument will be immediately and
irrevocably written off and terminated. The lssuer will in these circumstances issue the Conversion
Number of Ordinary Shares to one or more Sale and Transfer Agents to hold on trust for sale for the
benefit of the Holder.
An “Ineligible Holder” is:
 a Holder who is prohibited or restricted by any applicable law or regulation in force in Australia
from being offered, holding or acquiring Ordinary Shares. This would include, but is not limited
to, restrictions under Chapter 6 of the Corporations Act 2001, the Foreign Acquisitions and
Takeovers Act 1975 of Australia, the Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998 of Australia
and Part lV of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 of Australia; or
 a Foreign Holder. A “Foreign Holder” is a Holder (a) whose place of residence is outside
Australia or (b) who the lssuer otherwise believes may not be a resident of Australia and, in
either case, the lssuer is not satisfied that the laws of both the Commonwealth of Australia
and the Holder’s country of residence would permit the unconditional offer to, or the
unconditional holding or acquisition of Ordinary Shares by, the Holder (although the lssuer is
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Where the Ordinary Shares are issued to one or more Sale and Transfer Agents, the Sale and Transfer
Agent will have no duty to seek a fair market price, or to engage in an arm’s length transaction in such
sale, and may not be able to sell the Ordinary Shares at all. In addition, market conditions are likely to
have deteriorated following the Non-Viability Trigger Event that caused the Conversion and their
market value may be significantly less than the value of the Subordinated Instruments.
To enable the Issuer to issue Ordinary Shares to a Holder on Conversion, Holders need to have
appropriate securities accounts in Australia for the receipt of Ordinary Shares and to provide to the
Issuer or, if appointed, the Sale and Transfer Agent, prior to the Clearing System Cut-Off Date specified
in the Pricing Supplement, their name and address and certain security holder account and other
details. Holders should understand that a failure to provide this information to the Issuer or, if appointed,
the Sale and Transfer Agent, by the Clearing System Cut-Off Date may result in the Issuer issuing the
Ordinary Shares to the Sale and Transfer Agent who will sell the Ordinary Shares and pay the net
proceeds to the Holders. In this situation, Holders will have no rights against the Issuer in relation to
the Conversion and will not be able to trade in any Ordinary Shares issued to the Sale and Transfer
Agent.
The Issuer may fail to pay principal, interest or other amounts and there are limited remedies
available for an Event of Default
There is a risk that the Issuer may default on payment of some or all of the principal, interest or other
amounts payable on the Subordinated Instruments. If the Issuer does not pay some or all of the
principal, interest or other amounts payable on the Subordinated Instruments, Holders may lose some
or all of the money invested in Subordinated Instruments.
The remedies available to Holders in the event of non-payment are limited. Failure to pay because the
Solvency Condition is not satisfied is not an Event of Default.
If an amount is not paid in circumstances where the Solvency Condition has been satisfied, that is an
Event of Default and the Holder may institute proceedings:
 to recover any amount then due and payable but unpaid on its Subordinated Instrument
(subject to the Issuer being able to make the payment and remain Solvent);
 to obtain an order for specific performance of any other obligation in respect of its
Subordinated Instrument; or
 for a winding-up of the Issuer in Australia.
There is a risk that the entire amount owed may not be recovered even if the Holder institutes
proceedings against the Issuer. Further, although the Terms and Conditions may specify certain
remedies (for example, seeking an order for the winding-up of the Issuer in Australia), the grant of
those remedies may be in the discretion of a court and, as such, may not be granted.
A Holder will have no right to accelerate payment or exercise any other remedies (including any right
to sue for damages) as a consequence of any default other than as specifically described above. In
the event of a Winding-Up in Australia (but not in any other jurisdiction), the Subordinated Instruments
of the relevant series will become immediately due and payable (unless they have already been
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Subordinated Instruments of the relevant series may be accelerated.
Ranking of the Subordinated Instruments
The Subordinated Instruments are unsecured, subordinated obligations of the Issuer.
In the event of a Winding-Up, if the Subordinated Instruments are still on issue and have not been
redeemed early, or, following a Non-Viability Trigger Event, Converted or Written-off, they rank for
payment:
 ahead of Ordinary Shares and other Junior Ranking Capital Instruments;
 equally among themselves and with other Equal Ranking Instruments; and
 behind Senior Creditors (including depositors and all holders of the Issuer’s senior or less
subordinated debt).
As the Subordinated Instruments rank after Senior Creditors, there is a risk that in a Winding-Up, there
will be insufficient funds to provide any return to Holders.
If, in a Winding-Up, the Subordinated Instruments of any series are still on issue and have not been
redeemed early, or, following a Non-Viability Trigger Event, Converted or Written-off, Holders will only
be entitled to prove for any sums payable in respect of their Subordinated Instruments as a debt which
is subject to prior payment in full of Senior Creditors. However, it is unlikely a Winding-Up will occur
without a Non-Viability Trigger Event having occurred first and the Subordinated Instruments being
Converted or Written-off. In that event:
 if the Subordinated Instruments have been Converted, Holders will hold Ordinary Shares and
rank equally with existing holders of Ordinary Shares in a Winding-Up; and
 if, following a Non-Viability Trigger Event, Conversion does not occur for any reason (for
example, due to applicable laws, order of a court or action of any government authority) within
5 ASX Business Days following the Non-Viability Trigger Event Date, or if Write-off is specified
in the Pricing Supplement as being the primary method of loss absorption, then the
Subordinated Instruments (or a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Amount) will be
Written-off and the Holders’ rights and claims in relation to such Subordinated Instruments
(including to payments of interest and accrued but unpaid interest, and the repayment of the
Outstanding Principal Amount and, where Conversion is the primary method of loss
absorption, to be issued with the Conversion Number of Ordinary Shares in respect of such
Subordinated Instruments), are immediately and irrevocably written-off and terminated with
effect on and from the Non-Viability Trigger Event Date.
In such an event, a Holder’s investment in the Subordinated Instruments will lose all or some of its
value and such Holder will not receive any compensation.
Exposure to the Issuer’s financial performance and position and changes to the Issuer’s ratings
An investment in Subordinated Instruments is an investment in the Issuer and may be affected by the
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the Issuer by rating agencies.
If the Issuer’s financial performance or position declines or the credit ratings assigned to it change, or
if market participants anticipate such a decline or change, an investment in the Subordinated
Instruments could decline in value even if the Subordinated Instruments have not been Converted.
See the section entitled “Westpac could be adversely affected by the failure to maintain its credit ratings”
for further information regarding the potential impact of failing to maintain credit ratings assigned to the
Issuer by rating agencies.
The Ordinary Share price used to calculate the Conversion Number of Ordinary Shares may be
different to the market price of Ordinary Shares at the time of Conversion
The number of Ordinary Shares issued to Holders upon Conversion will generally depend on the VWAP
of Ordinary Shares over the 5 ASX Business Days on which trading in Ordinary Shares took place
immediately preceding but not including the Non-Viability Trigger Event Date, and is subject to the
Maximum Conversion Number. Accordingly, the Ordinary Share price used to calculate the Conversion
Number of Ordinary Shares may be different to the market price of Ordinary Shares at the time of
Conversion so that the value of Ordinary Shares received may be less than the value of those Ordinary
Shares based on the Ordinary Share price on the Non-Viability Trigger Event Date.
Holders cannot request redemption or Conversion of Subordinated Instruments and any early
redemption rights of the Issuer may not be exercised or approved by APRA
Holders have no right to request redemption or Conversion of the Subordinated Instruments at any
time. Therefore, prior to the Maturity Date, unless the Issuer has the right to and elects to redeem the
Subordinated Instruments early (noting that any such redemption is subject to APRA’s prior written
approval), in order to realise an investment, a Holder would need to sell its Subordinated Instruments
at the prevailing market price. Depending on market conditions at the time, the Subordinated
Instruments may be trading at a market price below the issue price and/or the market for the
Subordinated Instruments may not be liquid. The Issuer does not guarantee that Holders will be able
to sell each Subordinated Instrument at an acceptable price or at all.
If the Issuer has the right to redeem Subordinated Instruments early, any such redemption is subject
to the prior written approval of APRA, which may or may not be given. Holders should not expect that
APRA will approve an early redemption of Subordinated Instruments. APRA has recently reinforced
existing prudential requirements and its expectations for regulated entities (such as the Issuer) seeking
APRA’s approval to redeem a capital instrument (such as the Subordinated Instruments), including
redeeming a capital instrument and replacing it with one that has a higher credit spread or that is
otherwise more expensive. APRA’s expectations and the applicable prudential standards may affect
the ability of the Issuer to elect to redeem the Subordinated Instruments early. The matters to which
APRA may have regard in considering whether to give its approval are not limited and may change.
Redemption at the Issuer’s option or for tax or regulatory reasons
Where the Pricing Supplement specifies “Early redemption at the option of the Issuer” as being
applicable, the Subordinated Instruments may (subject to APRA’s prior written approval, which may or
may not be given, and Holders should not expect that APRA’s prior written approval will be given for
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circumstances (but not earlier than the fifth anniversary of the Issue Date). Where the Pricing
Supplement specifies “Early redemption for adverse tax events” or “Early redemption for regulatory
events” as being applicable, the Issuer may (subject to APRA’s prior written approval, which may or
may not be given, and Holders should not expect that APRA’s prior written approval will be given for
any redemption of Subordinated Instruments) redeem the Subordinated Instruments following the
occurrence of an Adverse Tax Event or Regulatory Event, provided that the Issuer has obtained, in the
case of an Adverse Tax Event, a supporting opinion of legal or tax advisers of recognised standing in
Australia or, in the case of a Regulatory Event, a supporting opinion of advisers of recognised standing
in Australia or confirmation from APRA that a Regulatory Event has occurred.
An Adverse Tax Event will occur if the Issuer determines that as a result of any amendment to,
clarification of or change in Tax Legislation which has been or will be effected or any Administrative
Action under or in connection with Tax Legislation or any amendment to, clarification of, or change in,
any such Administrative Action, being in each case by a legislative body, court, government authority
or regulatory body on or after the relevant Issue Date (but which the Issuer did not expect at the Issue
Date):
 there is a material risk that the Issuer would be exposed to a more than de minimis adverse
tax consequence in relation to the Subordinated Instruments;

 the Issuer determines that any interest payable on the Subordinated Instruments is not, or
may not be, allowed as a deduction for the purposes of Australian income tax; or

 the Issuer has or will become obliged to pay Additional Amounts in accordance with the Terms
and Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments.
A Regulatory Event will occur if:
 as a result of any amendment to, clarification of or change (including any announcement of a
change that will be introduced) in any law or regulation of the Commonwealth of Australia or
the Prudential Standards or any official administrative pronouncement or action or judicial
decision interpreting or applying such law, regulation or Prudential Standards, which
amendment, clarification or change is effective, or pronouncement, action or decision is
announced, on or after the Issue Date; or
 written confirmation is received from APRA after the Issue Date that,
the Issuer is not or will not be entitled to treat all of the Subordinated Instruments of a Series as Tier 2
Capital in whole, provided that, in each case, the Issuer did not expect at the Issue Date that the matter
giving rise to the Regulatory Event would occur.
There can be no certainty that APRA will provide its prior written approval for any redemption prior to
the Maturity Date. Redemption is also subject to the Solvency Condition having been satisfied and to
the Issuer having replaced, or concurrently with redemption replacing, the Subordinated Instruments
with a capital instrument which is of the same or better quality than the Subordinated Instruments and
the replacement is done under conditions that are sustainable for the Issuer’s income capacity (or
confirmation from APRA that it does not have to replace the Subordinated Instruments).
If redemption occurs on a date not previously contemplated, it may be disadvantageous in light of
market conditions or Holders’ individual circumstances. The possibility of redemption means that the
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Instruments is unknown.
Where cash is received on redemption, the rate of return at which a Holder could re-invest such funds
may be lower than the return received on the Subordinated Instruments. Further, upon redemption a
Holder will receive the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Subordinated Instruments which may be
less than their market value immediately prior to redemption.
Changes to the capital adequacy framework in Australia
Any fall in the Issuer's Common Equity Tier 1 Capital Ratio as a result of changes to APRA's capital
adequacy framework may adversely impact the market price of the Subordinated Instruments or
potentially increase the chance at a later date that Conversion of Subordinated Instruments takes place
due to the occurrence of a Non-Viability Trigger Event (a Non-Viability Trigger Event will occur where
APRA notifies the Issuer in writing that it believes Conversion or Write-off of the Subordinated
Instruments (or conversion, write-off or write-down of Relevant Securities) or a public sector injection
of capital, or equivalent support, is necessary because, without it, the Issuer would become non-viable).
U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”)
Legislation incorporating provisions referred to as FATCA was passed in the United States on 18 March
2010. This description is based on guidance issued to date by the U.S. Department of Treasury,
including final regulations. Future guidance may affect the application of FATCA to the Subordinated
Instruments and the Ordinary Shares.
It is possible that, in order to comply with FATCA, the Issuer (or, if the Subordinated Instruments or the
Ordinary Shares are held through another financial institution, such other financial institution) may be
required (pursuant to an agreement entered into with the United States or under applicable law
(including pursuant to the terms of any applicable intergovernmental agreement entered into between
the United States and any other jurisdiction)) (i) to request certain information from the Holders or
beneficial owners of the Subordinated Instruments or the Ordinary Shares, which information may be
provided to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), and (ii) to withhold U.S. tax on any portion of
any payment with respect to the Subordinated Instruments or with respect to the Ordinary Shares upon
any Conversion treated as a foreign passthru payment made two years or more after the date on which
the final regulations that define “foreign passthru payments” are published if such information is not
provided or if payments are made to certain foreign financial institutions that have not entered into a
similar agreement with the United States (and are not otherwise required to comply with the FATCA
regime under applicable law (including pursuant to the terms of any applicable intergovernmental
agreement entered into between the United States and any other jurisdiction)).
If the Issuer or any other person is required to withhold or deduct amounts arising under or in
connection with FATCA from any payments made with respect to the Subordinated Instruments, with
respect to the issuance of any Ordinary Shares upon any Conversion or with respect to the Ordinary
Shares, the Holders and beneficial owners of the Subordinated Instruments, and holders and beneficial
owners of Ordinary Shares issued upon any Conversion, will not be entitled to receive any gross up or
other additional amounts under Condition 10 (Taxation) of the Subordinated Instruments, or otherwise,
on account of any such withholding or deduction. FATCA is complex and its application to the
Subordinated Instruments, any Conversion and the Ordinary Shares remains uncertain. Prospective
investors are advised to consult their own tax advisors as to the application of FATCA to the
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The OECD Common Reporting Standard (“the CRS”)
The CRS requires certain financial institutions to report information regarding certain accounts (which
may include the Subordinated Instruments) to their local tax authority and follow related due diligence
procedures. Holders or beneficial owners of Subordinated Instruments may be requested to provide
certain information and certifications to ensure compliance with the CRS. A jurisdiction that has signed
a CRS Competent Authority Agreement may provide this information to other jurisdictions that have
signed the CRS Competent Authority Agreement.
Future issues of securities by the Issuer
The Issuer and members of the Westpac Group may, at their absolute discretion, issue securities in
the future that:
 rank for payment of principal or interest (including in the Winding-Up of the Issuer or another
member of the Westpac Group) equally with, behind or ahead of the Subordinated
Instruments;
 have the same or different maturities as the Subordinated Instruments;
 have the same or different dividend, interest or distribution rates as the Subordinated
Instruments; or
 have the same or different terms and conditions as the Subordinated Instruments.
The Issuer may incur further indebtedness and may issue further securities including further Tier 2
Capital securities. The Terms and Conditions do not require the Issuer to refrain from certain business
changes or require the Issuer to operate within certain ratio limits.
An investment in Subordinated Instruments carries no right to participate in any future issue of
securities (whether equity, hybrid, debt or otherwise) by any member of the Westpac Group.
No prediction can be made as to the effect, if any, such future issues of securities by an entity in the
Westpac Group may have on the market price or liquidity of Subordinated Instruments.
The Terms and Conditions provide only limited protection against significant events that could
adversely impact your investment in the Subordinated Instruments
The Terms and Conditions do not:
• require the Westpac Group to maintain any financial ratios or specific levels of net worth,
revenues, income, cash flow or liquidity;
• restrict the Westpac Group’s subsidiaries’ ability to issue securities or otherwise incur
indebtedness or other obligations that would be senior to the Issuer’s equity interests in its
subsidiaries and therefore rank effectively senior to the Subordinated Instruments with respect
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• restrict the Westpac Group’s ability to repurchase or prepay any other of its securities or other
indebtedness; or
• restrict the Westpac Group’s ability to make investments or to repurchase, or pay dividends
or make other payments in respect of Ordinary Shares or other securities ranking junior to the
Subordinated Instruments.
As a result of the foregoing, when evaluating the terms of the Subordinated Instruments, potential
investors should be aware that the Terms and Conditions do not restrict the Issuer or the Westpac
Group’s ability to engage in, or to otherwise be a party to, a variety of corporate transactions,
circumstances and events that could have an adverse impact on an investment in the Subordinated
Instruments.
Amendment of the Terms and Conditions of Subordinated Instruments
The Issuer may, with the consent of the Fiscal Agent and provided it obtains APRA's prior written
approval where the amendment may affect the eligibility of any Subordinated Instrument as Tier 2
Capital, amend the Terms and Conditions for any Subordinated Instrument, the relevant Pricing
Supplement and the Deed of Covenant (each insofar as they may apply to such Subordinated
Instruments) without the approval of Holders, provided the Issuer is of the opinion that the amendment
is for the purposes of correcting a manifest or proven error. Except for the amendments necessary to:
(a) effect the substitution of an Approved Successor (see below), or (b) effect any successor rate,
alternative rate or replacement benchmark or make any related adjustments and/or amendments
thereto (see below), no other amendments are permitted without the sanction of an Extraordinary
Resolution.
Amendments under these powers are binding on all Holders despite the fact that a Holder may not
agree with the amendment.
APRA's prior written approval to amend the Terms and Conditions is always required where the
amendment may affect the eligibility of the Subordinated Instruments as Tier 2 Capital.
Successor holding company
Where the Issuer is replaced as the ultimate holding company of the Westpac Group by an Approved
Successor and certain other conditions are satisfied, the Issuer may be allowed to make amendments
(provided APRA's prior written approval is obtained) to substitute the Approved Successor as the
debtor in respect of the Subordinated Instruments and the issuer of the ordinary shares to be issued
on Conversion and to make certain other amendments to the Terms and Conditions. Accordingly,
potential investors should be aware that, if:
 the Issuer is replaced by an Approved Successor as the ultimate holding company of the
Westpac Group; and
 a substitution of the Approved Successor as the debtor in respect of the Subordinated
Instruments and the issuer of the ordinary shares on Conversion is effected under the Terms
and Conditions,
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Conversion occurs after the replacement of the Issuer with an Approved Successor.
Potential investors should also be aware that Holders may not have a right to vote on any proposal to
approve, implement or give effect to the establishment of an Approved Successor.
The Issuer has not made a decision to substitute an Approved Successor as the ultimate holding
company of the Westpac Group.
Where the Issuer transfers its assets to an Approved Successor, the Issuer may as a result have
reduced assets which may affect its credit rating and the likelihood Holders will receive their claims in
full in a Winding-Up.
No rights if control of the Issuer is acquired
If a person other than an Approved Successor acquires control of the Issuer, the Terms and Conditions
do not provide any right or remedy for the Holders on account of such an acquisition occurring. Further,
such an acquisition of the Issuer may result in the Issuer’s Ordinary Shares no longer being quoted on
ASX.
If, after such an acquisition has occurred, a Non-Viability Trigger Event occurs, the number of Ordinary
Shares to be issued on Conversion will reflect the VWAP for the period of 5 ASX Business Days on
which the Ordinary Shares were last traded on ASX. The period of 5 ASX Business Days may be well
before the Non-Viability Trigger Event and, accordingly, the value of the Conversion Number of
Ordinary Shares when issued may be very different from the value based on that VWAP. This may
adversely affect the value of the Ordinary Shares which are issued to Holders upon Conversion and
such Ordinary Shares may not be freely tradeable.
The exercise of administrative powers by APRA or other regulatory authorities that supervise
the Issuer may result in adverse consequences to the Holders
The exercise of administrative powers by APRA or other regulatory authorities that supervise the Issuer
may result in adverse consequences to the Holders. In particular, under the Banking Act, for the
purpose of protecting depositors and maintaining the stability of the Australian financial system, APRA
has administrative power, among other things, to issue a direction to the Westpac Group regarding the
conduct of its business, including prohibiting making payments with respect to its debt obligations
(including the Subordinated Instruments), and, if it becomes unable to meet its obligations or suspends
payment (and in certain other circumstances), to appoint a “Banking Act statutory manager’’ to take
control of its business. The powers of APRA are broad and may be exercised in a way that adversely
affects Westpac’s ability to comply with its obligations in respect of the Subordinated Instruments.
APRA also has powers to facilitate resolution of the entities it regulates (and their subsidiaries),
including Westpac and its subsidiaries. APRA has oversight, management and directions powers and
statutory management powers over certain entities within the Westpac Group. In addition, the Banking
Act gives statutory recognition to the conversion or write-off of regulatory capital instruments (including
the Subordinated Instruments).
Insolvency and similar proceedings are likely to be governed by Australian law
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Australian law. Australian insolvency laws are different from the insolvency laws of certain other
jurisdictions, including the United States and the UK. In particular, the voluntary administration
procedure under the Corporations Act 2001, which provides for the potential re-organisation of an
insolvent company, differs significantly from Chapter 11 under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the
voluntarily administration procedure under the UK Insolvency Act 1986 and may differ from similar
provisions under the insolvency laws of other non-Australian jurisdictions.
In addition, to the extent that the Holders of the Subordinated Instruments are entitled to any recovery
with respect to the Subordinated Instruments in any bankruptcy or certain other events in bankruptcy,
insolvency, dissolution or reorganization relating to the Issuer, those Holders might not be entitled in
such proceedings to a recovery in a currency other than Australian dollars.
Ratings of the Subordinated Instruments
The credit ratings assigned to the Subordinated Instruments may not reflect the potential impact of all
risks related to the structure and other factors on any trading market for, or trading value of, the
Subordinated Instruments. In addition, real or anticipated changes in the credit ratings of the
Instruments will generally affect any trading market for, or trading value of, the Subordinated
Instruments. A credit rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject
to suspension, cancellation, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Any
suspension, reduction or withdrawal of a rating by a rating agency could reduce the liquidity or market
value of the Subordinated Instruments.
Subordinated Instruments linked to or referencing benchmarks
Interest rates and indices which are deemed “benchmarks” (including EURIBOR and other interbank
offered rates (“IBORs”)) have for several years been, and continue to be, the focus of national and
international regulatory guidance and proposals for reform. Some of these reforms, such as the
discontinuation of LIBOR, are already effective or underway whilst others are still to be implemented.
These reforms may cause such benchmarks to perform differently than in the past, to disappear entirely,
or have other consequences which cannot be predicted. Any such consequence could adversely affect
any Subordinated Instruments linked to or referencing such a benchmark.
Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016, as amended
(the “EU Benchmarks Regulation”) and the EU Benchmarks Regulation as it forms part of the
domestic law in the UK by virtue of the EUWA (the “UK Benchmarks Regulation”) each applies,
subject to certain transitional provisions, to the provision of benchmarks, the contribution of input data
to a benchmark and the use of a benchmark within the EU and the UK, respectively. They, among other
things, (i) require benchmark administrators to be authorised or registered (or, if non-EU-based or non-
UK based (as applicable), to be subject to an equivalent regime or otherwise recognised or endorsed)
and (ii) prevent certain uses by EU or UK supervised entities (as applicable) of benchmarks of
administrators that are not authorised or registered (or, if non-EU based or non-UK based (as
applicable), not deemed equivalent or recognised or endorsed).
Both the EU Benchmarks Regulation and the UK Benchmarks Regulation could have a material impact
on any Subordinated Instruments linked to or referencing a benchmark, in particular, if the methodology
or other terms of the benchmark are changed in order to comply with the requirements of the EU
Benchmarks Regulation or the UK Benchmarks Regulation. Such changes could, among other things,
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of the relevant benchmark.
In Australia, the Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Measures No. 5) Act 2018 of Australia amended the
Corporations Act, to, among other things, establish a licensing regime for administrators of significant
financial benchmarks (including the Australian Bank Bill Swap Rate (the “BBSW Rate”)) and enable
ASIC to make rules relating to the generation and administration of such benchmark indices. On 6
June 2018 ASIC issued the ASIC Financial Benchmark (Administration) Rules 2018 (the
"Administration Rules") and the ASIC Financial Benchmark (Compelled) Rules 2018 (the
“Compelled Rules”) pursuant to this power. These Administration Rules require, among other things,
a person who is licensed to administer a regulated benchmark (a benchmark administrator licensee)
to: (i) use a method for generating that benchmark that is designed to ensure the quality, integrity,
availability, reliability and credibility of that benchmark; (ii) to act efficiently, honestly and fairly in
generating and administering that benchmark; and (iii) to ensure that arrangements with persons who
contribute data to the generation of benchmarks (“contributors”) meet certain criteria for these
purposes. The Compelled Rules, among other things, allow ASIC to require a benchmark administrator
licensee to continue to generate or administer a regulated benchmark and to require contributors to
continue to provide data required for the generation of the relevant benchmark.
More broadly, any of the international or national reforms or other initiatives or investigations or the
general increased regulatory scrutiny of benchmarks could have (without limitation) the following
effects on certain benchmarks: (i) increasing the costs and risk of administering or otherwise
participating in the setting of a benchmark and complying with any such regulations or requirements;
(ii) discouraging market participants from continuing to administer or contribute to a benchmark; (iii)
triggering changes in the rules or methodologies used in the benchmark; or (iv) leading to the
disappearance of the benchmark. Any of the above changes or any other consequential changes as a
result of international or national reforms or other initiatives or investigations could have a material
adverse effect on the value of and return on any Subordinated Instruments linked to, referencing or
otherwise dependent (in whole or in part) upon a benchmark.
On 21 January 2019, the euro risk-free rate working group for the euro area published a set of guiding
principles and high level recommendations for fallback provisions in, amongst other things, new euro
denominated cash products (including bonds) referencing EURIBOR. The guiding principles indicate,
among other things, that continuing to reference EURIBOR in relevant contracts (without robust
fallback provisions) may increase the risk to the euro area financial system. On 11 May 2021, the euro
risk-free rate working group published its recommendations on EURIBOR fallback trigger events and
fallback rates.
Such factors may have (without limitation) the following effects on certain benchmarks: (i) discouraging
market participants from continuing to administer or contribute to a benchmark; (ii) triggering changes
in the rules or methodologies used in the benchmark; and/or (iii) leading to the disappearance of the
benchmark. Investors should consult their own independent advisers and make their own assessment
about the potential risks imposed by the EU Benchmarks Regulation, the UK Benchmarks Regulation,
the Administration Rules and the Compelled Rules, and any other international or national reforms in
respect of benchmarks, in making any investment decision with respect to the Subordinated
Instruments.
In particular, investors should be aware that if a benchmark rate were discontinued or otherwise
unavailable, the rate of interest on Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments which are linked to or which
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reset by reference to a mid-swap rate linked to such benchmarks will be determined for the relevant
period by the fallback provisions under Condition 7 (Interest) of the Terms and Conditions of the
Subordinated Instruments. These fallback arrangements may require or result in adjustments to the
interest calculation provisions of the Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments.
In certain situations, including the relevant benchmark ceasing to be administered or being
discontinued or otherwise unavailable, the fallback arrangements will include the possibility that:
(A) the relevant interest rate (or, as applicable, component thereof) could be set or, as the case
may be, determined by reference to a successor rate, an alternative rate or a replacement
benchmark (as applicable); and
(B) such successor rate, alternative rate or replacement benchmark (as applicable) may be
adjusted (if required) by the relevant Independent Adviser or the Issuer (as applicable) in order
to reduce or eliminate, to the extent reasonably practicable in the circumstances, any
economic prejudice or benefit (as applicable) to investors as a result of the replacement of the
relevant benchmark although such adjustments to the Subordinated Instruments may not
achieve this objective.
Any such changes may result in the Subordinated Instruments performing differently (which may
include payment of a lower interest rate) than if the original benchmark continued to apply.
No consent of the Holders shall be required in connection with effecting any successor rate, alternative
rate or replacement benchmark (as applicable). In addition, no consent of the Holders shall be required
in connection with any other related adjustments and/or amendments to the Terms and Conditions of
the Subordinated Instruments (or any other document) which are made in order to effect any successor
rate, alternative rate or replacement benchmark (as applicable). Any such adjustment could have
unexpected consequences and there can be no assurance that, due to the particular circumstances of
each Holder, any such adjustment will be favourable to each Holder.
The Issuer will need to obtain the prior written approval of APRA, which may or may not be given,
before any successor rate, alternative rate or replacement benchmark (as applicable), or any
adjustment spread, may be effected.
In certain circumstances, the ultimate fallback for a particular Interest Accrual Period (as defined in the
Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments), including where no successor rate, alternative
rate or replacement benchmark (as applicable) is determined or where a successor rate, alternative
rate or replacement benchmark (or the application of any adjustment spread) has been determined but
has not been approved by APRA, may be that the interest rate for the last preceding Interest Accrual
Period is used for the following Interest Accrual Period. This may result in the effective application of a
fixed rate for any Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments, and any Fixed Rate Subordinated
Instruments for which the interest rate was due to be reset, being the Interest Rate which was
applicable as at the last preceding Interest Determination Date or as at the last preceding reset date
(as applicable), or, if none, at the Interest Commencement Date. In addition, due to the uncertainty
concerning the availability of successor rates, alternative rates and replacement benchmarks and the
involvement of an Independent Adviser, as well as the requirement for prior written approval of APRA,
the relevant fallback provisions may not operate as intended at the relevant time.
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Subordinated Instruments and could affect the ability of the Issuer to meet its obligations under the
relevant Subordinated Instruments or could have a material adverse effect on the value or liquidity of,
and the amount payable under, such Subordinated Instruments.
Prospective investors should note that, in the case of affected Subordinated Instruments, the relevant
Independent Adviser or the Issuer (as applicable) will, subject to the prior written approval of APRA,
have discretion to adjust the relevant successor rate, alternative rate or replacement benchmark (as
applicable) in the circumstances described above.
The market continues to develop in relation to risk-free rates (including SONIA and SOFR) as
reference rates for Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments
Investors should be aware that the market continues to develop in relation to risk-free rates (including
SONIA and SOFR) as reference rates in the capital markets and their adoption as alternatives to the
IBORs (such as LIBOR). In particular, both SONIA and SOFR are typically calculated on a compounded
(as opposed to a daily) basis which involves taking the SONIA or SOFR rate (as applicable) for each
business day over a relevant period in order to calculate the applicable compounded rate for such
period. Market participants and relevant working groups are exploring reference rates based on SONIA
and SOFR, including term reference rates (which seek to measure the market’s forward expectation
of an average rate over a designated term) or different measures of such reference rates. In addition,
on 2 March 2020, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the “Federal Reserve”) began publishing
the SOFR Index and on 3 August 2020, the Bank of England (“BoE”) began publishing the SONIA
Compounded Index.
SOFR is published by the Federal Reserve and is intended to be a broad measure of the cost of
borrowing cash overnight collateralised by Treasury securities and is a current preferred replacement
rate to USD LIBOR. Publication of SOFR began on 3 April 2018 and it therefore has a limited history.
In addition, the future performance of SOFR cannot be predicted based on its historical performance.
The level of SOFR over the term of Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments may bear little or no
relation to the historical level of SOFR. Prior observed patterns, if any, in the behaviour of market
variables, such as correlations, may change in the future. While some pre-publication, hypothetical
performance data has been published by the Federal Reserve, such data inherently involves
assumptions, estimates and approximations. Since the initial publication of SOFR, daily changes in
the rate have, on occasion, been more volatile than daily changes in other benchmark or market rates,
such as LIBOR, during corresponding periods. In addition, although changes in compounded SOFR
generally are not expected to be as volatile as changes in daily levels of SOFR, the return on and value
of Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments linked to or which reference a SOFR rate may fluctuate
more than floating rate debt securities that are linked to less volatile rates.
SONIA is currently published by the BoE and is intended to be a measure of the rate at which interest
is paid on sterling short-term wholesale funds in circumstances where credit, liquidity and other risks
are minimal. It is the current preferred replacement rate to GBP LIBOR. SONIA has been administered
by the BoE since April 2016. On 23 April 2018, the methodology used to calculate the benchmark was
reformed following several rounds of consultation. In this context, SONIA has a limited history. In
addition, the future performance of SONIA cannot be predicted based on its historical performance.
The level of SONIA over the term of Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments may bear little or no
relation to the historical level of SONIA. Prior observed patterns, if any, in the behaviour of market
variables, such as correlations, may change in the future. Since the initial publication of SONIA, daily
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market rates, such as LIBOR, during corresponding periods. In addition, although changes in
compounded SONIA generally are not expected to be as volatile as changes in daily levels of SONIA,
the return on and value of Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments linked to or which reference a
SONIA rate may fluctuate more than floating rate debt securities that are linked to less volatile rates.
The market or a significant part thereof may adopt an application of SONIA and/or SOFR that differs
significantly from that set out in the terms and conditions of the Subordinated Instruments and used in
relation to Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments that reference a SONIA or SOFR rate issued under
this Information Memorandum. The Issuer may in the future also issue Floating Rate Subordinated
Instruments referencing SONIA or SOFR that differ materially in terms of interest determination when
compared with any previous Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments referencing SONIA or SOFR
under this Programme.
As risk-free rates such as SONIA and SOFR are published and calculated by third parties based on
data received from other sources, the Issuer has no control over their respective determinations,
calculations or publications. There can be no guarantee that such rates will not be discontinued or
fundamentally altered in a manner that is materially adverse to the interests of investors in Floating
Rate Subordinated Instruments linked to or which reference such rates (or that any applicable
benchmark fallback provisions provided for in the Terms and Conditions will provide a rate which is
economically equivalent for Holders). In particular, in relation to SONIA and SOFR, neither the BoE nor
the Federal Reserve has an obligation to consider the interests of Holders in calculating, adjusting,
converting, revising or discontinuing SONIA or SOFR, respectively. If the manner in which a risk-free
rate is calculated is changed, that change may result in a reduction of the amount of interest payable
on such Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments and the trading prices of such Floating Rate
Subordinated Instruments.
Investors should also be aware that the manner of adoption or application of risk-free rates such as
SONIA or SOFR as reference rates in the international debt capital markets may differ materially
compared with the application and adoption of such rates in other markets, such as the derivatives and
loan markets. Investors should carefully consider how any mismatch between the adoption of risk-free
rates as reference rates across these markets may impact any hedging or other arrangements which
they may put in place in connection with any acquisition, holding or disposal of Floating Rate
Subordinated Instruments linked to or which reference a risk-free rate.
Since risk-free rates such as SONIA and SOFR are relatively new market indices, Floating Rate
Subordinated Instruments linked to or which reference such rates may have no established trading
market when issued, and an established trading market may never develop or may not be very liquid.
Market terms for debt securities linked to or which reference a risk-free rate may evolve over time and
trading prices of such Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments may be lower than those of the later
issued Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments that are linked to or which reference that risk-free rate
as a result. Further, if risk-free rates such as SONIA and SOFR do not prove to be widely used in
securities like the Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments, the trading price of Floating Rate
Subordinated Instruments linked to or which reference a SONIA rate or SOFR rate may be lower than
those of Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments linked to or which reference indices that are more
widely used. Investors in such Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments may not be able to sell such
Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments at all or may not be able to sell such Floating Rate
Subordinated Instruments at prices that will provide them with a yield comparable to similar
investments that have a developed secondary market, and may consequently suffer from increased
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Investors should consider these matters when making their investment decision with respect to any
such Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments linked to or which reference a risk-free rate such as a
SONIA rate or a SOFR rate.
The Interest Payment Dates for any series of Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments for which
Payment Delay is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as the Observation Method
for SOFR will be a number of business days (as may be specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement) after the Interest Period End Date in respect of the relevant Interest Period
The Interest Payment Dates for Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments for which Payment Delay is
specified as the Observation Method for SOFR in the applicable Pricing Supplement (“Payment Delay
Subordinated Instruments”) will be a number of business days (as may be specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement) after the Interest Period End Date in respect of the relevant Interest Period. This
convention differs from the convention that has been used historically for floating rate debt securities
linked to other benchmark or market rates, such as LIBOR, where interest typically has been paid on
the last day of an interest period. As a result, holders of Payment Delay Subordinated Instruments will
receive payments of interest on a delayed basis as compared to other Floating Rate Subordinated
Instruments in which they may have previously invested.
With respect to any Payment Delay Subordinated Instruments, in determining the Rate of
Interest in the final Interest Period, the SOFR rate for any day from, and including, the Cut-off
Date to, but excluding, the Maturity Date (or the relevant Early Redemption Date) will be the
SOFR rate in respect of the relevant Cut-off Date
For the final Interest Period with respect to any Payment Delay Subordinated Instruments, the SOFR
rate for any day from, and including, the Cut-off Date to, but excluding, the Maturity Date (or the relevant
Early Redemption Date) will be the SOFR rate in respect of the Cut-off Date. The Cut-off Date will be
a date which is a number of business days prior to the Maturity Date (or the relevant Early Redemption
Date) as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Therefore holders of Payment Delay
Subordinated Instruments will not receive the benefit of any increase in the level of SOFR on any date
subsequent to the Cut-Off Date, which could reduce the amount of interest that may be payable.
The amount of interest payable with respect to each Interest Period for which SONIA or SOFR
is the reference rate for the Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments will only be determined
near the end of the Interest Period
The Interest Rate payable on Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments which reference a SONIA rate
or a SOFR rate is only capable of being determined at the end of the relevant Observation Period (as
defined in the Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments) and shortly prior to the relevant
Interest Payment Date (as defined in the Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments). It
may therefore be difficult for investors in Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments which reference a
SONIA rate or a SOFR rate to reliably estimate the amount of interest which will be payable on such
Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments, and some investors may be unable or unwilling to trade such
Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments without changes to their information technology systems, both
of which factors could adversely impact the liquidity of such Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments.
Further, if Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments referencing a SONIA rate or a SOFR rate become
due and payable as a result of an Event of Default under Condition 11 (Events of Default), or are
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payable in respect of such Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments shall only be determined on, or
immediately prior to, the date on which the Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments become due and
payable.
Fixed Rate Reset Subordinated Instruments
Fixed Rate Reset Subordinated Instruments will initially earn interest at the Initial Rate of Interest (as
defined in the Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments) until (but excluding) the first
Fixed Rate Reset Date (as defined in the applicable Pricing Supplement). On the first Fixed Rate Reset
Date, however, and on each Fixed Rate Reset Date (if any) thereafter, the interest rate will be reset to
(i) a different fixed rate of interest per annum or (ii) a rate per annum equal to the sum of the applicable
Reset Reference Rate (as defined in the applicable Pricing Supplement) and the Reset Reference
Rate Spread (as defined in the applicable Pricing Supplement) (each such rate a “Subsequent Reset
Rate”). The Subsequent Reset Rate for any Reset Period could be less than the Initial Rate of Interest
or the Reset Rate for prior Reset Periods and could affect the market value of an investment in the
Fixed Rate Reset Subordinated Instruments.
Fixed to Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments
Fixed to Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments bear interest at a rate which shall be automatically
converted from a fixed Interest Rate to a floating Interest Rate at the date specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement. The new floating Interest Rate may be lower than the initial fixed Interest Rate
and any market volatility in interest rates could affect the market value of an investment in such Fixed
to Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments. Investors should also note the risks set out above in
relation to Floating Rate Subordinated Instruments.
Denominations
In relation to any issue of Subordinated Instruments which have a denomination consisting of the
minimum denomination plus a higher integral multiple of another smaller amount, it is possible that the
Subordinated Instruments may be traded in amounts in excess of the minimum denomination that are
not integral multiples of the minimum denomination. In such a case a Holder who, as a result of trading
such amounts, holds a principal amount of less than the minimum denomination may not receive a
Definitive Subordinated Instrument in respect of such holding (should Definitive Subordinated
Instruments be printed) and would need to purchase an additional principal amount of Subordinated
Instruments such that its holding amounts to the minimum denomination.
If Definitive Subordinated Instruments are issued, Holders should be aware that Definitive
Subordinated Instruments which have a denomination that is not an integral multiple of the minimum
denomination might be illiquid and difficult to trade.
4. Risks related to CNY Subordinated Instruments
There are certain special risks associated with investing in any CNY Subordinated Instruments. The
Issuer believes that the factors described below represent the principal risks inherent in investing in
CNY Subordinated Instruments issued, but the inability of the Issuer to pay interest, principal or other
amounts on or in connection with CNY Subordinated Instruments may occur for other reasons and the
Issuer does not represent that the statements below regarding the risks of holding CNY Subordinated
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elsewhere in this Information Memorandum and reach their own views prior to making any investment
decision.
The Renminbi is not freely convertible and there are significant restrictions on remittance of
Renminbi into and outside the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”)
The Renminbi is not freely convertible at present. The PRC government continues to regulate
conversion between the Renminbi and foreign currencies, despite the significant reduction over the
years by the PRC government of control over trade transactions involving import and export of goods
and services as well as other routine foreign exchange transactions under current accounts. However,
remittance of Renminbi by foreign investors into the PRC for the purposes of capital account items,
such as capital contributions, is generally only permitted upon obtaining specific approvals from, or
completing specific registrations or filings with, the relevant authorities and designated foreign
exchange banks on a case-by-case basis and is subject to a strict monitoring system. Regulations in
the PRC on the remittance of Renminbi into the PRC for settlement of capital account items are
developing gradually.
Although since 1 October 2016 the Renminbi has been added to the Special Drawing Rights basket
created by the International Monetary Fund, there is no assurance that the PRC government will
liberalise the control over cross-border Renminbi remittances in the future or that new PRC regulations
will not be promulgated in the future which would have the effect of restricting or eliminating the
remittance of Renminbi into or outside the PRC. The Issuer may need to source Renminbi offshore to
finance its obligations under the CNY Subordinated Instruments, and its ability to do so will be subject
to the overall availability of Renminbi outside the PRC. Further, since the remittance of Renminbi by
way of investment or loans are now categorised as capital account items, such remittances will need
to be made subject to the specific requirements or restrictions set out in the relevant State
Administration of Foreign Exchange, Ministry of Commerce of the PRC and People’s Bank of China
(“PBOC”) rules.
There is only limited availability of Renminbi outside the PRC, which may affect the liquidity of
the CNY Subordinated Instruments and the Issuer’s ability to source Renminbi outside the PRC
to service the CNY Subordinated Instruments
As a result of the restrictions imposed by the PRC government on cross-border Renminbi fund flows,
the availability of Renminbi outside of the PRC is limited.
While the PBOC has entered into agreements (“Settlement Agreements”) on the clearing of Renminbi
business with financial institutions in a number of financial centres and cities (“Renminbi Clearing
Banks”), including but not limited to Hong Kong, and is in the process of establishing Renminbi clearing
and settlement mechanisms in several other jurisdictions, the current size of Renminbi-denominated
financial assets outside the PRC is limited.
Renminbi business participating banks do not have direct Renminbi liquidity support from the PBOC.
The relevant Renminbi Clearing Bank will only have access to onshore liquidity support from the PBOC
to square open positions of participating banks for limited types of transactions and is not obliged to
square for participating banks any open positions resulting from other foreign exchange transactions
or conversion services. In such cases, the participating banks will need to source Renminbi from the
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Although it is expected that the offshore Renminbi market will continue to grow in depth and size, its
growth is subject to many constraints as a result of PRC laws and regulations on foreign exchange.
There is no assurance that new PRC regulations will not be promulgated or the Settlement Agreements
will not be terminated or amended in the future, which will have the effect of restricting availability of
Renminbi offshore. The limited availability of Renminbi outside the PRC may affect the liquidity of the
CNY Subordinated Instruments. To the extent that the Issuer is required to source Renminbi in the
offshore market to service the CNY Subordinated Instruments, there is no assurance that the Issuer
will be able to source such Renminbi on satisfactory terms, if at all. If the Renminbi is not available in
certain circumstances as described under “Terms and Conditions – Payments Inconvertibility, Non-
transferability or Illiquidity”, the Issuer can make payments under the CNY Subordinated Instruments
in a currency other than Renminbi.
Investment in the CNY Subordinated Instruments is subject to exchange rate risks
The value of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar, the Hong Kong dollar and other foreign currencies
fluctuates and is affected by changes in the PRC and international political and economic conditions
and by many other factors. Governments and monetary authorities may impose (as some have done
in the past) exchange controls that could adversely affect an applicable interest rate. Subject to the
Terms and Conditions of the CNY Subordinated Instruments, and, in particular, the Issuer’s right to
make payments in certain circumstances in other currencies, the Issuer will make all payments of
interest and principal with respect to the CNY Subordinated Instruments in Renminbi. As a result, the
value of these Renminbi payments in foreign currency may vary with the prevailing exchange rates in
the marketplace. For example, when an investor buys CNY Subordinated Instruments, such investor
may need to convert foreign currency to Renminbi at the exchange rate available at that time. If the
value of Renminbi depreciates against the relevant foreign currency between then and the time that
the Issuer pays back the principal of the CNY Subordinated Instruments in Renminbi at maturity, the
value of the investment in the relevant foreign currency will have declined.
Payments in respect of the CNY Subordinated Instruments will only be made to investors in the
manner specified in the CNY Subordinated Instruments
All payments to investors in respect of the CNY Subordinated Instruments will be made solely by (i)
when the CNY Subordinated Instruments are represented by a Temporary Global Instrument or a
Permanent Global Instrument, transfer to a Renminbi bank account maintained in Hong Kong in
accordance with prevailing rules and procedures of Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg or CMU as
applicable, or (ii) when the CNY Subordinated Instruments are in definitive form, transfer to a Renminbi
bank account maintained in Hong Kong in accordance with prevailing rules and regulations.
The Issuer cannot be required to make a payment by any other means (including in any other currency
(unless this is specified in the Pricing Supplement of the CNY Subordinated Instruments) or by transfer
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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Each of:
 the consolidated audited annual financial statements (including the directors’ remuneration
report, independent auditors’ report thereon and the notes thereto) appearing on pages 50 to
71 (inclusive), and pages 137 to 273 (inclusive) of the Issuer’s 2021 Annual Report in respect
of the year ended 30 September 2021; and

 the consolidated audited annual financial statements (including the directors’ remuneration
report, independent auditors’ report thereon and the notes thereto) appearing on pages 70 to
94 (inclusive) and pages 159 to 294 (inclusive) of the Issuer’s 2022 Annual Report in respect
of the year ended 30 September 2022,

shall be deemed to be incorporated in, and to form part of, this Information Memorandum.
Each of the:
 “Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments” section on pages 42 to 107 (inclusive)
of the Information Memorandum dated 14 November 2014 with Westpac Banking Corporation
as issuer;
 “Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments” section on pages 43 to 104 (inclusive)
of the Information Memorandum dated 25 January 2016 with Westpac Banking Corporation
as issuer;
 “Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments” section on pages 47 to 109 (inclusive)
of the Information Memorandum dated 23 June 2017 with Westpac Banking Corporation as
issuer;
 “Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments” section on pages 61 to 132 (inclusive)
of the Information Memorandum dated 4 July 2019 with Westpac Banking Corporation as
issuer;
 “Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments” section on pages 60 to 151 (inclusive)
of the Information Memorandum dated 11 November 2020 with Westpac Banking Corporation
as issuer; and
 “Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments” section on pages 61 to 157 (inclusive)
of the Information Memorandum dated 8 November 2021 with Westpac Banking Corporation
as issuer,
shall be deemed to be incorporated in, and to form part of, this Information Memorandum.
Any information contained in a document incorporated by reference herein which is not incorporated
in, and does not form part of, this Information Memorandum is either not relevant for investors or is
contained elsewhere in this Information Memorandum.
Following the publication of this Information Memorandum a supplementary Information Memorandum
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Statements contained in any such supplement (or contained in any document incorporated by
reference therein) shall, to the extent applicable (whether expressly, by implication or otherwise), be
deemed to modify or supersede statements contained in this Information Memorandum or in a
document which is incorporated by reference in this Information Memorandum. Any statement so
modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Information Memorandum.
For as long as the Programme remains in effect or any Subordinated Instruments are outstanding,
copies of the documents incorporated by reference herein may be inspected during the normal
business hours at the office of the Fiscal Agent (or the other office(s) of the Paying Agent(s) in the UK)
specified on page 229 of this Information Memorandum and from the registered head office of Westpac
Banking Corporation.
When deciding whether or not to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise deal in any Subordinated
Instruments or any rights in respect of any Subordinated Instruments, investors should:
 review, amongst other things, the documents which are deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Information Memorandum; and

 have regard to the information lodged by the Issuer with ASX including in compliance with its
continuous and periodic disclosure obligations (made available at www.asx.com.au), including
announcements which may be made by Westpac after the date of publication of this
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SUBORDINATED INSTRUMENTS
The following are the Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated Instruments which, as supplemented
in relation to any Subordinated Instruments by the relevant Pricing Supplement, will be applicable to
each Series of Subordinated Instruments:
The subordinated debt instruments (the “Subordinated Instruments”) are issued pursuant to and in
accordance with an amended and restated issue and paying agency agreement (as amended,
supplemented or replaced, the “Issue and Paying Agency Agreement”) dated 11 November 2022
and made between Westpac Banking Corporation (ABN 33 007 457 141) (the “Issuer”), The Bank of
New York Mellon, London Branch in its capacity as fiscal agent (the “Fiscal Agent”, which expression
shall include any successor to The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch in its capacity as Fiscal
Agent) and as principal registrar (the “Principal Registrar”, which expression shall include any
successor to The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch in its capacity as such), The Bank of New
York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch in its capacities as first alternative registrar and Luxembourg
paying agent (the “First Alternative Registrar” and the “Luxembourg Paying Agent”, which
expression shall include any successor to The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch
in its capacities as such), The Bank of New York Mellon in its capacity as second alternative registrar
(the “Second Alternative Registrar”, which expression shall include any successor to The Bank of
New York Mellon in its capacity as such), The Bank of New York Mellon, Hong Kong Branch in its
capacities as Hong Kong paying agent and as lodging agent (the “Hong Kong Paying Agent” and the
“Lodging Agent”, which expressions shall include any successors to The Bank of New York Mellon,
Hong Kong Branch in its capacities as such) and the other paying agents named therein (together with
the Hong Kong Paying Agent, the “Paying Agents”, which expression shall include the Fiscal Agent
and any substitute or additional paying agents appointed in accordance with the Issue and Paying
Agency Agreement).
The Subordinated Instruments have the benefit of a deed of covenant (as amended, supplemented or
replaced, the “Deed of Covenant”) dated 11 November 2020 executed by the Issuer in relation to the
Subordinated Instruments. Copies of the Issue and Paying Agency Agreement and the Deed of
Covenant are available for inspection during normal business hours at the Specified Office of each of
the Paying Agents, the Principal Registrar, the First Alternative Registrar and the Second Alternative
Registrar. All persons from time to time entitled to the benefit of obligations under any Subordinated
Instruments shall be deemed to have notice of, and shall be bound by, all of the provisions of the Issue
and Paying Agency Agreement and the Deed of Covenant insofar as they relate to the relevant
Subordinated Instruments.
The Subordinated Instruments are issued in series (each, a “Series”), and each Series may comprise
one or more tranches (“Tranches” and each, a “Tranche”) of Subordinated Instruments. Each Tranche
will be the subject of an applicable pricing supplement (each, the “Pricing Supplement”), a copy of
which will be available for inspection during normal business hours at the Specified Office of the Fiscal
Agent and/or, as the case may be, the Registrar (as defined in Condition 3.2). In the case of a Tranche
of Subordinated Instruments in relation to which application has not been made for listing and/or trading
on or by any competent listing authority and/or stock exchange, copies of the Pricing Supplement will
only be available for inspection by a Holder (as defined in Condition 3.1 or Condition 3.2, as applicable)
of or, as the case may be, a Relevant Account Holder (as defined in the Deed of Covenant) in respect
of, such Subordinated Instruments.
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Instruments of the relevant Series only and any references to Coupons (as defined in Condition 2.6)
are to Coupons relating to Subordinated Instruments of the relevant Series.
References in these Terms and Conditions to the Pricing Supplement are to the Pricing Supplement
prepared in relation to the Subordinated Instruments of the relevant Tranche or Series and endorsed
on or attached to such Subordinated Instruments.
In respect of any Subordinated Instruments, references herein to these Terms and Conditions are to
these terms and conditions as supplemented by the Pricing Supplement.
1. Interpretation
Definitions
1.1 In these Terms and Conditions, the following expressions have the following
meanings:
“Additional Amount” has the meaning given to it in Condition 10.1;
“Additional Business Centre(s)” means the city or cities specified as such in the Pricing
Supplement;
“Additional Tier 1 Capital” has the meaning given to it in the Prudential Standards;
“ADI” means Authorised Deposit-taking Institution, meaning a body corporate authorised
under section 9 of the Banking Act, to carry on banking business in Australia;
“Adjustment Spread” means a spread (which may be positive or negative) or formula or
methodology for calculating a spread, which is required to be applied to a Successor
Reference Rate or an Alternative Reference Rate (as applicable) as a result of the
replacement of the Reference Rate with such Successor Reference Rate or Alternative
Reference Rate (as applicable) and is the spread, formula or methodology which:
(a) in the case of a Successor Reference Rate, is formally recommended in relation to
the replacement of the Reference Rate with such Successor Reference Rate by any
Relevant Nominating Body; or
(b) in the case of a Successor Reference Rate for which no such recommendation has
been made or in the case of an Alternative Reference Rate, the relevant Independent
Adviser or the Issuer (as applicable) determines (acting in good faith and in a
commercially reasonable manner) is recognised or acknowledged as being in
customary market usage in international debt capital markets transactions which
reference the Reference Rate, where such rate has been replaced by such Successor
Reference Rate or Alternative Reference Rate (as applicable); or
(c) if no such customary market usage is recognised or acknowledged, the relevant
Independent Adviser or the Issuer (as applicable) determines is recognised or
acknowledged as being the industry standard for over-the-counter derivative
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by the Successor Reference Rate or the Alternative Reference Rate (as applicable);
or
(d) if no such industry standard is recognised or acknowledged, the relevant Independent
Adviser or the Issuer (as applicable) in its discretion determines (acting in good faith
and in a commercially reasonable manner) to be appropriate;
“Alternative Reference Rate” means the rate which the Independent Adviser or the Issuer
determines has replaced the relevant Reference Rate in customary market usage in the
international debt capital markets for the purposes of determining rates of interest in respect
of bonds denominated in the Specified Currency and of a comparable duration to the relevant
Interest Accrual Periods, or, if the relevant Independent Adviser or the Issuer (as applicable)
determines (acting in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner) that there is no
such rate, such other rate as such Independent Adviser or the Issuer (as applicable)
determines in its discretion (acting in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner) is
most comparable to the relevant Reference Rate;
“Approved Replacement Notice” has the meaning given to it in Condition 6.14(a);
“Approved Successor” means a holding company that replaces, or is proposed to replace,
the Issuer as the ultimate holding company of the Westpac Group and that satisfies the
following requirements:
(a) the proposed successor holding company complies with all applicable legal
requirements and obtains any necessary regulatory approvals (including, to the
extent required, APRA’s prior written approval);
(b) the proposed successor holding company agrees to take any necessary action to give
effect to an amendment to the Terms and Conditions as contemplated in Condition
6.14;
(c) the ordinary shares of the proposed successor holding company are to be listed on
the ASX or any internationally recognised stock exchange;
(d) the proposed successor holding company has a place of business in New South
Wales, Australia or has appointed a process agent in New South Wales, Australia to
receive service of process on its behalf in relation to any legal proceedings arising
out of or in connection with the Subordinated Instruments;
(e) the proposed successor holding company has, in the reasonable opinion of an
independent expert, the financial capacity to perform the Issuer’s obligations under
these Terms and Conditions and the Deed of Covenant in respect of the Subordinated
Instruments; and
(f) the proposed replacement of the Issuer and the requirements described in
paragraphs (a) to (c) of this definition would not, in the reasonable opinion of an
independent expert, otherwise adversely affect the interests of Holders,
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bank, accounting firm or other suitably qualified body operating in Australia, or an investment
bank, accounting firm or other suitably qualified body of international repute, acting
independently of the Issuer and appointed by the Issuer to provide the opinions referred to in
paragraphs (e) and (f) of this definition;
“APRA” means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority;
“ARRC Benchmark Replacement” means, where the Reference Rate is SOFR or SOFR
Index, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Issuer or
the Independent Adviser as of the Benchmark Replacement Date:
(a) the sum of (x) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected or recommended
by the Relevant Governmental Body as the replacement for the Reference Rate
where applicable for the applicable Corresponding Tenor and (y) where applicable the
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment (if any);
(b) the sum of (x) the ISDA Fallback Rate and (y) the Benchmark Replacement
Adjustment (if any); or
(c) the sum of (x) the alternate rate of interest selected by the Issuer or the Independent
Adviser (acting in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner) as the
replacement for the then-current Reference Rate for the applicable Corresponding
Tenor giving due consideration to any industry-accepted rate of interest as a
replacement for the then-current Reference Rate for floating rate notes denominated
in USD at such time and (y) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment (if any);
“Assets” means, in respect of the Issuer, its total non-consolidated gross assets as shown by
the latest published full-year audited or half-year reviewed accounts, as the case may be, of
the Issuer, but adjusted for events subsequent to the date of such accounts in such manner
and to such extent as two authorised signatories of the Issuer or, if the Issuer is in Winding-
Up, the Liquidator may determine to be appropriate;
“ASX” means the Australian Securities Exchange operated by ASX Limited (ABN 98 008 624
691);
“ASX Business Day” means a business day as defined in the ASX Listing Rules;
“ASX Listing Rules” means the listing rules of ASX from time to time with any modifications
or waivers in their application to the Issuer which ASX may grant;
“Australian dollars” and “A$” mean the lawful currency of Australia;
“Banking Act” has the meaning given to such term in Condition 4;
“BBSW Rate” has the meaning given to it in Condition 7.4(f);
“Benchmark Event” means, in respect of any Reference Rate:
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five Business Days; or
(b) a public statement by the administrator of the relevant Reference Rate that it has
ceased, or it will, by a specified date within the following six months (or, if later, the
next Interest Determination Date), cease, publishing the relevant Reference Rate
permanently or indefinitely (in circumstances where no successor administrator has
been appointed that will continue publication of the relevant Reference Rate); or
(c) a public statement by the supervisor of the administrator of the relevant Reference
Rate, the central bank for the currency of the Reference Rate, an insolvency official
with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Reference Rate, a resolution authority
with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Reference Rate or a court or an entity
with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the Reference
Rate, that the relevant Reference Rate has been or will, by a specified date within the
following six months (or, if later, the next Interest Determination Date), be permanently
or indefinitely discontinued; or
(d) a public statement by the supervisor of the administrator of the relevant Reference
Rate that means the relevant Reference Rate will be prohibited from being used or
that its use will be subject to restrictions or adverse consequences, in each case
within the following six months (or, if later, the next Interest Determination Date);
(e) it has become unlawful for any Paying Agent, the Issuer or any other party to calculate
any payments due to be made to any holder of the Subordinated Instruments using
the relevant Reference Rate; or
(f) a public statement or publication of information by the supervisor of the administrator
of the relevant Reference Rate announcing that the Reference Rate is no longer
representative;
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means the first alternative set forth in the order
below that can be determined by the Issuer or the Independent Adviser as of the Benchmark
Replacement Date:
(a) the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread
adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been
selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the applicable
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement;
(b) if the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is equivalent to the ISDA
Fallback Rate, then the ISDA Fallback Adjustment;
(c) the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has
been selected by the Issuer or the Independent Adviser acting in good faith and in a
commercially reasonable manner and giving due consideration to any industry-
accepted spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread
adjustment, for the replacement of the then-current benchmark with the applicable
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dollars at such time;
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any ARRC
Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including
without limitation changes to the definition of "Interest Period" or “Interest Accrual Period”,
determination dates, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of
interest, rounding of amounts, or tenors, and other administrative matters) that the Issuer or
the Independent Adviser decides (acting in good faith and in a commercially reasonable
manner) may be appropriate to reflect the adoption of such ARRC Benchmark Replacement
in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Issuer or the Independent
Adviser decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively
feasible or if the Issuer or the Independent Adviser determines that no market practice for use
of the ARRC Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner as the Issuer or the
Independent Adviser determines is reasonably necessary);
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with
respect to the Reference Rate (including, in the case of Compounded Daily SOFR, Weighted
Average SOFR or Compounded Index SOFR, the daily published component used in the
calculation thereof):
(a) in the case of paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of "Benchmark Transition Event",
the later of (x) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced
therein and (y) the date on which the administrator of the Reference Rate permanently
or indefinitely ceases to provide the Reference Rate (or such component thereof); or
(b) in the case of paragraph (c) of the definition of "Benchmark Transition Event", the
effective date as of which the Reference Rate (or such component thereof) will no
longer be representative, which may be the date of the public statement or publication
of information referenced in the definition of Benchmark Transition Event or another
date.
If the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but
earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement
Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination;
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events
with respect to the Reference Rate (including, in the case of Compounded Daily SOFR,
Weighted Average SOFR or Compounded Index SOFR, the daily published component used
in the calculation thereof):
(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of
the Reference Rate (or such component thereof) announcing that such administrator
has ceased or will cease to provide the Reference Rate (or such component thereof),
permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication,
there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Reference Rate
(or such component thereof);
(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the
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the currency of the Reference Rate (or such component thereof), an insolvency official
with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Reference Rate (or such component
thereof), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the
Reference Rate (or such component thereof) or a court or an entity with similar
insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the Reference Rate (or
such component thereof), which states that the administrator of the Reference Rate
(or such component thereof) has ceased or will cease to provide the Reference Rate
(or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of
such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue
to provide the Reference Rate (or such component thereof); or
(c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the
administrator of the Reference Rate announcing that the Reference Rate (or such
component thereof) is no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be,
representative;
“Broken Amount” has the meaning given in the Pricing Supplement;
“Business Day” means:
(a) for the purposes of Condition 9A.6 only, a day on which banks in the relevant place
of presentation are open for presentation and payment of bearer debt securities and
for dealings in foreign currencies; or
(b) in relation to any sum payable, either:
(i) where such sum is payable in a currency other than euro or Renminbi, a day
on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments
and are open for general business (including dealing in foreign exchange and
foreign currency deposits) in the Principal Financial Centre which, if the
relevant currency is Australian dollars or New Zealand dollars, shall be
Sydney and Auckland, respectively, and any Additional Business Centre(s)
specified in the Pricing Supplement; or
(ii) where such sum is payable in euro, a day on which commercial banks and
foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for general
business (including dealing in foreign exchange and foreign currency
deposits) in the Principal Financial Centre, each (if any) Additional Business
Centre(s) specified in the Pricing Supplement and a TARGET Settlement
Day; or
(iii) where such sum is payable in Renminbi, a day (other than a Saturday,
Sunday or public holiday) on which commercial banks and foreign exchange
markets in Hong Kong are generally open for business and settlement of
Renminbi payments in Hong Kong;
(c) for all other purposes, a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange
markets settle payments and are open for general business (including dealing in
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any Additional Business Centre(s) specified in the Pricing Supplement;
“Business Day Convention”, means a convention for adjusting any date if it would otherwise
fall on a day that is not a Business Day, and in relation to any particular date, has the meaning
given in the Pricing Supplement and, in this context, the following expressions shall have the
following meanings:
(a) “Following Business Day Convention” means that the relevant date shall be
postponed to the first following day that is a Business Day;
(b) “Modified Following Business Day Convention” means that the relevant date shall
be postponed to the first following day that is a Business Day unless that day falls in
the next calendar month in which case that date will be the first preceding day that is
a Business Day;
(c) “Preceding Business Day Convention” means that the relevant date shall be
brought forward to the first preceding day that is a Business Day;
(d) “FRN Convention”, “Floating Rate Convention” or “Eurodollar Convention”
means that each relevant date shall be the date which numerically corresponds to the
preceding such date in the calendar month which is the number of months specified
in the Pricing Supplement as the Specified Period after the calendar month in which
the preceding such date occurred provided, however, that:
(1) if there is no such numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in
which any such date should occur, then such date will be the last day which
is a Business Day in that calendar month;
(2) if any such date would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day,
then such date will be the first following day which is a Business Day unless
that day falls in the next calendar month, in which case it will be the first
preceding day which is a Business Day; and
(3) if the preceding such date occurred on the last day in a calendar month which
was a Business Day, then all subsequent such dates will be the last day
which is a Business Day in the calendar month which is the specified number
of months after the calendar month in which the preceding such date
occurred; and
(e) “No Adjustment” means that the relevant date shall not be adjusted in accordance
with any Business Day Convention;
“Calculation Agent” means the Fiscal Agent or such other Person specified in the Pricing
Supplement as the party responsible for calculating the Interest Rate(s) and Interest
Amount(s) and/or such other amount(s) as may be specified in the Pricing Supplement;
“Calculation Amount” has the meaning given in the applicable Pricing Supplement or, where
no such amount is specified, means (i) if there is only one Denomination, the Denomination
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highest common factor of these Denominations. Note there must be a common factor in the
case of two or more Denominations;
“Cboe” means Cboe Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 129 584 667) or the financial market operated by
Cboe Australia Pty Ltd, as the context requires;
“CHESS” means the Clearing House Electronic Sub-register System operated by ASX
Settlement Pty Limited (ABN 49 008 504 532);
“Clearing System” means Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg or any other clearing system
specified in the Pricing Supplement;
“Clearstream, Luxembourg” means the clearing and settlement system operated by
Clearstream Banking S.A.;
“CMU Service” means the Central Moneymarkets Unit Service operated by the Hong Kong
Monetary Authority;
“Common Equity Tier 1 Capital” has the meaning given to it in the Prudential Standards;
“Corresponding Tenor” with respect to an ARRC Benchmark Replacement means a tenor
(including overnight) having approximately the same length (disregarding business day
adjustment) as the applicable tenor for the Reference Rate;
“Conversion” means, upon the occurrence of a Non-Viability Trigger Event, the conversion of
all or some Subordinated Instruments (or a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Amount
of each Subordinated Instrument) into Ordinary Shares of the Issuer in accordance with these
Terms and Conditions. “Convert” and “Converted” shall have corresponding meanings;
“Conversion Number” has the meaning given in Condition 6.1;
“Coupon Sheet” means, in respect of a Subordinated Instrument, a coupon sheet relating to
such Subordinated Instrument;
“Cum Value” has the meaning given in Condition 6.2(a);
“Day Count Fraction” means, in respect of the calculation of an amount for any period of time
(the “Calculation Period”), such day count fraction as may be specified in these Terms and
Conditions or the Pricing Supplement and:
(a) if “Actual/Actual (ICMA)” is so specified, means:
(i) where the Calculation Period is equal to or shorter than the Regular Period
during which it falls, the actual number of days in the Calculation Period
divided by the product of (1) the actual number of days in such Regular
Period and (2) the number of Regular Periods normally ending in any year;
and
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(A) the actual number of days in such Calculation Period falling in the
Regular Period in which it begins divided by the product of (1) the
number of days in such Regular Period and (2) the number of
Regular Periods in any year; and
(B) the number of days in such Calculation Period falling in the next
Regular Period divided by the product of (1) the number of days in
such Regular Period and (2) the number of Regular Periods normally
ending in any year;
(b) if “Actual/365” or “Actual/Actual (ISDA)” is so specified, means the actual number of
days in the Calculation Period divided by 365 (or, if any portion of the Calculation
Period falls in a leap year, the sum of (A) the actual number of days in that portion of
the Calculation Period falling in a leap year divided by 366 and (B) the actual number
of days in that portion of the Calculation Period falling in a non-leap year divided by
365);
(c) if “Actual/365 (Fixed)” is so specified, means the actual number of days in the
Calculation Period divided by 365;
(d) if “Actual/360” is so specified, means the actual number of days in the Calculation
Period divided by 360;
(e) if “30/360” is so specified, means the number of days in the Calculation Period divided
by 360 calculated on a formula basis as follows:
Day Count Fraction = [360 x (Y2 – Y1)] + [30 x (M2 – M1)] + (D2 – D1)
360
where:
“Y1” is the year, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Calculation
Period falls;
“Y2” is the year, expressed as a number, in which the day immediately following the
last day included in the Calculation Period falls;
“M1” is the calendar month, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the
Calculation Period falls;
“M2” is the calendar month, expressed as a number, in which the day immediately
following the last day included in the Calculation Period falls;
“D1” is the first calendar day, expressed as a number, of the Calculation Period,
unless such number would be 31, in which case D1 will be 30; and
“D2” is the calendar day, expressed as a number, immediately following the last day
included in the Calculation Period, unless such number would be 31 and D1 is greater
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(f) if “30E/360” or “Eurobond Basis” is so specified, means the number of days in the
Calculation Period divided by 360, calculated on a formula basis as follows:
Day Count Fraction = [360 x (Y2 – Y1)] + [30 x (M2 – M1)] + (D2 – D1)
360
where:
“Y1” is the year, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Calculation
Period falls;
“Y2” is the year, expressed as a number, in which the day immediately following the
last day included in the Calculation Period falls;
“M1” is the calendar month, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the
Calculation Period falls;
“M2” is the calendar month, expressed as a number, in which the day immediately
following the last day included in the Calculation Period falls;
“D1” is the first calendar day, expressed as a number, of the Calculation Period,
unless such number would be 31, in which case D1 will be 30; and
“D2” is the calendar day, expressed as a number, immediately following the last day
included in the Calculation Period, unless such number would be 31, in which case
D2 will be 30;
(g) if “30E/360 (ISDA)” is so specified, means the number of days in the Calculation
Period divided by 360, calculated on a formula basis as follows:
Day Count Fraction = [360 x (Y2 – Y1)] + [30 x (M2 – M1)] + (D2 – D1)
360
where:
“Y1” is the year, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Calculation
Period falls;
“Y2” is the year, expressed as a number, in which the day immediately following the
last day of the Calculation Period falls;
“M1” is the calendar month, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the
Calculation Period falls;
“M2” is the calendar month, expressed as a number, in which the day immediately
following the last day of the Calculation Period falls;
“D1” is the first calendar day, expressed as a number, of the Calculation Period,
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case D1 will be 30; and
“D2” is the calendar day, expressed as a number, immediately following the last day
included in the Calculation Period, unless (i) that day is the last day of February but
not the Maturity Date or (ii) such number would be 31, in which case D2 will be 30.
“Denomination” has the meaning given in the Pricing Supplement;
“Early Redemption Amount (Adverse Tax Event)” has the meaning given in Condition
8.4(b);
“Early Redemption Amount (Call)” has the meaning given in Condition 8.3(b);
“Early Redemption Amount (Regulatory Event)” has the meaning given in Condition 8.5(b);
“Early Redemption Date” means, as appropriate, the Early Redemption Date (Call), the Early
Redemption Date (Adverse Tax Event) or the Early Redemption Date (Regulatory Event), in
each case, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
“Equal Ranking Instruments” means instruments which satisfy the requirements set out in
one of the following paragraphs (a), (b) or (c):
(a) any instruments, present and future, issued by the Issuer which:
(i) by their terms are, or are expressed to be, subordinated in a Winding-Up to
the claims of Senior Creditors;
(ii) qualify as Tier 2 Capital of the Issuer; and
(iii) in a Winding-Up rank, or are expressed to rank, prior to, and senior in right
of payment to, instruments which constitute Additional Tier 1 Capital or
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital of the Issuer;
(b) the Perpetual Capital Notes (irrespective of whether or not such instruments are
treated as constituting Tier 2 Capital); or
(c) any other instruments, present and future, issued by the Issuer where, the right to
repayment ranks, or is expressed to rank, in a Winding-Up equally with the claims of
Holders (irrespective of whether or not such instruments qualify as Tier 2 Capital of
the Issuer);
“Early Termination Amount” has the meaning given in Condition 11.3;
“Euroclear” means the clearing and settlement system operated by Euroclear Bank SA/NV;
“EURIBOR” means the Euro Interbank Offered Rate;
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“FATCA” means:
(a) sections 1471 to 1474 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, including any regulations or official interpretations issued;
(b) any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an
intergovernmental agreement between the U.S. and any other jurisdiction, which (in
either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred to in
paragraph (a) above; or
(c) any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred
to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the U.S.
government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.
“FATCA Withholding” means any deduction or withholding arising under or in connection with,
or in order to ensure compliance with, FATCA;
“Final Redemption Amount” means, in respect of any Subordinated Instrument, its
Outstanding Principal Amount or such other amount as may be specified in the Pricing
Supplement;
“Fixed Coupon Amount” has the meaning given in the Pricing Supplement;
“Fixed Rate Reset Date” has the meaning given in the relevant Pricing Supplement;
“Foreign Holder” means a Holder (a) whose place of residence is outside Australia or (b) who
the Issuer otherwise believes may not be a resident of Australia and, in either case, the Issuer
is not satisfied that the laws of both the Commonwealth of Australia and the Holder’s country
of residence would permit the offer to, or the unconditional holding or acquisition of Ordinary
Shares by, the Holder (but the Issuer will not be bound to enquire and any decision is in its
sole discretion);
“Holder” has the meaning given in Condition 3.1;
“Independent Adviser” means an independent financial institution of international repute or
other independent financial adviser experienced in the international debt capital markets;
“Ineligible Holder” means:
(a) a Holder who is prohibited or restricted by any applicable law or regulation in force in
Australia (including, but not limited to, Chapter 6 of the Corporations Act 2001 of
Australia (the “Corporations Act 2001”), the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act
1975 of Australia, the Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998 of Australia and Part
IV of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 of Australia) from being offered, holding
or acquiring Ordinary Shares (provided that if the relevant prohibition or restriction
only applies to the Holder in respect of some of its Subordinated Instruments, it shall
only be treated as an Ineligible Holder in respect of those Subordinated Instruments
and not in respect of the balance of its Subordinated Instruments). The Issuer will be
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otherwise notified it after the Issue Date and prior to the Non-Viability Trigger Event
Date; or
(b) a Foreign Holder;
“Initial Rate of Interest” has the meaning given in the relevant Pricing Supplement;
“Interest Accrual Period” means, in respect of an Interest Period, each successive period
beginning on and including an Interest Period End Date and ending on but excluding the next
succeeding Interest Period End Date during that Interest Period provided always that the first
Interest Accrual Period shall commence on and include the Interest Commencement Date and
the final Interest Accrual Period shall end on but exclude the Maturity Date or such other date
of redemption of the Subordinated Instruments;
“Interest Amount” means, in relation to a Subordinated Instrument and an Interest Period,
the amount of interest payable per Calculation Amount in respect of that Subordinated
Instrument for that Interest Period;
“Interest Commencement Date” means the Issue Date of the Subordinated Instruments or
such other date as may be specified as the Interest Commencement Date in the Pricing
Supplement;
“Interest Determination Date” has the meaning given in the Pricing Supplement;
“Interest Payment Date” means the date or dates specified as such in the Pricing Supplement
and, if a Business Day Convention is specified in the Pricing Supplement:
(a) as the same may be adjusted in accordance with the relevant Business Day
Convention; or
(b) if the Business Day Convention is the FRN Convention, Floating Rate Convention or
Eurodollar Convention and an interval of a number of calendar months is specified in
the Pricing Supplement as being the Specified Period, each of such dates as may
occur in accordance with the FRN Convention, Floating Rate Convention or
Eurodollar Convention at such Specified Period of calendar months following the
Interest Commencement Date (in the case of the first Interest Payment Date) or the
previous Interest Payment Date (in any other case);
“Interest Period” means each period beginning on (and including) the Interest
Commencement Date or any Interest Payment Date and ending on (but excluding) the next
Interest Payment Date with the final Interest Period ending on (but excluding) the Maturity
Date or such other date of redemption of the Subordinated Instruments;
“Interest Period End Date” means the date or dates specified as such in the Pricing
Supplement and, if a Business Day Convention is specified in the Pricing Supplement, as the
same may be adjusted in accordance with the relevant Business Day Convention or, if the
Business Day Convention is the FRN Convention and an interval of a number of calendar
months is specified in the Pricing Supplement as the Interest Accrual Period, such dates as
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months following the Interest Commencement Date (in the case of the first Interest Period End
Date) or the previous Interest Period End Date (in any other case) or, if none of the foregoing
is specified in the Pricing Supplement, the date or each of the dates which correspond with
the Interest Payment Date(s) in respect of the Subordinated Instruments;
“Interest Rate” or “Rate of Interest” means the rate or rates (expressed as a percentage per
annum) of interest payable in respect of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Subordinated
Instruments specified in Pricing Supplement or calculated or determined in accordance with
the provisions of these Terms and Conditions and/or the Pricing Supplement;
“Interpolated Benchmark” with respect to the Reference Rate means the rate determined for
the Corresponding Tenor by interpolating on a linear basis between:
(a) the Reference Rate for the longest period for which the Reference Rate is available
that is shorter than the Corresponding Tenor; and
(b) the Reference Rate for the shortest period for which the Reference Rate is available
that is longer than the Corresponding Tenor;
“ISDA Definitions” means the 2021 ISDA Interest Rate Derivatives Definitions as amended
and updated as at the Issue Date of the first Tranche of the Subordinated Instruments of the
relevant Series (as specified in the Pricing Supplement) and as published by the International
Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.;
“ISDA Fallback Adjustment” means the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or
negative value or zero) that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA
Definitions to be determined upon the occurrence of an index cessation event with respect to
the Reference Rate for the applicable tenor;
“ISDA Fallback Rate” means the rate that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing
the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon the occurrence of an index cessation date with
respect to the Reference Rate for the applicable tenor excluding the applicable ISDA Fallback
Adjustment;
“Issue Date” has the meaning given in the Pricing Supplement;
“Issue Date VWAP” means, in respect of Subordinated Instruments of a Series, the VWAP
during the period of 20 ASX Business Days on which trading in Ordinary Shares took place
immediately preceding (but not including) the first date on which any Subordinated
Instruments of that Series were issued, as adjusted in accordance with Condition 6
(Procedures for Conversion);
“Junior Ranking Capital Instruments” means instruments, present and future, issued by the
Issuer which:
(a) by their terms are, or are expressed to be, subordinated in a Winding-Up to the claims
of Holders and other Equal Ranking Instruments; and
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“Liabilities” means, in respect of the Issuer, its total non-consolidated gross liabilities as
shown by its latest published full-year audited or half-year reviewed accounts, as the case
may be, but adjusted for events subsequent to the date of such accounts in such manner and
to such extent as two authorised signatories of the Issuer or, if the Issuer is in Winding-Up,
the Liquidator may determine to be appropriate;
“Liquidator” means the liquidator or other official responsible for the conduct and
administration of a Winding-Up;
“local banking day” means a day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) on which
commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign
currency deposits) in the place of presentation of the relevant Subordinated Instrument or, as
the case may be, Coupon;
“Margin” has the meaning given in the Pricing Supplement;
“Maturity Date” means the date specified as such in the provisions of the Pricing Supplement
and, if a Business Day Convention is specified in the Pricing Supplement, as the same may
be adjusted in accordance with the relevant Business Day Convention;
“Maximum Conversion Number” has the meaning given in Condition 6.1;
“Maximum Redemption Amount” has the meaning given in the Pricing Supplement;
“Member State” means a Member State of the European Union;
“Minimum Redemption Amount” has the meaning given in the Pricing Supplement;
a “Non-Viability Trigger Event” occurs when APRA notifies the Issuer in writing that it
believes:
(a) Conversion or Write-off of Subordinated Instruments, or conversion, write-off or write-
down of Relevant Securities is necessary because, without it, the Issuer would
become non-viable; or
(b) a public sector injection of capital, or equivalent support, is necessary because,
without it, the Issuer would become non-viable;
“Non-Viability Trigger Event Date” has the meaning given to it in Condition 5.1(c)(iii);
“Ordinary Resolution” has the meaning given in the Issue and Paying Agency Agreement;
“Ordinary Share” means a fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Issuer;
“Outstanding” means, on any day, all Subordinated Instruments issued, less such
Subordinated Instruments:
(a) which have been redeemed, Converted, Written-off or satisfied in full by the Issuer in
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(b) for the payment of which funds equal to their aggregate Outstanding Principal Amount
are on deposit with the relevant Paying Agent on terms which prohibit the return of
the deposit or the use of the deposit for any purpose other than the payment of such
Subordinated Instruments or in respect of which the relevant Paying Agent holds an
irrevocable direction to apply funds in repayment of Subordinated Instruments to be
redeemed on that day;
(c) in respect of which a Holder is unable to make a claim as a result of the operation of
Condition 12 (Prescription); or
(d) those which have been purchased and cancelled as provided in the Terms and
Conditions,
provided that for the purposes of:
(i) ascertaining the right to attend and vote at any meeting of the Holders; and
(ii) the determination of how many Subordinated Instruments are outstanding for
the purposes of the definition of the Outstanding Principal Amount,
such Subordinated Instruments which are beneficially held by, or are held on behalf of, the
Issuer and not cancelled shall be deemed not to remain outstanding;
“Outstanding Principal Amount” means in respect of any Subordinated Instrument which is
Outstanding at any time, the outstanding principal amount of the Subordinated Instrument,
and for such purposes:
(a) the principal amount of a Subordinated Instrument issued at a discount or at par, but
which has not been Converted or Written-off, is at any time to be taken to be equal to
its Denomination;
(b) if an amount is required to be determined in Australian dollars, the Australian dollar
equivalent of a Subordinated Instrument denominated in a Specified Currency is to
be determined on the basis of the spot rate of exchange for the sale of Australian
dollars against the purchase of such relevant Specified Currency in the Sydney
foreign exchange market quoted by any leading bank selected by the Issuer on the
relevant calculation date. The calculation date is, at the discretion of the Issuer, either
the date specified in the relevant formula in Condition 6.1(a) or the preceding day on
which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets are open for business in
Sydney or such other date as may be specified by the Issuer in the Pricing
Supplement; and
(c) if the principal amount of a Subordinated Instrument has from time to time been
Converted or Written-off as described in, and in accordance with, Conditions 5 (Non-
Viability, Conversion and Write-off) and 6 (Procedures for Conversion), the principal
amount of the Subordinated Instrument will be reduced by the principal amount so
Converted or Written-off;
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Issuer on 30 September 1986 (as the same may be varied or amended from time to time);
“Person” means any individual, company, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, trust,
estate, association, organisation, state or agency of a state or other entity, whether or not
having separate legal personality;
“Principal Financial Centre” means, in relation to any currency, the principal financial centre
for that currency provided, however, that in relation to euro, it means the principal financial
centre of such Member State as is selected (in the case of a payment) by the payee or (in the
case of a calculation) by the Calculation Agent;
“Prudential Standards” means the prudential standards and guidelines published by APRA
and as applicable to the Issuer from time to time;
“Reclassification” has the meaning given in Condition 6.3;
“Record Date” has the meaning given in Condition 9B.4;
“Redemption Amount” means, as appropriate, the Final Redemption Amount, the Early
Redemption Amount (Call), the Early Redemption Amount (Adverse Tax Event) or the Early
Redemption Amount (Regulatory Event);
“Reference Banks” has the meaning given in the Pricing Supplement or, if none is specified,
four major banks selected by the Issuer or the Independent Adviser appointed by the Issuer
in the market that is most closely connected with the Reference Rate or Reset Reference Rate,
as applicable;
“Reference Price” has the meaning given in the Pricing Supplement;
“Reference Rate” means one of the following interbank lending rates, overnight rates, swap
rates or bank bill rates: “BA-CDOR”, “BBSW Rate”, “BKBM”, “CNH HIBOR”, “EURIBOR”,
“HIBOR”, “NIBOR”, “SOFR”, “SOFR Index”, “SONIA”, “SONIA Index” or “SORA”, in each case
for the relevant currency and for the relevant period as specified in the Pricing Supplement;
“Reference Time” with respect to any determination of the Reference Rate (including, in the
case of Compounded Daily SOFR, Weighted Average SOFR or Compounded Index SOFR,
the daily published component used in the calculation thereof) means:
(a) (x) where the Reference Rate (or such component thereof) is SOFR, 3.00 p.m. (New
York City time) on the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately
following the date that the relevant rate is in respect of, and (y) where the Reference
Rate (or such component thereof) is SOFR Index, 3.00 p.m. (New York City time) on
the U.S. Government Securities Business Day that the relevant rate is in respect of;
or
(b) otherwise, the time determined by the Issuer or the Independent Adviser after giving
effect to the Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes;
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(a) in the case of Subordinated Instruments where interest is scheduled to be paid only
by means of regular payments, each period from and including the Interest
Commencement Date to but excluding the first Interest Payment Date and each
successive period from and including one Interest Payment Date to but excluding the
next Interest Payment Date;
(b) in the case of Subordinated Instruments where, apart from the first Interest Period,
interest is scheduled to be paid only by means of regular payments, each period from
and including a Regular Date falling in any year to but excluding the next Regular
Date, where “Regular Date” means the day and month (but not the year) on which
any Interest Payment Date falls; and
(c) in the case of Subordinated Instruments where, apart from one Interest Period other
than the first Interest Period, interest is scheduled to be paid only by means of regular
payments, each period from and including a Regular Date falling in any year to but
excluding the next Regular Date, where “Regular Date” means the day and month
(but not the year) on which any Interest Payment Date falls other than the Interest
Payment Date falling at the end of the irregular Interest Period;
“Related Entity” means an entity over which the Issuer or any parent of the Issuer exercises
control or significant influence, as determined by APRA from time to time;
“Relevant Date” means, in relation to any payment, whichever is the later of (a) the date on
which the payment in question first becomes due and (b) if the full amount payable has not
been received in the Principal Financial Centre of the currency of payment by the Fiscal Agent
on or prior to such due date, the date on which (the full amount having been so received)
notice to that effect has been given to the Holders in accordance with Condition 16 (Notices);
“Relevant Financial Centre” means the city specified as such in the Pricing Supplement or,
if none, the city most closely connected with the Reference Rate in the determination of the
Calculation Agent;
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York (including any board thereof), or in either case any committee
officially endorsed and/or convened thereby or any successor thereto;
“Relevant Nominating Body” means, in respect of any Reference Rate:
(a) the central bank for the currency to which such Reference Rate relates, or any central
bank or other supervisory authority which is responsible for supervising the
administrator of such Reference Rate; or
(b) any working group or committee established, approved or sponsored by, chaired or
co-chaired by or constituted at the request of (i) the central bank for the currency to
which such Reference Rate relates, (ii) any central bank or other supervisory authority
which is responsible for supervising the administrator of such Reference Rate, (iii) a
group of the aforementioned central banks or other supervisory authorities or (iv) the
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“Relevant Screen Page” means the page, section or other part of a particular information
service specified as the Relevant Screen Page in the Pricing Supplement, or such other page,
section or other part as may replace it on that information service or such other information
service, in each case, as may be nominated by the Person providing or sponsoring the
information appearing there for the purpose of displaying rates or prices comparable to the
Reference Rate or the Reset Reference Rate (as applicable);
“Relevant Securities” means Relevant Tier 1 Securities and Relevant Tier 2 Securities;
“Relevant Tier 1 Security” means a security forming part of the Tier 1 Capital of the Issuer
on a “Level 1 basis” or “Level 2 basis” in accordance with the Prudential Standards which,
upon the occurrence of a Non-Viability Trigger Event, may be either:
(a) converted into Ordinary Shares; or
(b) written-off or written-down (and all rights and claims of the holders in respect of the
security shall be written-off or written-down);
“Relevant Tier 2 Security” means a security forming part of the Tier 2 Capital of the Issuer
on a “Level 1 basis” or “Level 2 basis” in accordance with the Prudential Standards which,
upon the occurrence of a Non-Viability Trigger Event, may be either:
(a) converted into Ordinary Shares; or
(b) written-off or written-down (and all rights and claims of the holders in respect of the
security shall be written-off or written-down),
and includes the Subordinated Instruments;
“Relevant Time” has the meaning given in the Pricing Supplement;
“Replacement” has the meaning given in Condition 6.14(a);
“Reset Determination Date” means for each Reset Period the date as specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement falling on or before the commencement of such Reset Period
on which the Rate of Interest applying during such Reset Period will be determined;
“Reset Period” means the period from (and including) the Fixed Rate Reset Date to (but
excluding) the Maturity Date if there is only one Reset Period or, if there is more than one
Reset Period, each period from (and including) one Fixed Rate Reset Date (or the first Fixed
Rate Reset Date) to (but excluding) the next Fixed Rate Reset Date (or the Maturity Date);
“Reset Rate” for any Reset Period means either (i) the rate per annum specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement or (ii), in the event (i) above does not apply, the sum of the
applicable Reset Reference Rate and Reset Reference Rate Spread;
“Reset Rate Time” has the meaning given in the applicable Pricing Supplement;
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“Reset Reference Rate Spread” has the meaning given in the applicable Pricing Supplement;
“Sale and Transfer Agent” means each nominee (who cannot be a member of the Westpac
Group or a Related Entity) appointed by the Issuer under a facility established for the sale or
transfer of Ordinary Shares to be issued on Conversion on behalf of:
(a) if the Holder is the operator of a Clearing System or a nominee for a common
depository for any one or more Clearing Systems (such operator or nominee for a
common depository acting in such capacity as is specified in the rules and regulations
of the relevant Clearing System or Clearing Systems), the participants in the relevant
Clearing System or Clearing Systems;
(b) Holders who do not wish to receive Ordinary Shares on Conversion; or
(c) Holders who are Ineligible Holders,
in accordance with Condition 6.10. For the avoidance of doubt, the Issuer may appoint more
than one Sale and Transfer Agent in respect of the Conversion of one or more Series of
Subordinated Instruments;
“Senior Creditors” means all depositors and other creditors (present and future) of the Issuer,
including all holders of the Issuer’s debt:
(a) whose claims are admitted in a Winding-Up; and
(b) whose claims are not made as holders of indebtedness arising under:
(i) an Equal Ranking Instrument; or
(ii) a Junior Ranking Capital Instrument;
The Issuer shall be considered “Solvent” if: (i) it is able to pay its debts as they fall due; and
(ii) its Assets exceed its Liabilities;
“Solvency Condition” means the conditions set out in Condition 4.3;
“Solvent Reconstruction” means a scheme of amalgamation or reconstruction, not involving
a bankruptcy or insolvency, where the obligations of the Issuer in relation to the outstanding
Subordinated Instruments are assumed by the successor entity to which all, or substantially
all, of the property, assets and undertaking of the Issuer are transferred or where an
arrangement with similar effect not involving a bankruptcy or insolvency is implemented;
“Specified Currency” has the meaning given in the Pricing Supplement;
“Specified Office” has the meaning given in the Issue and Paying Agency Agreement;
“Specified Period” has the meaning given in the Pricing Supplement;
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other Person (the “second Person”):
(a) whose affairs and policies the first Person controls or has the power to control,
whether by ownership of share capital, contract, the power to appoint or remove
members of the governing body of the second Person or otherwise; or
(b) whose financial statements are, in accordance with applicable law and generally
accepted accounting principles, consolidated with those of the first Person;
“Successor Reference Rate” means the rate which has been formally published, endorsed,
approved, recommended or recognised as a successor or replacement to the relevant
Reference Rate by any Relevant Nominating Body;
“Talon” means a talon for further Coupons;
“TARGET2” means the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express
Transfer payment system which utilises a single shared platform and which was launched on
19 November 2007;
“TARGET Settlement Day” means any day on which TARGET2 is operating credit or transfer
instructions in respect of euro;
“Tax Legislation” means (a) the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 of Australia or the Income
Tax Assessment Act 1997 of Australia (both as amended from time to time, as the case may
be, and a reference to any section of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 includes a
reference to that section as rewritten in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997), (b) any other
law setting the rate of income tax payable by the Issuer, and (c) any regulation made under
such laws;
“Tier 1 Capital” has the meaning given to it in the Prudential Standards;
“Tier 2 Capital” has the meaning given to it in the Prudential Standards;
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the ARRC Benchmark Replacement
excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
“VWAP” means, subject to any adjustments under Conditions 6.2 and 6.3, the average of the
daily volume weighted average sale prices (such average and each such daily average sale
price being expressed in Australian dollars and cents and rounded to the nearest full cent,
with A$0.005 being rounded upwards) of Ordinary Shares sold on ASX and Cboe during the
relevant period or on the relevant days but does not include any “crossing” transacted outside
the “Open Session State” or any “special crossing” transacted at any time, each as defined in
the ASX Market Rules or any overseas trades or trades pursuant to the exercise of options
over Ordinary Shares;
“VWAP Period” means:
(a) in the case of a Conversion resulting from the occurrence of a Non-Viability Trigger
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place immediately preceding (but not including) the Non-Viability Trigger Event Date;
or
(b) otherwise, the period for which the VWAP is to be calculated in accordance with these
Conditions;
“Westpac Group” means the Issuer and its controlled entities taken as a whole;
“Winding-Up” means the legal procedure for the liquidation of the Issuer commenced when:
(a) a court order is made for the winding-up of the Issuer (and such order is not
successfully appealed or set aside within 30 days); or
(b) an effective resolution is passed, or deemed to have been passed, by shareholders
or members for the winding-up of the Issuer,
other than in connection with a Solvent Reconstruction.
A Winding-Up must be commenced by a court order or an effective resolution of shareholders
or members. Neither (i) the making of an application, the filing of a petition, or the taking of
any other steps for the winding-up of the Issuer (or any other procedure whereby the Issuer
may be dissolved, liquidated, sequestered or cease to exist as a body corporate), nor (ii) the
appointment of a receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory manager,
Banking Act statutory manager or other similar officer (other than a Liquidator) in respect of
the Issuer, constitutes a Winding-Up for the purposes of these Terms and Conditions; and
“Write-off” has the meaning given to it in Condition 5.3(c). “Written-off” shall have a
corresponding meaning.
Interpretation
1.2 In these Terms and Conditions:
(a) if Talons are specified in the Pricing Supplement as being attached to the
Subordinated Instruments at the time of issue, references to Coupons shall be
deemed to include references to Talons;
(b) if Talons are not specified in the Pricing Supplement as being attached to the
Subordinated Instruments at the time of issue, references to Talons are not applicable;
(c) any reference to principal shall be deemed to include the Redemption Amount, any
Additional Amounts in respect of principal which may be payable under Condition 10.1
(unless Condition 10.1 is specified in the Pricing Supplement as being not applicable)
and any other amount in the nature of principal payable pursuant to these Terms and
Conditions;
(d) any reference to interest shall be deemed to include any Additional Amounts in
respect of interest which may be payable under Condition 10.1 (unless Condition 10.1
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pursuant to Condition 7 (Interest) and any other amounts in the nature of interest
payable pursuant to these Terms and Conditions;
(e) if an expression is stated in Condition 1.1 to have the meaning given in the Pricing
Supplement, but the Pricing Supplement gives no such meaning or specifies that such
expression is “not applicable” then such expression is not applicable to the
Subordinated Instruments to which such Pricing Supplement relates;
(f) a reference to a matter which is described in the Prudential Standard is a reference
to that matter as it is updated, varied or replaced, and described in those Prudential
Standards, from time to time;
(g) a reference to an event occurring “after” the lapse of a period of time means the
relevant period of time not including the day on which the relevant event which
triggered the commencement of the period of time occurred;
(h) except where the context otherwise requires, a reference to any thing (including,
without limitation, any amount or Outstanding Principal Amount of any Subordinated
Instrument) is a reference to the whole or each part of it (including, without limitation,
the part or percentage of the Outstanding Principal Amount of a Subordinated
Instrument required to be Converted or Written-off); and
(i) if the provisions of these Terms and Conditions and/or the relevant Pricing
Supplement specifies any Early Redemption Amount (Adverse Tax Event), Early
Redemption Amount (Call), Early Redemption Amount (Regulatory Event), Early
Termination Amount, Final Redemption Amount, Interest Amount, Maximum
Redemption Amount, Minimum Redemption Amount or Redemption Amount (as
applicable) (each a “Specified Amount”) on a per Calculation Amount basis, the
relevant Specified Amount in respect of a Subordinated Instrument shall be deemed
to be the relevant Specified Amount per Calculation Amount divided by the Calculation
Amount multiplied by the Outstanding Principal Amount of each such Subordinated
Instrument - i.e. a Specified Amount shall be calculated as follows:
Specified
Amount =



Specified Amount per Calculation
Amount

Calculation Amount




x


Outstanding Principal
Amount



2. Form and Denomination
2.1 Subordinated Instruments shall be issued in bearer form (“Bearer Subordinated
Instruments”) or in registered form (“Registered Subordinated Instruments”), as specified
in the Pricing Supplement, and shall be serially numbered. Registered Subordinated
Instruments will not be exchangeable for Bearer Subordinated Instruments.
2.2 Subject to the final sentence of this paragraph, the Pricing Supplement shall specify whether
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Regulation §1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(C) (the “TEFRA C Rules”) shall apply. Each Tranche of
Subordinated Instruments is represented upon issue by a temporary global Subordinated
Instrument (a “Temporary Global Instrument”), unless the Pricing Supplement specifies
otherwise and the TEFRA C Rules apply.
Where the Pricing Supplement applicable to a Tranche of Subordinated Instruments specifies
that the TEFRA C Rules apply, such Tranche is (unless otherwise specified in the Pricing
Supplement) represented upon issue by a permanent global Subordinated Instrument (a
“Permanent Global Instrument”).
Interests in the Temporary Global Instrument may be exchanged for:
(a) interests in a Permanent Global Instrument; or
(b) if so specified in the Pricing Supplement, definitive instruments in bearer form
(“Definitive Subordinated Instruments”).
Exchanges of interests in a Temporary Global Instrument for Definitive Subordinated
Instruments or, as the case may be, a Permanent Global Instrument will be made only on or
after the Exchange Date (as specified in the Pricing Supplement) and (unless the Pricing
Supplement specifies that the TEFRA C Rules are applicable to the Subordinated Instruments)
provided certification as to the beneficial ownership thereof as required by U.S. Treasury
regulations (in substantially the form set out in the Temporary Global Instrument or in such
other form as is customarily issued in such circumstances by the relevant clearing system)
has been received. An exchange of interests in a Temporary Global Instrument for Registered
Subordinated Instruments will be made at any time on or from such date as may be specified
in the Pricing Supplement, in each case, without any requirement for certification.
2.3 The bearer of any Temporary Global Instrument shall not (unless, upon due presentation of
such Temporary Global Instrument for exchange (in whole but not in part only) for a Permanent
Global Instrument or for delivery of Definitive Subordinated Instruments and/or Registered
Subordinated Instruments, such exchange or delivery is improperly withheld or refused and
such withholding or refusal is continuing at the relevant payment date) be entitled to receive
any payment in respect of the Subordinated Instruments represented by such Temporary
Global Instrument which falls due on or after the Exchange Date or be entitled to exercise any
option on a date after the Exchange Date.
2.4 Unless the Pricing Supplement specifies that the TEFRA C Rules are applicable to the
Subordinated Instruments and subject to Condition 2.3 above, if any date on which a payment
of interest is due on the Subordinated Instruments of a Tranche occurs while any of the
Subordinated Instruments of that Tranche are represented by a Temporary Global Instrument,
the related interest payment will be made on the Temporary Global Instrument only to the
extent that certification as to the beneficial ownership thereof as required by U.S. Treasury
regulations (in substantially the form set out in the Temporary Global Instrument or in such
other form as is customarily issued in such circumstances by the relevant clearing system)
has been received by the Hong Kong Paying Agent (in the case of a Temporary Global
Instrument lodged with a sub-custodian for the CMU Service) or (in any other case) by
Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg or any other relevant clearing system. Payments of
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Clearstream, Luxembourg or the CMU Service or any other relevant clearing system without
any requirement for certification.
2.5 Interests in a Permanent Global Instrument will be exchanged by the Issuer in whole but not
in part only at the option of the Holder of such Permanent Global Instrument, for Definitive
Subordinated Instruments (a) if an Event of Default (as defined below) occurs in respect of
any Subordinated Instrument of the relevant Series; or (b) if Euroclear or Clearstream,
Luxembourg or the CMU Service or any other relevant clearing system is closed for business
for a continuous period of fourteen days (other than by reason of public holidays) or announces
an intention to cease business permanently or in fact does so in both cases at the cost and
expense of the Issuer. If the Issuer does not make the required delivery of Definitive
Subordinated Instruments by 6.00 p.m. (London time) on the thirtieth day after the day on
which such Permanent Global Instrument becomes due to be exchanged and, in the case of
(a) above, such Subordinated Instrument is not duly redeemed (or the funds required for such
redemption are not available to the Fiscal Agent for the purposes of effecting such redemption
and remain available for such purpose) by 6.00 p.m. (London time) on the thirtieth day after
the day on which such Subordinated Instrument became immediately redeemable, such
Permanent Global Instrument will become void in accordance with its terms but without
prejudice to the rights conferred by the Deed of Covenant.
2.6 Definitive Subordinated Instruments have attached thereto at the time of their initial delivery
coupons (“Coupons”), presentation of which will be a prerequisite to the payment of interest
save in certain circumstances specified herein. Definitive Subordinated Instruments, if so
specified in the Pricing Supplement, have attached thereto, at the time of their initial delivery,
a Talon for further coupons and the expression “Coupons” shall, where the context so requires,
include Talons.
Denomination
Denomination of Bearer Subordinated Instruments
2.7 Subordinated Instruments will be in such denomination or denominations (each of which
denomination is integrally divisible by each smaller denomination) specified in the Pricing
Supplement or such other denominations as may be agreed between the Issuer and the
relevant Dealer save that the minimum denomination of each Subordinated Instrument will be
€100,000 (or the equivalent amount in another currency). Subordinated Instruments of one
denomination may not be exchanged for Subordinated Instruments of any other denomination.
2.8 Where a Temporary Global Instrument, issued in bearer form, is to be cleared through
Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg or any other relevant clearing system and is to be
exchangeable for Definitive Subordinated Instruments upon the Holder’s request, the
Subordinated Instruments may only be issued in such denominations as Euroclear or
Clearstream, Luxembourg or such other relevant clearing system will permit at that time.
2.9 If the Temporary Global Instrument, issued in bearer form, is exchangeable for a Definitive
Subordinated Instrument at the option of the Holders thereof, the Subordinated Instruments
shall be tradeable only in principal amounts of at least the Denomination (or, if more than one
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Denomination of Registered Subordinated Instruments
2.10 Registered Subordinated Instruments will be in the minimum denomination specified in the
Pricing Supplement or integral multiples thereof.
2.11 Where a Temporary Global Instrument, issued in registered form, is to be cleared through
Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg or any other relevant clearing system and is to be
exchangeable for Definitive Subordinated Instruments upon the Holder’s request, the
Subordinated Instruments may only be issued in such denominations as Euroclear or
Clearstream, Luxembourg or such other relevant clearing system will permit at that time.
2.12 If the Temporary Global Instrument, issued in registered form, is exchangeable for a Definitive
Subordinated Instrument at the option of the Holders thereof, the Subordinated Instruments
shall be tradeable only in principal amounts of at least the Denomination (or, if more than one
Denomination, the lowest Denomination).
Currency of Subordinated Instruments
2.13 The Subordinated Instruments are denominated in such currency as may be specified in the
Pricing Supplement (the “Specified Currency”). Any currency may be so specified, subject to
compliance with all applicable legal and/or regulatory and/or central bank requirements.
3. Title and Transfer
3.1 Title to Subordinated Instruments and Coupons passes by delivery. References herein to the
“Holders” of Subordinated Instruments or of Coupons are to the bearers of such Subordinated
Instruments or such Coupons, as the case may be.
3.2 Title to Registered Subordinated Instruments passes by transfer and registration in the register
which the Issuer shall procure to be kept by the Registrar. For the purposes of these Terms
and Conditions, “Registrar” means, in relation to any Series comprising Registered
Subordinated Instruments, the Principal Registrar, the First Alternative Registrar or, as the
case may be, the Second Alternative Registrar, as specified in the Pricing Supplement.
References herein to the “Holders” of Registered Subordinated Instruments are to the
persons in whose names such Registered Subordinated Instruments are so registered in the
relevant register.
3.3 The Holder of any Bearer Subordinated Instrument, Coupon or Registered Subordinated
Instrument will (except as otherwise required by applicable law or regulatory requirement) be
treated as its absolute owner for all purposes (whether or not it is overdue and regardless of
any notice of ownership, trust or any interest thereof or therein, any writing thereon, or any
theft or loss thereof) and no person shall be liable for so treating such Holder.
Transfer of Registered Subordinated Instruments and exchange of Bearer Subordinated Instruments
for Registered Subordinated Instruments
3.4 A Registered Subordinated Instrument may, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in the Issue and Paying Agency Agreement, be transferred in whole or in part only
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in the Pricing Supplement) upon the surrender of the Registered Subordinated Instrument to
be transferred, together with the form of transfer endorsed on it duly completed and executed,
at the Specified Office of the Registrar. A new Registered Subordinated Instrument will be
issued to the transferee and, in the case of a transfer of part only of a Registered Subordinated
Instrument, a new Registered Subordinated Instrument in respect of the balance not
transferred will be issued to the transferor.
3.5 If so specified in the Pricing Supplement, the Holder of Bearer Subordinated Instruments may
exchange the same for the same Outstanding Principal Amount of Registered Subordinated
Instruments upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Issue and Paying
Agency Agreement. In order to exchange a Bearer Subordinated Instrument for a Registered
Subordinated Instrument, the Holder thereof shall surrender such Bearer Subordinated
Instrument at the Specified Office outside the United States of the Fiscal Agent or of the
Registrar together with a written request for the exchange. Each Bearer Subordinated
Instrument so surrendered must be accompanied by all unmatured Coupons and all
unexchanged Talons appertaining thereto other than the Coupon in respect of the next
payment of interest falling due after the exchange date (as defined in Condition 3.6) where the
exchange date would, but for the provisions of Condition 3.6, occur between the Record Date
(as defined in Condition 9B.4) for such payment of interest and the date on which such
payment of interest falls due.
3.6 Each new Registered Subordinated Instrument to be issued upon the transfer of a Registered
Subordinated Instrument or the exchange of a Bearer Subordinated Instrument for a
Registered Subordinated Instrument will, within three Relevant Banking Days of the transfer
date or, as the case may be, the exchange date be available for collection by each relevant
Holder at the Specified Office of the Registrar or, at the option of the Holder requesting such
exchange or transfer, be mailed (by uninsured post at the risk of the Holder(s) entitled thereto)
to such address(es) as may be specified by such Holder. For these purposes, a form of transfer
or request for exchange received by the Registrar or the Fiscal Agent after the Record Date
in respect of any payment due in respect of Registered Subordinated Instruments shall be
deemed not to be effectively received by the Registrar or the Fiscal Agent until the day
following the due date for such payment.
For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions:
(i) “Relevant Banking Day” means a day on which commercial banks are open for
business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in
the place where the Specified Office of the Registrar is located and, in the case only
of an exchange of a Bearer Subordinated Instrument for a Registered Subordinated
Instrument where such request for exchange is made to the Fiscal Agent, in the place
where the Specified Office of the Fiscal Agent is located;
(ii) the “exchange date” shall be the Relevant Banking Day following the day on which
the relevant Bearer Subordinated Instrument shall have been surrendered for
exchange in accordance with Condition 3.5; and
(iii) the “transfer date” shall be the Relevant Banking Day following the day on which the
relevant Registered Subordinated Instrument shall have been surrendered for
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3.7 The issue of new Registered Subordinated Instruments on transfer or on the exchange of
Bearer Subordinated Instruments for Registered Subordinated Instruments will be effected
without charge by or on behalf of the Issuer, the Fiscal Agent or the Registrar, but upon
payment by the applicant of (or the giving by the applicant of such indemnity as the Issuer, the
Fiscal Agent or the Registrar may require in respect of) any tax, duty or other governmental
charges which may be imposed in relation thereto.
3.8 Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Registered Subordinated Instruments bearing
the restrictive legend (the “Restrictive Legend”) set forth in the form of Registered
Subordinated Instrument scheduled to the Issue and Paying Agency Agreement, the Registrar
shall deliver only Registered Subordinated Instruments that also bear such legend unless
either (i) the transferor is not and has not been an affiliate of the Issuer during the preceding
three months and such transfer, exchange or replacement occurs one or more years after the
later of (1) the original issue date of such Subordinated Instruments or (2) the last date on
which the Issuer or any affiliates (as defined below) of the Issuer, as notified to the Registrar
by the Issuer as provided in the following sentence, was the beneficial owner of such
Registered Subordinated Instrument (or any predecessor of such Registered Subordinated
Instrument) or (ii) there is delivered to the Registrar an opinion reasonably satisfactory to the
Issuer of counsel experienced in giving opinions with respect to questions arising under the
securities laws of the United States to the effect that neither such legend nor the restrictions
on transfer set forth therein are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions
of such laws. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will not acquire any beneficial interest,
and will cause its “affiliates” (as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 144 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)) not to acquire any beneficial interest, in any
Registered Subordinated Instrument bearing the Restrictive Legend unless it notifies the
Registrar of such acquisition. The Registrar and all Holders shall be entitled to rely without
further investigation on any such notification (or lack thereof).
3.9 For so long as any of the Registered Subordinated Instruments bearing the Restrictive Legend
remain outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under
the Securities Act, the Issuer covenants and agrees that it shall, during any period in which it
is not subject to Section 13 or Section 15(d) under the United States Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 nor exempt from reporting pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under such Act, make available
to any Relevant Account Holder (as defined in the Deed of Covenant) in connection with any
sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Subordinated Instruments from such
Relevant Account Holder, in each case upon request, the information specified in, and meeting
the requirements of, Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
4. Status of the Subordinated Instruments - General
The Issuer is an ADI as that term is defined under the Banking Act 1959 of Australia (“Banking
Act”). Under sections 13A(3) and 16(2) of the Banking Act and section 86 of the Reserve Bank
Act 1959 of Australia (“Reserve Bank Act”), certain debts of the Issuer are preferred by law,
as described below.
Section 13A(3) of the Banking Act provides that, in the event that an ADI becomes unable to
meet its obligations or suspends payment, the ADI's assets in Australia are available to meet
specified liabilities of the ADI in priority to all other liabilities of the ADI (including, in the case
of the Issuer, the Subordinated Instruments). These specified liabilities include certain

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obligations of the ADI to APRA in respect of amounts payable by APRA to holders of protected
accounts, other liabilities of the ADI in Australia in relation to protected accounts, debts to the
RBA and certain other debts to APRA.
A “protected account” is either:
(a) an account, or covered financial product, that is kept under an agreement between
the account-holder and the ADI requiring the ADI to pay the account-holder, on
demand or at an agreed time, the net credit balance of the account or covered
financial product at the time of the demand or the agreed time (as appropriate); or
(b) another account prescribed by regulation.
Certain assets, such as the assets of the Issuer in a cover pool for covered bonds issued by
the Issuer, are excluded from constituting assets in Australia for the purposes of section 13(A)
of the Banking Act, and those assets are subject to the prior claims of the covered bond
holders and certain other secured creditors in respect of the covered bonds.
Under section 16(2) of the Banking Act, certain other debts of the ADI due to APRA shall in a
winding-up of an ADI have, subject to section 13A(3) of the Banking Act, priority over all other
unsecured debts of that ADI. Further, section 86 of the Reserve Bank Act provides that, in a
winding-up of the ADI, debts due by the ADI to the RBA shall, subject to section 13A(3) of the
Banking Act, have priority over all other debts of the ADI.
The Subordinated Instruments will not constitute protected accounts or deposit liabilities for
the purposes of the Banking Act.
The liabilities which are preferred by law to the claim of a Holder in respect of a Subordinated
Instrument will be substantial and these Terms and Conditions do not limit the amount of such
liabilities which may be incurred or assumed by the Issuer from time to time.
In addition, the Subordinated Instruments are not guaranteed or insured by the Australian
Government or under any compensation scheme of the Australian Government, or by any
other government, under any other compensation scheme or by any government agency or
any other party.
Acknowledgements
4.1 Each Holder by its purchase or holding of a Subordinated Instrument is taken to acknowledge
that:
(a) the Issuer intends that Subordinated Instruments constitute Tier 2 Capital and be able
to absorb losses at the point of non-viability as described in the Prudential Standards;
(b) the Issuer’s obligations in respect of Subordinated Instruments are subordinated in
the manner provided in Condition 4.2; and
(c) Subordinated Instruments are subject to Conversion or Write-off in accordance with
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Conversion). There are two methods of loss absorption:
(i) Conversion, subject to possible Write-off in accordance with Condition 5.3;
or
(ii) Write-off without Conversion in accordance with Condition 5.3.
Unless the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies otherwise, the primary method of
loss absorption will be Conversion, subject to possible Write-off in accordance with
Condition 5.3.
Status and Subordination
4.2
(a) Holders do not have any right to prove in a Winding-Up in respect of Subordinated
Instruments, except as permitted under Condition 4.4.
(b) Subordinated Instruments constitute direct and unsecured subordinated obligations
of the Issuer and will rank for payment in a Winding-Up as set out in Condition 4.4.
(c) Subordinated Instruments will not constitute protected accounts or deposit liabilities
of the Issuer in Australia for the purposes of the Banking Act.
Solvency Condition
4.3 Prior to a Winding-Up:
(a) the obligation of the Issuer to make any payment of principal, interest or Additional
Amounts in respect of Subordinated Instruments shall be conditional upon the Issuer
being Solvent at the time the payment or other amount owing becomes due; and
(b) no payment of principal, interest or Additional Amounts shall be made in respect of
Subordinated Instruments except to the extent that the Issuer may make such
payment and still be Solvent immediately thereafter.
A certificate as to whether the Issuer is Solvent signed by two authorised signatories of the
Issuer or, if the Issuer is in Winding-Up, the Liquidator, shall, in the absence of fraud or
manifest or proven error, be conclusive evidence of the information contained in that certificate.
In the absence of such a certificate, a Holder shall be entitled to assume (unless the contrary
is proved) that the Issuer is, and will, after any payment as aforesaid, be Solvent.
Until Subordinated Instruments have been Converted or Written-off:
(i) interest will continue to accrue on any principal not paid as a consequence of
this Condition 4.3 at the Interest Rate; and
(ii) any interest not paid to a Holder as a consequence of this Condition 4.3
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Any amount not paid as a consequence of this Condition 4.3: (x) remains a debt owing to the
Holder by the Issuer until it is paid and shall be payable on the first date on which paragraphs
(a) and (b) of this Condition 4.3 would allow payment of such amount (whether or not such
date is otherwise an Interest Payment Date or other date on which such amount becomes
due); and (y) shall not constitute an Event of Default.
Winding-Up
4.4 In a Winding-Up:
(a) Holders shall have no right or claim against the Issuer in respect of the principal of,
interest on or Additional Amounts relating to such Subordinated Instruments, to the
extent any such Subordinated Instrument has been Converted or Written-Off; and
(b) the rights and claims of Holders against the Issuer to recover any principal, interest
or Additional Amounts in respect of such Subordinated Instruments that have not been
Converted or Written-off:
(i) shall be subordinate to, and rank junior in right of payment to, the obligations
of the Issuer to Senior Creditors and all such obligations to Senior Creditors
shall be entitled to be paid in full before any payment shall be paid on account
of any sums payable in respect of such Subordinated Instruments;
(ii) shall rank equally with the obligations of the Issuer to the holders of other
Subordinated Instruments that have not been Converted or Written-off (or
that have been partially Converted or Written-off), and the obligations of the
Issuer to holders of Equal Ranking Instruments; and
(iii) shall rank prior to, and senior in right of payment to, the obligations of the
Issuer to holders of Ordinary Shares, and other Junior Ranking Capital
Instruments.
Unless and until Senior Creditors have been paid in full, Holders will not be entitled to claim in
the Winding-Up in competition with Senior Creditors so as to diminish any payment which, but
for that claim, Senior Creditors would have been entitled to receive.
In a Winding-Up, Holders of Subordinated Instruments that have not been Converted or
Written-off (or that have been partially Converted or Written-off) shall only be entitled to prove
for any sums payable in respect of their Subordinated Instruments as a liability which is subject
to prior payment in full of Senior Creditors. Holders of Subordinated Instruments waive in
respect of any Subordinated Instrument or Coupon, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
right to prove in a Winding-Up as a creditor ranking for payment in any other manner. The
Holders of Subordinated Instruments will have no further or other claim on the Issuer in a
Winding-Up, other than the claim for the principal and interest and any Additional Amounts, as
described above.
However, it is unlikely a Winding-Up will occur without a Non-Viability Trigger Event having
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• if the Subordinated Instruments have Converted into Ordinary Shares, Holders will
rank equally with existing holders of Ordinary Shares; and
• if the Subordinated Instruments are Written-off, all rights in relation to the
Subordinated Instruments will be terminated, and Holders will not have their
Outstanding Principal Amount repaid or receive any outstanding interest or accrued
interest, or have the right to have the Subordinated Instruments Converted into
Ordinary Shares. In such an event, a Holder’s investment in the Subordinated
Instruments will lose all of its value and such Holder will not receive any
compensation.
No Netting or Set-Off
4.5 Subordinated Instruments are not subject to netting, and, without limitation, neither the Issuer
nor any Holder is entitled to set-off any amounts due in respect of Subordinated Instruments
held by the Holder against any amount of any nature owed by the Issuer to the Holder or by
the Holder to the Issuer.
Clawback
4.6 Each Holder by its purchase or holding of a Subordinated Instrument is taken to have
irrevocably acknowledged and agreed that it shall pay or deliver to the Liquidator any payment
or asset, whether voluntary or in any other circumstances, received by the Holder from or on
account of the Issuer (including by way of credit, set-off or otherwise howsoever) or from any
Liquidator (or any provisional or other liquidator, receiver, manager or statutory manager of
the Issuer) in breach of either Condition 4.2 or Condition 11 (Events of Default).
Other provisions
4.7 Each Holder by its purchase or holding of a Subordinated Instrument is taken to have
irrevocably acknowledged and agreed:
(a) that each of Conditions 4.2 and 4.4 constitutes a debt subordination for the purposes
of section 563C of the Corporations Act 2001;
(b) without limiting its rights existing otherwise than as a Holder of a Subordinated
Instrument, that it must not exercise its voting or other rights as an unsecured creditor
in the Winding-Up in any jurisdiction until after all Senior Creditors have been paid in
full or otherwise to defeat, negate or in any way challenge the enforceability of the
subordination provision described in Conditions 4.2 and 4.4; and
(c) that the debt subordination effected by Conditions 4.2 and 4.4 are not affected by any
act or omission of the Issuer or a Senior Creditor which might otherwise affect it at
law or in equity.
No consent of any Senior Creditor shall be required for any amendment of either Condition
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Amendments affecting regulatory treatment
4.8 No amendment to the Terms and Conditions of a Subordinated Instrument that at the time of
such amendment qualifies as Tier 2 Capital is permitted without the prior written consent of
APRA if such amendment may affect the eligibility of the Subordinated Instrument as Tier 2
Capital as described in the Prudential Standards.
5. Non-Viability, Conversion and Write-off
Non-Viability Trigger Event
5.1
(a) If a Non-Viability Trigger Event occurs, the Issuer must:
(i) subject to the limitations described in Condition 5.3, Convert; or
(ii) if the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies that the primary method of loss
absorption will be Write-off without Conversion in accordance with Condition
5.3, Write-off,
all Subordinated Instruments or, if paragraph (a) of the definition of “Non-Viability
Trigger Event” applies, subject to the provisions described in Condition 5.1(b), all or
some Subordinated Instruments (or a percentage of the Outstanding Principal
Amount of each Subordinated Instrument), such that the aggregate Outstanding
Principal Amount of all Subordinated Instruments Converted or Written-off, together
with the outstanding principal amount of all other Relevant Securities converted,
written-off or written-down as described in Condition 5.1(b), is equal to the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of Relevant Securities as is necessary to satisfy APRA
that the Issuer will no longer be non-viable.
(b) In determining the Subordinated Instruments or percentage of the Outstanding
Principal Amount of each Subordinated Instrument which must be Converted or
Written-Off in accordance with this Condition 5.1, the Issuer will:
(i) first, convert, write-off or write-down an amount of the outstanding principal
amount of all outstanding Relevant Tier 1 Securities before Conversion or
Write-off of the Subordinated Instruments; and
(ii) second, if conversion, write-off or write-down of those Relevant Tier 1
Securities is not sufficient to satisfy APRA that the Issuer would not become
non-viable, Convert or Write-off (in the case of the Subordinated Instruments)
and convert, write-off or write-down (in the case of any other Relevant Tier 2
Securities), on a pro-rata basis or in a manner that is otherwise, in the opinion
of the Issuer, fair and reasonable, the Outstanding Principal Amount of the
Subordinated Instruments and the outstanding principal amount of all other
Relevant Tier 2 Securities (subject to such adjustments as the Issuer may
determine to take into account the effect on marketable parcels, the need to
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denominations of any Relevant Tier 2 Securities remaining on issue, and the
need to effect the conversion, write-off or write-down immediately), and, for
the purposes of this Condition 5.1(b)(ii), where the Specified Currency of the
outstanding principal amount of any Relevant Tier 2 Securities is not
Australian dollars, the Issuer may for the purposes of determining the
outstanding principal amount to be converted, written-off or written-down,
convert the outstanding principal amount to Australian dollars at such rate of
exchange determined in accordance with the terms of such Relevant Tier 2
Securities or, if the conversion provisions in such terms do not specify a rate
of exchange, at such rate of exchange as the Issuer in good faith considers
reasonable,
but such determination will not impede the immediate Conversion or Write-off of the
relevant Subordinated Instruments or percentage of the Outstanding Principal
Amount of each Subordinated Instrument (as the case may be).
(c) If a Non-Viability Trigger Event occurs:
(i) the Subordinated Instruments or the percentage of the Outstanding Principal
Amount of each Subordinated Instrument determined in accordance with
Conditions 5.1(a) and (b), shall be Converted or Written-off immediately upon
the occurrence of the Non-Viability Trigger Event in accordance with
Conditions 5.2 and 6 (Procedures for Conversion). The Conversion or Write-
off will be irrevocable;
(ii) the Issuer must give notice to Holders in accordance with Condition 16
(Notices) and the ASX as soon as practicable that a Non-Viability Trigger
Event has occurred and that Conversion or Write-off has occurred on the
Non-Viability Trigger Event Date;
(iii) the notice must specify (A) the date on which Conversion or Write-off
occurred (the “Non-Viability Trigger Event Date”) and the Subordinated
Instruments or the percentage of the Outstanding Principal Amount of each
Subordinated Instrument which was Converted or, if Condition 5.3 is
applicable, Written-off, and (B) details of the Relevant Securities converted,
written-off or written down in accordance with Condition 5.1(b); and
(iv) in the case of Conversion, the notice must specify the details of the
Conversion process, including any details which were taken into account in
relation to the effect on marketable parcels and whole numbers of Ordinary
Shares, and the impact on any Subordinated Instruments remaining on issue.
Failure to undertake any of the steps in Conditions 5.1(c)(ii) to (iv) does not prevent,
invalidate, delay or otherwise impede Conversion or Write-off.
Where the specified currency of the outstanding principal amount of Relevant
Securities and/or the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Subordinated Instruments
is not the same, the Issuer may treat them as if converted into a single currency of
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reasonable.
APRA will not approve partial conversion or partial write-off in those exceptional
circumstances where a public sector injection of capital is deemed necessary.
Automatic Conversion or Write-off upon the occurrence of a Non-Viability Trigger Event
5.2 If a Non-Viability Trigger Event has occurred and all or some Subordinated Instruments are
(or a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Amount of each Subordinated Instrument is)
required to be Converted or Written-off in accordance with Condition 5.1, then:
(a) Conversion or Write-off of such Subordinated Instruments or percentage of the
Outstanding Principal Amount of each Subordinated Instrument will occur in
accordance with Condition 5.1 and, if applicable Condition 5.3, immediately upon the
Non-Viability Trigger Event Date;
(b) in the case of Conversion and subject to Condition 6.10, a Holder of a Subordinated
Instrument that has been Converted in whole or in part in accordance with Condition
5.1 will be entitled to (i) the Conversion Number of Ordinary Shares in respect of such
Subordinated Instruments or percentage of the Outstanding Principal Amount of each
Subordinated Instrument held by such Holder so Converted in accordance with
Condition 6.1, and (ii) unless the Subordinated Instruments shall have been
Converted or Written-off in full, to Subordinated Instruments with an Outstanding
Principal Amount equal to the aggregate of the remaining percentage of the
Outstanding Principal Amount of each Subordinated Instrument held by such Holder,
and the Issuer will recognise the Holder as having been issued the Conversion
Number of Ordinary Shares in respect of such portion of Converted Subordinated
Instruments for all purposes, in each case without the need for any further act or step
by the Issuer, the Holder or any other person (and the Issuer will, as soon as possible
thereafter and without delay on its part, take any appropriate procedural steps to effect
such Conversion, including updating the Ordinary Share register); and
(c) a Holder of Subordinated Instruments has no further right or claim under these Terms
and Conditions in respect of such Subordinated Instruments or percentage of the
Outstanding Principal Amount of each Subordinated Instrument so Converted or
Written-off (including to payments of interest, accrued but unpaid interest, any
Additional Amounts and the repayment of the Outstanding Principal Amount), except
the Holder’s entitlement, if any, to Subordinated Instruments which have not been
required to be Converted or Written-off or Subordinated Instruments representing the
Outstanding Principal Amount of such Subordinated Instruments which have not been
required to be Converted or Written-off and, in the case of Conversion, subject to
Condition 6.10, to the Conversion Number of Ordinary Shares issuable in accordance
with Condition 6 (Procedures for Conversion).
No further rights
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Outstanding Principal Amount of each Subordinated Instrument) required to be
Converted under Condition 5.1 does not occur within 5 ASX Business Days after the
Non-Viability Trigger Event Date; or
(b) the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies that the primary method of loss
absorption will be Write-off without Conversion in accordance with Condition 5.3,
then:
(c) the relevant Holders’ rights and claims under these Terms and Conditions in relation
to such Subordinated Instruments or the percentage of the Outstanding Principal
Amount of such Subordinated Instruments to be Converted or Written-off (including
to payments of interest, accrued but unpaid interest and any Additional Amounts, and
the repayment of the Outstanding Principal Amount and, in the case of Conversion,
to be issued with the Conversion Number of Ordinary Shares in respect of such
Subordinated Instruments or percentage of the Outstanding Principal Amount of each
Subordinated Instrument), are immediately and irrevocably written-off and terminated
with effect on and from the Non-Viability Trigger Event Date (“Write-off”); and
(d) the Outstanding Principal Amount of such Subordinated Instruments shall be reduced
on the Non-Viability Trigger Event Date by the Outstanding Principal Amount of the
Subordinated Instruments to be Converted or Written-off, as determined in
accordance with Conditions 5.1(a) and (b) and any interest, accrued but unpaid
interest and any Additional Amounts shall be correspondingly reduced.
Consent to receive Ordinary Shares and other acknowledgements
5.4 Subject to any Write-off required in accordance with Condition 5.3, each Holder by its purchase
or holding of a Subordinated Instrument shall be taken to have irrevocably agreed that:
(a) upon Conversion in accordance with Condition 5 (Non-Viability, Conversion and
Write-off) and Condition 6 (Procedures for Conversion), it consents to becoming a
member of the Issuer and agrees to be bound by the constitution of the Issuer;
(b) unless (x) it has given notice in accordance with Condition 6.10 that it does not wish
to receive Ordinary Shares as a result of Conversion, or (y) it is an Ineligible Holder,
or (z) it has not satisfied the requirements of Condition 6.10 to receive Ordinary
Shares, it is obliged to accept Ordinary Shares of the Issuer on Conversion
notwithstanding anything that might otherwise affect a Conversion of Subordinated
Instruments, including:
(i) any change in the financial position of the Issuer since the issue of the
Subordinated Instruments;
(ii) any disruption to the market or potential market for Ordinary Shares or capital
markets generally; or
(iii) any breach by the Issuer of any obligation in connection with the
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(c)
(i) Conversion is not subject to any conditions other than those expressly
provided for in Condition 5 (Non-Viability, Conversion and Write-off) and
Condition 6 (Procedures for Conversion);
(ii) Conversion must occur immediately on the Non-Viability Trigger Event Date
and that may result in disruption or failures in trading or dealings in the
Subordinated Instruments;
(iii) it will not have any rights to vote in respect of any Conversion (whether as a
Holder of a Subordinated Instrument or as a prospective holder of an
Ordinary Share); and
(iv) notwithstanding Condition 6.9, Ordinary Shares issued on Conversion may
not be quoted at the time of Conversion or at all;
(d) where Condition 5.3 applies, no other conditions or events will affect the operation of
that Condition and it will not have any rights to vote in respect of any Write-off under
that Condition; and
(e) it has no remedies on account of the failure of the Issuer to issue Ordinary Shares in
accordance with Condition 6 (Procedures for Conversion) other than, subject to
Condition 5.3, to seek specific performance of the Issuer’s obligation to issue Ordinary
Shares.
Issue of ordinary shares of successor holding company
5.5 Where there is a replacement of the Issuer as the ultimate holding company of the Westpac
Group and the successor holding company is an Approved Successor, the Terms and
Conditions may be amended in accordance with Condition 6.14.
No Conversion at the option of the Holders
5.6 Holders do not have a right to request Conversion of their Subordinated Instruments at any
time.
Priority of early Conversion obligations
5.7 A Conversion or Write-off required because of a Non-Viability Trigger Event shall take place
on the date, and in the manner, described herein or in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
notwithstanding any redemption as described herein or in the applicable Pricing Supplement
and any notice of redemption outstanding at the time a Non-Viability Trigger Event occurs will
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No rights before Conversion
5.8 Before Conversion, a Subordinated Instrument confers no rights on a Holder:
(a) to vote at, or receive notices of, any meeting of shareholders or members of the
Issuer;
(b) to subscribe for new securities or to participate in any bonus issues of securities of
the Issuer; or
(c) to otherwise participate in the profits or property of the Issuer,
except as expressly set out in these Terms and Conditions or in an applicable Pricing
Supplement.
6. Procedures for Conversion
Conversion
6.1 On the Non-Viability Trigger Event Date, subject to Condition 5.3 and Condition 6.10, the
following provisions will apply.
(a) The Issuer will allot and issue the Conversion Number of Ordinary Shares for each
Subordinated Instrument to each Holder. The Conversion Number is, subject always
to the Conversion Number being no greater than the Maximum Conversion Number,
calculated according to the following formula:


Conversion Number for each Subordinated Instrument =
Outstanding Principal Amount of the
Subordinated Instrument (translated
into Australian dollars in accordance
with paragraph (b) of the definition of
Outstanding Principal Amount where
the calculation date shall be the Non-
Viability Trigger Event Date)
P x VWAP
where:
Outstanding Principal Amount has the meaning given to it in Condition 1.1, as
adjusted in accordance with Condition 6.13.
P means the number specified in the Pricing Supplement.
VWAP means the VWAP during the VWAP Period.
Maximum Conversion Number means a number calculated according to the
following formula: