Westpac Banking Corp (“WBC”) – Trading Halt of Securities

NZX Limited
Level 1, NZX Centre
11 Cable Street
PO Box 2959
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
Tel +64 4 472 7599

www.nzx.com


Memorandum

To:
Market Participants
From:
NZX Product Operations
Date:
Monday, 6 May 2024
Subject
: Westpac Banking Corporation (“WBC”) – Trading Halt of Securities


Message
:

NZ RegCo advises that, at the request of the Westpac Banking Corporation (“WBC”), it has
placed a trading halt on WBC ordinary shares. The trading halt was placed at premarket open
today, Monday, 6 May 2024.
Attached is the trading halt application, for further information.
Please contact NZX Product Operations on +64 4 496 2853 or productoperations@nzx.com
with any queries.

ENDS

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3 May 2024
To: NZ RegCo
11 Cable Street
Wellington
New Zealand
By email: issuer@nzregco.com
Westpac Place
Level 18, 275 Kent Street
Sydney NSW 2000
T. +61 (0)2 9155 7713
westpac.com.au
Request for trading halt: Westpac Banking Corporation (NZX Code: WBC)
We request a trading halt be applied to our financial products (ordinary shares (WBC)) under
NZX Listing Rule 9.9.1(a) and set out below details of the request as per the rules of NZX.
We would like the trading halt to commence from the commencement of trading on NZX Main
Board on Monday 6 May 2024, pending the release of Westpac’s 2024 Half Year Financial
Results announcements in New Zealand.
Reasons for trading halt, including impact of event on fair orderly or transparent
markets: The trading halt has been requested so that there is no trading in New Zealand before
Westpac’s results are announced to ASX. The trading halt is due to the requirement to receive
confirmation from ASX prior to the release of information to NZX. The trading halt can be lifted
once Westpac’s 2024 Half Year Financial Results announcements have been released on NZX.
How long we want the trading halt to last and why: If the trading halt is granted, we request
that trading resume once Westpac releases its 2024 Half Year Financial Results and related
announcements on NZX. We expect to release on ASX around 7:30 am – 7:45 am Sydney time
(9:30 am – 9:45 am NZ time), and once the announcements have been released on ASX, we
will release on NZX.
The event we expect to happen that will end the trading halt: The release of Westpac’s
2024 Half Year Financial Results and related announcements by NZX. Please end the trading
halt after release of the announcement titled ‘Westpac Pillar 3 Report (March 2024)’.
Other information necessary to inform the market about the trading halt or that
NZ RegCo has requested: None.
We confirm that we are not aware of any reason why the trading halt should not be granted.
Yours sincerely
Tim Hartin
Company Secretary