2024 Annual General Meeting Results and Change of Auditor

ASX Release


13 December 2024

Results of 2024 Annual General Meeting and Change of Auditor

In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 3.13.2 and section 251AA of the Corporations
Act 2001 (Cth), the results of Westpac Banking Corporation’s (Westpac) 2024
Annual General Meeting (AGM) are attached.

All resolutions put to the AGM were decided by way of poll.

In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 3.16.3, Westpac also announces that KPMG has
been appointed as Westpac’s external auditor with effect from the end of today’s AGM.



For further information:

Hayden Cooper Justin McCarthy
Group Head of Media Relations General Manager, Investor Relations
0402 393 619 0422 800 321



This document has been authorised for release by Tim Hartin, Company Secretary.
Level 18, 275 Kent Street
Sydney, NSW, 2000

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Friday, 13 December, 2024
WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION
Short Description
ForAgainst
ForAgainstAbstain **
As required by section 251AA(2) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) the following statistics are provided in respect of each resolution on the agenda.
Resolution Voted on at the meeting
Total votes cast in the poll (where applicable)
Abstain
Direct vote
(as at proxy close):
ForAgainst
ResultDiscretionary
(open votes)
No
Strike
Y/N/NA
Proxy Votes (as at proxy close)
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING (ASX REPORT)
1,679,340,643 1,252,462 42,752,9602,704,33716,312,793
2
APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR OF WESTPAC BANKING
CORPORATION
12,448,890 2,669,413 15,020,375 1,622,045,187
0.96%99.04%
Carried
95.78%0.89%0.74%0.07%2.52%
NA
1,616,430,113 9,716,360 32,854,4224,464,34275,828,977
3
REMUNERATION REPORT 12,276,621 4,416,095 65,843,842 1,569,932,627
4.48%95.52%
Carried
92.86%3.89%0.73%0.57%1.94%
N
1,652,286,129 11,813,843 31,353,5166,306,53039,283,885
4
GRANT OF EQUITY TO THE INCOMING MANAGING
DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
12,233,675 6,271,556 27,053,576 1,607,230,962
2.32%97.68%
Carried
95.12%1.60%0.72%0.70%1.86%
NA
1,690,132,322 4,205,731 39,296,3773,092,3885,056,656
5A
TO RE-ELECT NERIDA CAESAR AS A DIRECTOR 12,499,781 3,056,365 793,475 1,636,260,508
0.30%99.70%
Carried
96.65%0.05%0.74%0.25%2.32%
NA
1,595,123,717 3,890,001 39,651,9875,203,17197,966,185
5B
TO RE-ELECT MARGARET SEALE AS A DIRECTOR 12,485,646 5,167,546 94,019,014 1,540,909,812
5.79%94.21%
Carried
91.13%5.56%0.74%0.23%2.34%
NA
1,685,871,992 3,030,341 40,208,8164,893,7977,464,735
5C
TO ELECT ANDY MAGUIRE AS A DIRECTOR 12,477,363 4,854,331 4,380,841 1,631,109,765
0.44%99.56%
Carried
96.45%0.26%0.74%0.18%2.38%
NA
107,792,124 36,731,729 5,818,75856,347,8381,533,654,066
6A
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION 12,490,551 56,171,646 1,483,104,890 101,625,276
93.43%6.57%
Not Carried
6.20%90.45%0.76%2.24%0.35%
NA
Not put to the meeting
37,032,654 5,415,897
Not put to the meeting
Not put to the meeting
6B
TRANSITION PLAN ASSESSMENTS 12,496,320 32,672,003 1,039,295,142 569,017,513
Not put to the
meeting
34.21%62.49%0.75%2.23%0.33%
NA
** - Note that votes relating to a person who abstains on an item are not counted in determining whether or not the required majority of votes were cast for or against that item
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Resolution proposed but not put to the meeting
Reason(s) for not putting to the meeting Short DescriptionNo.
6B TRANSITION PLAN ASSESSMENTS
Transition Plan Assessments – Resolution 6(b) was not put to the meeting as it was contingent on Resolution 6(a) being passed as a special resolution
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