Westpac Banking Corporation (“WBC”) - Trading Halt

NZX Limited
Level 2, 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:
Tuesday, 5 May 2026
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 equity securities. The trading halt was placed at pre-market open
today.
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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Westpac Banking Corporation ABN 33 007 457 141

Westpac acknowledges the Traditional Owners as the custodians of this land, recognising their connection to land, waters and community. We
pay our respects to Australia’s First Peoples, and to their Elders past and present.

4 May 2026

Westpac Banking Corporation
Westpac Place
Level 18, 275 Kent Street
Sydney NSW 2000
M: +61 408 800 291
E: thartin@westpac.com.au


by email: issuer@nzregco.com


NZ RegCo
11 Cable Street
Wellington
New Zealand



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
Tuesday 5 May 2026, pending the release of Westpac’s 2026 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 2026 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 2026 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 2026 Half Year
Financial Results and related announcements by NZX. Please end the trading halt after release of the
announcement titled ‘First Half 2026 Risk Factors’.
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