Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the financial year ended September 30, 2012 on November 13, 2012.

Westpac has also lodged the following with the Australian Securities Exchange, Sydney:

• 2012 Notice of Annual General Meeting (AGM);
• 2012 AGM Proxy Voting Form;
• 2012 Annual Review and Sustainability Report – short-form review of performance; and
• 2012 Annual Report – the complete audited financial statements.

All of these documents are available at the Westpac shareholder website:
www.westpac.com.au/investorcentre

Holders of Westpac’s American Depositary Shares (ADS), which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, will be notified separately concerning proxy voting instructions. They are able, if they wish, to obtain a hard copy of the Westpac 2012 Annual Report or Notice of Meeting, free of charge, by contacting JP Morgan Shareholder Service Center at 1(800)990-1135 (toll free: non-US callers will be charged IDD) or +1 (651) 453 2128.