18 December 2009
Company Announcements Office
Australian Securities Exchange
Exchange Centre
Level 420 Bridge Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000

Dear Sir
Annual General Meeting on 18 December 2009
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
The outcome of the poll conducted on the Items of Business set out in the Notice of 2009
Annual General Meeting held on 18 December 2009 is:

ItemResolution

Result of the poll

Item 2

Approval of Securities Issues

Passed as an ordinary resolution

Item 3Adoption of the Remuneration Report

Passed as an ordinary resolution

Item 4

Election of Directors

The following candidates wereelected as Directors:•Mr J. P. Morschel•

Mr Lee Hsien Yang

As required by section 251AA of the Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rule 3.13.2, thefollowing details are provided in respect of each motion on the agenda.
Item 2 – Approval of Securities Issues
The total number of votes exercisable by all validly appointed proxies was:•Votes where the proxy was directed to vote ‘for’ the motion

424,299,351•

Votes where the proxy was directed to vote ‘against’ the motion

14,656,089•

Votes where the proxy may exercise a discretion how to vote28,480,690

In addition, the number of votes where the proxy was directed toabstain from voting on the motion wasCompany Secretary’s Office
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The result of voting on the motion is as follows:
The motion was carried as an ordinary resolution on a poll the details of which are:•

The number of votes cast ‘for’ the motion was454,893,639•

The number of votes cast ‘against’ the motion was14,768,831In addition, the number of votes which abstained from voting was492,999,668

The Notice of Meeting in relation to Item 2 made it clear that the Company would disregard
any votes cast on this Item by any person who participated in the issue of the relevant
equity securities or their associates (unless the conditions of a waiver granted by the ASX
were met). It is for this reason that the Company believes a significant number of affectedshareholders appointed proxies with either no instruction on this Item or an instruction toabstain from voting on this Item.
Item 3 – Adoption of the Remuneration Report
The total number of votes exercisable by all validly appointed proxies was:•Votes where the proxy was directed to vote ‘for’ the motion•

Votes where the proxy was directed to vote ‘against’ the motion

49,099,515•Votes where the proxy may exercise a discretion how to vote32,002,403

In addition, the number of votes where the proxy was directed toabstain from voting on the motion was

1,060,624,532

26,208,664

The result of voting on the motion is as follows:
The motion was carried as an ordinary resolution on a poll the details of which are:
•The number of votes cast ‘for’ the motion was

1,085,019,438•

The number of votes cast ‘against’ the motion was

58,849,387

In addition, the number of votes which abstained from voting was

26,244,208

Item 4 – Election of Directors
To re-elect Mr J P Morschel
The total number of votes exercisable by all validly appointed proxies was:•Votes where the proxy was directed to vote ‘for’ the motion•

Votes where the proxy was directed to vote ‘against’ the motion•

Votes where the proxy may exercise a discretion how to voteIn addition, the number of votes where the proxy was directed toabstain from voting on the motion was
Mr Morschel was re-elected as a Director.

920,062,146
8,206,492
30,524,815
20,947,075

Page 3The details of the poll in relation to the re-election of Mr Morschel are:
•The number of votes cast ‘for’ the motion was952,480,074•

The number of votes cast ‘against’ the motion was

8,331,280

In addition, the number of votes which abstained from voting was

20,966,642

To elect Mr R J Reeves
The total number of votes exercisable by all validly appointed proxies was:•Votes where the proxy was directed to vote ‘for’ the motion•

Votes where the proxy was directed to vote ‘against’ the motion•

Votes where the proxy may exercise a discretion how to vote20,588,406
1,032,132,558
30,524,815

In addition, the number of votes where the proxy was directed toabstain from voting on the motion was

28,234,073

Mr Reeves was not elected as a Director.
The details of the poll in relation to the election of Mr Reeves are:
•The number of votes cast ‘for’ the motion was•The number of votes cast ‘against’ the motion was

20,779,975
1,064,217,228

In addition, the number of votes which abstained from voting was

28,373,164

To elect Mr Lee Hsien Yang
The total number of votes exercisable by all validly appointed proxies was:•Votes where the proxy was directed to vote ‘for’ the motion•

Votes where the proxy was directed to vote ‘against’ the motion

11,796,424•

Votes where the proxy may exercise a discretion how to vote30,524,815

In addition, the number of votes where the proxy was directed toabstain from voting on the motion was

912,138,270

25,276,036

Mr Lee Hsien Yang was elected as a Director.
The details of the poll in relation to the election of Mr Lee Hsien Yang are:
•The number of votes cast ‘for’ the motion was944,424,136•

The number of votes cast ‘against’ the motion was12,015,831

In addition, the number of votes which abstained from voting was25,318,910

Dated this 18th day of December 2009.

John PriestleyCompany Secretary