Company: WEBNF
Filing Date: 2025-06-26
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001104659-25-062718
Chunk: 93

Company: WESTPAC BANKING CORP
Filing Date: 2025-06-26
Form: 424B5
Chunk 93
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 partners of the purchase, ownership and disposition of such a Senior Debt Security.

Prospective purchasers are advised to consult their own tax advisors as to the U.S. federal income and other tax considerations relating to the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Senior Debt Securities in light of their particular circumstances, as well as the effect of any state, local or non-U.S. tax laws.

Interest and Original Issue Discount on the Senior Debt Securities

Each U.S. Holder of a Senior Debt Security must include in income payments of “qualified stated interest” (as described below) in respect of such Senior Debt Security in accordance with such U.S. Holder’s method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes as ordinary interest income. In general, if the issue price of a Senior Debt Security, determined by the first price at which a substantial amount of the Senior

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Debt Securities of a series are sold (ignoring sales to bond houses, brokers or similar persons or organizations acting in the capacity of underwriters, placement agents or wholesalers), is less than the “stated redemption price at maturity” (as described below) of such Senior Debt Security by an amount that is equal to or more than a de minimis amount, a U.S. Holder will be considered to have purchased such Senior Debt Security with original issue discount (“OID”). In general, the de minimis amount is equal to 1 ∕ 4 of 1 percent of the stated redemption price at maturity of a Senior Debt Security multiplied by the number of complete years to maturity (or, in the case of a Senior Debt Security providing for the payment of any amount other than qualified stated interest (as defined below) prior to maturity, multiplied by the weighted average maturity of the Senior Debt Security). If a U.S. Holder acquires a Senior Debt Security with OID, then regardless of such U.S. Holder’s method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such U.S. Holder generally will be required to accrue its pro rata share of OID on such Senior Debt Security on a constant-yield basis and include such accruals in gross income, whether or not such U.S. Holder will have received any cash payment on such Senior Debt Security. Any amount not treated as OID because it is de minimis generally must be included in income (generally as gain from the sale of Senior Debt Securities) as principal payments are received in the proportion that each such payment bears to the original principal amount