Telstra : Notification of Dividend/Distribution

Notification of dividend / distribution

Announcement Summary

Entity name

TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED.

Security on which the Distribution will be paid

TLS - ORDINARY FULLY PAID

Announcement Type

New announcement

Date of this announcement

Thursday February 15, 2018

Distribution Amount

AUD 0.11000000

Ex Date

Wednesday February 28, 2018

Record Date

Thursday March 1, 2018

Payment Date

Thursday March 29, 2018

DRP election date

Friday March 2, 2018 17:00:00

Refer to below for full details of the announcement

Announcement Details

Part 1 - Entity and announcement details

1.1 Name of +Entity

TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED.

Registration Number

1.2 Registered Number Type

ABN

1.3 ASX issuer code

TLS

1.4 The announcement is

New announcement

1.5 Date of this announcement

Thursday February 15, 2018

1.6 ASX +Security Code

TLS

ASX +Security Description

ORDINARY FULLY PAID

Part 2A - All dividends/distributions basic details

2A.1 Type of dividend/distribution

Ordinary

Special

2A.2 The Dividend/distribution: relates to a period of six months

2A.3 The dividend/distribution relates to the financial reporting or payment period ending ended/ending (date)

Sunday December 31, 2017

2A.4 +Record Date

Thursday March 1, 2018

2A.5 Ex Date

Wednesday February 28, 2018

2A.6 Payment Date

Thursday March 29, 2018

2A.7 Are any of the below approvals required for the dividend/distribution before business day 0 of the timetable?

Security holder approvalCourt approval

Lodgement of court order with +ASICACCC approval

FIRB approval

Another approval/condition external to the entity required before business day 0 of the timetable for the dividend/distribution.

No

2A.8 Currency in which the dividend/distribution is made ("primary currency")

AUD - Australian Dollar

2A.9 Total dividend/distribution payment amount per +security (in primary currency) for all dividends/distributions notified in this form

AUD 0.11000000

2A.10 Does the entity have arrangements relating to the currency in which the dividend/distribution is paid to securityholders that it wishes to disclose to the market?

No

2A.11 Does the entity have a securities plan for dividends/distributions on this +security?

We have a Dividend/Distribution Reinvestment Plan (DRP)

2A.11a If the +entity has a DRP, is the DRP applicable to this dividend/distribution?

Yes

2A.12 Does the +entity have tax component information apart from franking?

No

Part 3A - Ordinary dividend/distribution

3A.1 Is the ordinary dividend/distribution estimated at this time?

No

3A.1b Ordinary Dividend/distribution amount per security

AUD 0.07500000

3A.2 Is the ordinary dividend/distribution franked?

Yes

3A.3 Percentage of ordinary dividend/distribution that is franked 100.0000 %

3A.4 Ordinary dividend/distribution franked amount per +security

AUD 0.07500000

3A.6 Ordinary dividend/distribution unfranked amount per +security excluding conduit foreign income amount

AUD 0.00000000

3A.7 Ordinary dividend/distribution conduit foreign income amount per security

AUD 0.00000000

Part 3B - Special dividend/distribution

3B.1 Is the special dividend/distribution estimated at this time?

No

3B.1b Special dividend/distribution amount per +security

AUD 0.03500000

2A.11a(i) DRP Status in respect of this dividend/distribution

Full DRP

3A.1a Ordinary dividend/distribution estimated amount per +security

AUD

3A.2a Is the ordinary dividend/distribution fully franked?

Yes

3A.3a Applicable corporate tax rate for franking credit (%)

30.0000 %

3A.5 Percentage amount of dividend which is unfranked 0.0000 %

3B.1a Special dividend/distribution estimated amount per +security

AUD

3B.2 Is special dividend/distribution franked?

Yes

3B.2a Is the special dividend/distribution fully franked?

Yes

3B.3 Percentage of special dividend/distribution 3B.3a Applicable corporate tax rate for frankingthat is franked 100.0000 %

3B.4 Special dividend/distribution franked amount per +security

AUD 0.03500000

credit (%)

30.0000 %

3B.5 Percentage of special dividend/distribution that is unfranked 0.0000 %

3B.6 Special dividend/distribution unfranked amount per +security excluding conduit foreign income amount

AUD 0.00000000

3B.7 Special dividend/distribution conduit foreign income amount per +security

AUD 0.00000000

Part 4A - +Dividend reinvestment plan (DRP)

4A.1 What is the default option if +security holders do not indicate whether they want to participate in the DRP?

Do not participate in DRP (i.e. cash payment)

4A.2 Last date and time for lodgement of election notices to share registry under DRP

Friday March 2, 2018 17:00:00

4A.4 Period of calculation of reinvestment price

Start Date

Monday March 5, 2018

4A.5 DRP price calculation methodology

4A.3 DRP discount rate 0.0000 %

End Date

Friday March 9, 2018

The DRP price is calculated as the arithmetic average of the daily volume weighted average price for shares traded from Monday 5 March 2018 to Friday 9 March 2018

4A.6 DRP Price (including any discount):

AUD

4A.8 Will DRP +securities be a new issue?

No

4A.7 DRP +securities +issue date

Thursday March 29, 2018

4A.9 Is there a minimum dollar amount or number of +securities required for DRP participation?

No

4A.10 Is there a maximum dollar amount or number of +securities required for DRP participation?

No

4A.11 Are there any other conditions applying to DRP participation?

No

4A.12 Link to a copy of the DRP plan ruleswww.telstra.com/drp

4A.13 Further information about the DRP

All prior shareholder DRP elections are reinstated and will continue to apply until a shareholder changes their participation instructions. If a shareholder wishes to update their participation instructions for the DRP, they should either login to their shareholder account atwww.linkmarketservices.com.au/telstra or contact the Telstra Share Registry on 1300 66 88 77. The deadline for providing updated DRP instructions is 5pm, Friday 2 March 2018.

Part 5 - Further information

5.1 Please provide any further information applicable to this dividend/distribution

5.2 Additional information for inclusion in the Announcement Summary