ONLINE
LODGE YOUR VOTEWestpac Banking Corporation
ABN 33 007 457 141
vote.linkmarketservices.com/WBC
BY MOBILE
Use the QR code on the reverse of this form
BY EMAIL
Scan and email to: vote@linkmarketservices.com.au
BY MAIL
Westpac Banking Corporation
C/- Link Market Services Limited Locked Bag A6015
Sydney South NSW 1235 Australia
BY FAX
+61 2 9287 0309
ALL ENQUIRIES TO
Telephone: +61 1800 804 255 (free call within Australia)
SHAREHOLDER PROXY FORM
Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) shareholders may appoint a proxy to vote on their behalf at Westpac's Annual General Meeting (AGM) either online/ mobile or by completing this form. Please complete the three steps below and read the voting instructions overleaf. Proxies will only be valid and accepted if they are signed and received no later than 48 hours before the AGM.
As a shareholder of Westpac entitled to attend and vote at Westpac's AGM to be held at 10:00 am (Adelaide time) on Friday, 9 December 2016, at the Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, I hereby appoint:
SAMPL EAPPOINT A PROXY
STEP 1The Chairman of the Meeting (Chairman) (mark box)
OR Please write the name of the person (excluding the registered shareholder) you are appointing as your proxy
If no person is named, or if the person does not attend the meeting, the Chairman will act as my proxy.
In each case, my proxy will act generally and vote in accordance with the following directions (or, if no directions have been given, and to the extent permitted by law, as the proxy sees fit), on my behalf at the AGM and at any adjournment or postponement of the AGM.
Exercise of proxies by the Chairman for Item 2 (Remuneration Report) and Item 3 (Grant of equity to Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer): Where I have appointed the Chairman as my proxy (or the Chairman becomes my proxy by default), I expressly authorise the Chairman to vote on Item 2 and Item 3 even though Item 2 and Item 3 are connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the key management personnel of Westpac.
(Note: You may direct the Chairman to vote against Item 2 and/or Item 3, or to abstain, by marking the appropriate box below.)
Proxies will only be valid and accepted by Westpac if they are signed and received no later than 48 hours before the meeting.
VOTING DIRECTIONS - ITEMS OF BUSINESS
For
Against Abstain*
4 Election of Directors
For
Against Abstain*
Remuneration Report 4a Re-election of Ewen Crouch
STEP 2Grant of equity to Managing Director
and Chief Executive Officer 4b Re-election of Peter Marriott
*WBC PRX1601N*
The Chairman intends to vote all undirected and available proxies in favour of each item of business.
* If you mark the "Abstain" box for a particular item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf on a show of hands or on a poll and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.
SIGNATURE OF SHAREHOLDERS - THIS MUST BE COMPLETED
STEP 3Shareholder 1 (Individual)
Sole Director and Sole Company Secretary
Joint Shareholder 2 (Individual)
Director/Company Secretary (Delete one)
Joint Shareholder 3 (Individual)
Director
This form should be signed by the shareholder. If a joint holding, either shareholder may sign. If signed by the shareholder's attorney, the power of attorney must have been previously noted by the registry or a certified copy attached to this form. If executed by a company, the form must be executed in accordance with the company's constitution and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESSThis is your name and address as it appears on Westpac's share register. If this information is incorrect, please make the correction on the form. Shareholders sponsored by a broker should advise their broker of any changes. Please note: you cannot change ownership of your shares using this form.
APPOINTMENT OF A PROXYIf you wish to appoint the Chairman as your proxy, mark the box in Step 1. If you wish to appoint someone other than the Chairman, please write that person's name in the box in Step 1. A proxy need not be a shareholder of Westpac. A proxy may be an individual or a body corporate. If you leave this section blank, or your named proxy does not attend the meeting, the Chairman will be your proxy.
LODGEMENT OF PROXY FORMThis Proxy Form (and any power of attorney under which it is signed) must be received at an address given below by 10:00 am (Adelaide time) on Wednesday, 7 December 2016, being not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the AGM. Proxy Forms received after that time will not be valid for the scheduled meeting.
Proxy Forms may be lodged using the reply paid envelope or:
ONLINE
vote.linkmarketservices.com/WBC
Log in to Link's website using your Securityholder Reference Number (SRN) or Holder Identification Number (HIN), as shown on this Proxy Form. Select "Voting" and follow the prompts to lodge your proxy vote.
VOTES ON ITEMS OF BUSINESS - PROXY APPOINTMENTYou may direct your proxy how to vote by placing a mark in one of the boxes opposite each item of business. All your shares will be voted in accordance with such a direction unless you indicate only a portion of voting rights are to be voted on any item by inserting the percentage or number of shares you wish to vote in the appropriate box or boxes. If you do not mark any of the boxes on a given item, your proxy may vote as they choose to the extent they are able. If you mark more than one box on an item, your vote on that item will be invalid.
If you wish to appoint a Director (other than the Chairman) or other member of Westpac's key management personnel, or their closely related parties,
BY MOBILE DEVICE
Lodge your proxy by scanning the QR code adjacent or enter the Westpac voting link vote.linkmarketservices.com/WBC into your phone. Log in using your SRN or HIN and postcode for your shareholding. To scan the code you will need a QR code reader which can be downloaded for free on your mobile.
BY EMAIL
Scan and email to: vote@linkmarketservices.com.au
QR Code
as your proxy, you must specify how they should vote on Item 2 and Item
3 by marking the appropriate box. If you do not, your proxy will not be able to exercise your vote for Item 2 or Item 3.
SAMPL EPLEASE NOTE: If you appoint the Chairman as your proxy (or if he is appointed by default) but do not direct him how to vote on an item (that is, you do not complete any of the boxes "For", "Against" or "Abstain" opposite that item), you will be expressly authorising the Chairman to vote as he sees fit on that item.
APPOINTMENT OF A SECOND PROXYYou are entitled to appoint up to two persons as proxies to attend the meeting and vote on a poll. If you wish to appoint a second proxy, an additional Proxy Form may be obtained by telephoning Link Market Services Limited (Link) or you may copy this form and return them both together.
To appoint a second proxy you must:
on each Proxy Form state the percentage of your voting rights or number of shares applicable to that form. If the appointments do not specify the percentage or number of votes that each proxy may exercise, each proxy may exercise half your votes. Fractions of votes will be disregarded; and
return both forms together.
You must sign this form as follows in the spaces provided:
Individual: where the holding is in one name, the holder must sign. Joint Holding: where the holding is in more than one name, either shareholder may sign.
Power of attorney: to sign under power of attorney, you must lodge the power of attorney with Link. If you have not previously lodged this document for notation, please attach a certified photocopy of the power of attorney to this form when you return it.
Companies: where the holder is a company with a sole director who is also the sole company secretary, this form must be signed by that person. If the company (pursuant to section 204A of the Corporations Act 2001) does not have a company secretary, a sole director can also sign alone. Otherwise this form must be signed by a director jointly with either another director or a company secretary. Please indicate the office held by signing in the appropriate place.
BY MAIL
Westpac Banking Corporation
C/- Link Market Services Limited Locked Bag A6015
Sydney South NSW 1235 Australia
BY FAX
+61 2 9287 0309
BY HAND
Deliver to Link Market Services Limited* 1A Homebush Bay Drive
Rhodes NSW 2138
* During business hours (Monday to Friday, 9:00 am-5:00 pm)
CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVESIf a representative of a nominated corporation is to attend the meeting the appropriate "Certificate of Appointment of Corporate Representative" should be produced prior to admission in accordance with the Notice of Meeting. A form of the certificate may be obtained from Link.
ONLINE
LODGE YOUR VOTEWestpac Banking Corporation
ABN 33 007 457 141
vote.linkmarketservices.com/WBC
BY MOBILE
Use the QR code on the reverse of this form
BY EMAIL
Scan and email to: meetings@linkmarketservices.com
BY MAIL
Westpac Banking Corporation
C/- Link Market Services Limited PO Box 91976
Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142
BY FAX
+64 9 375 5990
ALL ENQUIRIES TO
Telephone: 0800 002 727 (free call within New Zealand)
SHAREHOLDER PROXY FORM
Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) shareholders may appoint a proxy to vote on their behalf at Westpac's Annual General Meeting (AGM) either online/ mobile or by completing this form. Please complete the three steps below and read the voting instructions overleaf. Proxies will only be valid and accepted if they are signed and received no later than 48 hours before the AGM.
As a shareholder of Westpac entitled to attend and vote at Westpac's AGM to be held at 10:00 am (Adelaide time) on Friday, 9 December 2016, at the Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, I hereby appoint:
SAMPL EAPPOINT A PROXY
The Chairman of the Meeting (Chairman) (mark box)
OR Please write the name of the person (excluding the registered shareholder) you are appointing as your proxy
STEP 1If no person is named, or if the person does not attend the meeting, the Chairman will act as my proxy.
In each case, my proxy will act generally and vote in accordance with the following directions (or, if no directions have been given, and to the extent permitted by law, as the proxy sees fit), on my behalf at the AGM and at any adjournment or postponement of the AGM.
Exercise of proxies by the Chairman for Item 2 (Remuneration Report) and Item 3 (Grant of equity to Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer): Where I have appointed the Chairman as my proxy (or the Chairman becomes my proxy by default), I expressly authorise the Chairman to vote on Item 2 and Item 3 even though Item 2 and Item 3 are connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the key management personnel of Westpac.
(Note: You may direct the Chairman to vote against Item 2 and/or Item 3, or to abstain, by marking the appropriate box below.)
Proxies will only be valid and accepted by Westpac if they are signed and received no later than 48 hours before the meeting.
VOTING DIRECTIONS - ITEMS OF BUSINESS
2 Remuneration Report
For
Against Abstain*
4 Election of Directors
4a Re-election of Ewen Crouch
For
Against Abstain*
STEP 23 Grant of equity to Managing Director
and Chief Executive Officer 4b Re-election of Peter Marriott
*WBC PRX1601N*
The Chairman intends to vote all undirected and available proxies in favour of each item of business.
* If you mark the "Abstain" box for a particular item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf on a show of hands or on a poll and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.
SIGNATURE OF SHAREHOLDERS - THIS MUST BE COMPLETED
STEP 3Shareholder 1 (Individual)
Sole Director and Sole Company Secretary
Joint Shareholder 2 (Individual)
Director
Joint Shareholder 3 (Individual)
Director
This form should be signed by the shareholder. If a joint holding, either shareholder may sign. If signed by the shareholder's attorney, the power of attorney must have been previously noted by the registry or a certified copy attached to this form. If executed by a company, the form must be executed in accordance with the company's constitution and the Companies Act 1993 (NZ).
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESSThis is your name and address as it appears on Westpac's share register. If this information is incorrect, please make the correction on the form. Shareholders sponsored by a broker should advise their broker of any changes. Please note: you cannot change ownership of your shares using this form.
APPOINTMENT OF A PROXYIf you wish to appoint the Chairman as your proxy, mark the box in Step 1. If you wish to appoint someone other than the Chairman, please write that person's name in the box in Step 1. A proxy need not be a shareholder of Westpac. A proxy may be an individual or a body corporate. If you leave this section blank, or your named proxy does not attend the meeting, the Chairman will be your proxy.
VOTES ON ITEMS OF BUSINESS - PROXY APPOINTMENT LODGEMENT OF PROXY FORMThis Proxy Form (and any power of attorney under which it is signed) must be received at an address given below by 10:00 am (Adelaide time) on Wednesday, 7 December 2016, being not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the AGM. Proxy Forms received after that time will not be valid for the scheduled meeting.
Proxy Forms may be lodged using the reply paid envelope or:
ONLINE
vote.linkmarketservices.com/WBC
Log in to Link's website using your Common Shareholder Number (CSN) or Holder Number as shown on this Proxy From, and your Faster Identification Number (FIN). Select "Voting" and follow the prompts to lodge your proxy
vote.
You may direct your proxy how to vote by placing a mark in one of the boxes opposite each item of business. All your shares will be voted in accordance with such a direction unless you indicate only a portion of voting rights are to be voted on any item by inserting the percentage or number of shares you wish to vote in the appropriate box or boxes. If you do not mark any of the boxes on a given item, your proxy may vote as they choose to the extent they are able. If you mark more than one box on an item, your vote on that item will be invalid.
BY MOBILE DEVICE
Lodge your proxy by scanning the QR code adjacent or enter the Westpac voting link vote.linkmarketservices.com/WBC into your phone. Log in using your CSN or Holder Number, and your FIN. To scan the code you will need a QR code reader which can be downloaded for free on your mobile.
QR Code
If you wish to appoint a Director (other than the Chairman) or other member of Westpac's key management personnel, or their closely related parties,
as your proxy, you must specify how they should vote on Item 2 and Item
BY EMAIL
Scan and email to: meetings@linkmarketservices.com
3 by marking the appropriate box. If you do not, your proxy will not be able
to exercise your vote for Item 2 or Item 3.
SAMPL EPLEASE NOTE: If you appoint the Chairman as your proxy (or if he is appointed by default) but do not direct him how to vote on an item (that is, you do not complete any of the boxes "For", "Against" or "Abstain" opposite that item), you will be expressly authorising the Chairman to vote as he sees fit on that item.
APPOINTMENT OF A SECOND PROXYYou are entitled to appoint up to two persons as proxies to attend the meeting and vote on a poll. If you wish to appoint a second proxy, an additional Proxy Form may be obtained by telephoning Link Market Services Limited (Link) or you may copy this form and return them both together.
To appoint a second proxy you must:
on each Proxy Form state the percentage of your voting rights or number of shares applicable to that form. If the appointments do not specify the percentage or number of votes that each proxy may exercise, each proxy may exercise half your votes. Fractions of votes will be disregarded; and
return both forms together.
You must sign this form as follows in the spaces provided:
Individual: where the holding is in one name, the holder must sign. Joint Holding: where the holding is in more than one name, either shareholder may sign.
Power of attorney: to sign under power of attorney, you must lodge the power of attorney with Link. If you have not previously lodged this document for notation, please attach a certified photocopy of the power of attorney to this form when you return it.
Companies: where the holder is a company with a sole director, this form must be signed by that person. Otherwise this form must be signed by a director jointly with another director. Please indicate the office held by signing in the appropriate place.
BY MAIL
Westpac Banking Corporation
C/- Link Market Services Limited PO Box 91976
Victoria Street West Auckland 1142
BY FAX
+64 9 375 5990
BY HAND
Deliver to Link Market Services Limited* Level 7, Zurich House
21 Queen Street Auckland
* During business hours (Monday to Friday, 9:00 am-5:00 pm)
CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVESIf a representative of a nominated corporation is to attend the meeting the appropriate "Certificate of Appointment of Corporate Representative" should be produced prior to admission in accordance with the Notice of Meeting. A form of the certificate may be obtained from Link.
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