RNS Number:3482S
Westpac Banking Corporation
24 November 2003


FORMAL NOTICE FOR SPECIALIST SECURITIES

PUBLICATION DATE:                              24 November 2003

Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the following securities to be admitted to the Official List.

DETAILS OF ISSUE:                              US$17,500,000,000 Programme for the Issuance of Debt Instruments

ISSUER:                                        Westpac Banking Corporation
                                               WestpacTrust Securities NZ Limited
                                               Pacific Structured Funding Limited

INCORPORATED IN:                               Westpac Banking Corporation - State of New South Wales, Australia
                                               WestpacTrust Securities NZ Limited - New Zealand
                                               Pacific Structured Funding Limited - State of New South Wales, Australia

GUARANTOR:                                     Westpac Banking Corporation (in the case of Instruments issued by
                                               WestpacTrust Securities NZ Limited and Pacific Structured Funding
                                               Limited)

INCORPORATED IN:                               State of New South Wales, Australia

Particulars relating to the issue may be obtained during usual business hours for fourteen days from the date of this
formal notice from:

Morgan Stanley & Co International Limited
25 Cabot Square
Canary Wharf
London
E14 4QA

In addition, a copy of the Particulars is available for inspection at the Document Viewing Facility at the Financial
Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, London E14 5HS.


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