Publication of Prospectus by
Westpac Banking Corporation
8 November
2024
The following Prospectus has been
approved by the Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") and is available for
viewing:
Prospectus dated 8 November 2024 (the "Base Prospectus"), relating to the U.S.$40
billion Global Covered Bond Programme established by Westpac
Banking Corporation ("WBC")
unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed as to payments of
interest and principal by BNY Trust Company of Australia Limited as
trustee of the Westpac Covered Bond Trust.
To view the Base Prospectus in full,
please paste the following URL into the address bar of your
browser:
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6023L_1-2024-11-8.pdf
A copy of the Base Prospectus has
been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly
be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
For further information, please
contact:
Peter Bockos
Westpac Banking Corporation
Level 18
275 Kent Street
Sydney NSW
2000
Australia
DISCLAIMER - INTENDED ADDRESSEES
Please note that the information
contained in the Base Prospectus may be addressed to and/or
targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries
(specified in the Base Prospectus) only and is not intended for use
and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries
and/or to whom the offer contained in the Base Prospectus is not
addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in the
Base Prospectus, you must ascertain from the Base Prospectus
whether or not you are part of the intended addressees of the
information contained therein.
This publication does not constitute
an offer of the covered bonds (the "Covered Bonds") or the guarantee
provided by BNY Trust Company of Australia Limited as trustee of
the Westpac Covered Bond Trust (the "CB Guarantee") for sale in the United
States, and is not for distribution in or into the United States.
The Covered Bonds and the CB Guarantee have not been and will not
be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities
Act"), or the securities laws of any state of the United
States or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, and may
not be offered, sold or delivered in the United States or to, or
for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, as such terms are
defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act, unless in a
transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act and
any other securities law. The Covered Bonds and the CB Guarantee
will only be offered and sold without registration under the
Securities Act to (a) "qualified institutional buyers" as defined
in Rule 144A under the Securities Act ("Rule 144A") in reliance upon the
exemptions provided by Section 4(a)(2) of, and Rule 144A under, the
Securities Act; and (b) non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions
in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act.
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