Anz

ANZ

ANZ's world headquarters are located in Melbourne, where it first opened an office as the Bank of Australasia in 1835. ANZ is a publicly listed company, and was incorporated on 14 July 1977 in Australia. ANZ is the main holding and operating company for the Group and our registered office is Level 6/100 Queen Street, Melbourne. We are one of the five largest and most successful companies in Australia, and we are the number one bank in New Zealand following our purchase of The National Bank of New Zealand. We have assets of AUD$293 billion. We have 1,223 worldwide points of representation and 756 branches in Australia. We have 263,467 shareholders and our total shareholder return for the 12 months to 30 September 2005 was 32.6%. ANZ operates under the requirements of the Banking Act 1959 (Cth) and holds an Australian Financial Services License under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). ANZ shares and related securities are listed on the Australia, New Zealand and New York stock exchanges.