Filed under Rule 424(b)(2), Registration Statement No. 333-172579

 

Preliminary Pricing Supplement No. 16 - Dated Tuesday, October 4, 2011 (To: Prospectus Dated March 2, 2011)

 

CUSIP

 

Principal

 

 

 

Gross

 

Net

 

Coupon

 

Coupon

 

Coupon

 

Day Count

 

Maturity

 

1st Coupon

 

1st Coupon

 

Survivor’s

 

FDIC

 

Product

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number

 

Amount

 

Selling Price

 

Concession

 

Proceeds

 

Type

 

Rate

 

Frequency

 

Basis

 

Date

 

Date

 

Amount

 

Option

 

Guaranteed

 

Ranking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

96121BAR8

 

$

 

100.000%

 

1.250%

 

$

 

Fixed

 

2.300%

 

Monthly

 

30/360

 

10/15/2016

 

11/15/2011

 

$1.98

 

Yes

 

No

 

Senior Unsecured Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Information: Non-Callable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 12:00 PM ET

 

Westpac Banking Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

Settle Date: Friday, October 14, 2011

 

Prospectus dated March 2, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum Denomination/Increments:$1,000.00/$1,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial trades settle flat and clear SDFS: DTC Book Entry only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joint Lead Managers and Lead Agents: BofA Merrill Lynch, Incapital LLC Agents: Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,

 

 

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner 

 

 

 

 

 

& Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Westpac Banking Corporation