CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class of

 

Proposed Maximum

 

Amount of

Securities Offered

 

Aggregate Offering Price

 

Registration Fee(1)(2)

2.500% Fixed Rate Notes due December 2016

 

$2,196,000.00

 

$254.96

(1) Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(r) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(2) Paid herewith.

 

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

Pricing Supplement No. 17 - Dated Monday, December 5, 2011 (To: Prospectus Dated November 16, 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

96121BAS6

$2,196,000.00

100.000%

1.250%

$2,168,550.00

Fixed

2.500%

Monthly

30/360

12/15/2016

01/15/2012

$2.57

Yes

No

Senior Unsecured Notes

Redemption Information: Non-Callable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade Date: Monday, December 5, 2011 @ 12:00 PM ET

 

 

 

Westpac Banking Corporation

Settle Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011

 

 

Prospectus dated November 16, 2011

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Westpac Banking Corporation

 

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Goldman, Sachs & Co., HSBC, J.P. Morgan, BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Wells Fargo Advisors

 

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