Filed under Rule 424(b)(2), Registration Statement No. 333-172579
Preliminary Pricing Supplement No. 8 - Dated Monday, July 25, 2011 (To: Prospectus Dated March 2, 2011)
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96121BAH0 |
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$ |
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100.000% |
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0.950% |
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2.250% |
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30/360 |
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09/15/2011 |
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$2.56 |
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Senior Unsecured Notes |
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Redemption Information: Non-Callable |
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Trade Date: Monday, August 1, 2011 @ 12:00 PM ET |
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Settle Date: Thursday, August 4, 2011 |
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Prospectus dated March 2, 2011 | ||||||||||||
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Westpac Banking Corporation |
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Minimum Denomination/Increments:$1,000.00/$1,000.00 |
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Initial trades settle flat and clear SDFS: DTC Book Entry only |
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Joint Lead Managers and Lead Agents: BofA Merrill Lynch, Incapital LLC Agents: Citi, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman, Sachs & |
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Co., HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Wells Fargo Advisors |
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