ANZ issues unquoted employee incentive securities to key management personnel

ANZ Group Holdings Limited (ANZ) issued 141,897 unquoted options/rights (ASX: ANZAA) on December 19, 2025. These securities were issued under an employee incentive scheme and are not intended to be quoted on the ASX. The issuance includes 70,948 performance rights vesting over four, five, and six years, subject to performance conditions, and 70,949 restricted rights vesting over the same periods, subject to pre-vest assessment conditions.

The total number of unquoted securities on issue for ANZAA following this issuance is 1,965,887. The company confirmed that these new securities will rank equally in all respects with existing issued securities in that class from their issue date. The issuance was made to key management personnel, with Nuno Matos receiving all 141,897 options/rights.

The terms of the employee incentive schemes are detailed in ANZ's 2025 annual report. This issuance falls under an exception in Listing Rule 7.2 (exception 14), meaning it did not require security holder approval under Listing Rule 7.1. Following this issue, the total number of ordinary fully paid quoted securities (ASX: ANZ) stands at 2,985,860,501.