ANZ director boosts stake, employee share scheme sees new issues

ANZ director Alison Rosemary Gerry increased her indirect holding in ANZ ordinary shares through an on-market acquisition. On November 24, 2025, Gerry acquired 429.80 ANZ ordinary shares at an average price of $34.87 per share, bringing her total indirect holding to 1,243.18 shares.

Additionally, ANZ reported the quotation of 1,389,854 new ordinary fully paid shares issued on November 21, 2025, resulting from the exercise of deferred share rights under its employee share scheme. No cash consideration was payable by participants for these newly issued shares. This issuance raised the total quoted shares to 2,984,910,034, with 4,584,980 unquoted options/rights remaining.

The company also provided a Corporations Act Subsection 259C(2) Exemption notice. As of November 27, 2025, controlled entities held 1,322,066 ordinary fully paid shares, representing 0.04% of total shares, up from 900,626 shares (0.03%) on September 29, 2025. These holdings reflect ongoing on-market purchases and allocations/forfeitures from the employee share acquisition plan.