Shareholding Information

Top 20 Holders of Fully Paid Ordinary Shares as at 9 August 2005

Rank	Name of Holder	Number of Shares	%
1	J P Morgan Nominees Australia Limited	111,408,316	8.70
2	National Nominees Limited	96,687,608	7.55
3	Westpac Custodian Nominees Ltd	85,384,118	6.67
4	Citigroup Nominees Pty Limited	60,755,582	4.75
5	RBC Global Services Australia Nominees Pty Limited	30,800,038	2.41
6	ANZ Nominees Limited	27,532,803	2.15
7	Cogent Nominees Pty Limited	25,691,489	2.01
8	Queensland Investment Corporation	17,830,341	1.39
9	AMP Life Limited	14,110,370	1.10
10	Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited	7,895,245	0.62
11	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited	6,807,983	0.53
12	Invia Custodian Pty Limited	6,525,391	0.51
13	Bond Street Custodians Limited	5,753,504	0.45
14	Westpac Financial Services Ltd	5,235,203	0.41
15	UBS Private Clients Australian Nominees Pty Ltd	4,724,440	0.37
16	IAG Nominees Pty Limited	4,232,183	0.33
17	Suncorp Custodian Services Pty Ltd	4,002,039	0.31
18	CSS Board & PSS Board	3,790,789	0.30
19	Government Superannuation Office	3,722,681	0.29
20	UBS Nominees Pty Ltd	3,613,551	0.28

The 20 largest Shareholders hold 526,503,674 shares which is equal to 41.12% of the total shares on issue.

Stock Exchange Listing

The shares of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange under the trade symbol CBA, with Sydney being the home exchange.

Details of trading activity are published in most daily newspapers, generally under the abbreviation of CBA or C’wealth Bank. The Bank does not have a current on-market buy back of its shares.

Range of Shares (Fully Paid Ordinary Shares and Employee Shares): 9 August 2005

Range	Number of Shareholders	Percentage of Shareholders	Number of Shares	Percentage of Issued Capital
1—1,000	530,269	75.35%	183,322,997	14.33%
1,001—5,000	153,710	21.84%	310,410,482	24.24%
5,001—10,000	13,769	1.96%	94,537,305	7.38%
10,001—100,000	5,750	0.82%	110,537,543	8.63%
100,001 and over	266	0.04%	581,593,245	45.42%
Total	703,764	100.00%	1,280,401,572	100.00%
Less than marketable parcel of $500	12,393		63,195

 

Voting Rights

Under the Bank’s Constitution, each person who is a voting member and who is present at a general meeting of the Bank in person or by proxy, attorney or official representative is entitled:

• on a show of hands – to one vote; and
• on a poll – to one vote for each share held or represented.

If a person present at a general meeting represents personally or by proxy, attorney or official representative more than one member, on a show of hands the person is entitled to one vote even though he or she represents more than one member.

If a member is present in person and votes on a resolution, any proxy or attorney of that member is not entitled to vote.

If more than one official representative or attorney is present for a member:

• none of them is entitled to vote on a show of hands; and
• on a poll only one official representative may exercise the member’s voting rights and the vote of each attorney shall be of no effect unless each is appointed to represent a specified proportion of the member’s voting rights, not exceeding in aggregate 100%.

If a member appoints two proxies and both are present at the meeting:

• if the appointment does not specify the proportion or number of the member’s votes each proxy may exercise, then on a poll each proxy may exercise one half of the member’s votes;
• neither proxy shall be entitled to vote on a show of hands; and
• on a poll each proxy may only exercise votes in respect of those shares or voting rights the proxy represents.

Top 20 Holders of Preferred Exchangeable Resettable Listed Shares ('PERLS') as at 9 August 2005

Rank	Name of Holder	Number of Shares	%
1	UBS Nominees Pty Ltd	79,068	2.25
2	Bond Street Custodians Limited	47,639	1.36
3	RBC Global Services Australia Nominees Pty Limited	47,077	1.35
4	UBS Private Clients Australia Nominees Pty Ltd	44,377	1.27
5	J P Morgan Nominees Australia Limited	39,000	1.11
6	Invia Custodian Pty Limited	34,823	0.99
7	The Australian National University	33,532	0.96
8	National Nominees Limited	33,527	0.96
9	ANZ Executors & Trustee Company Limited	30,617	0.87
10	Australian Executor Trustees Limited	28,467	0.81
11	Boxall Marine Pty Limited	25,000	0.71
12	Questor Financial Services Limited	24,277	0.69
13	National Superannuation Trusts P/L	19,769	0.56
14	Livingstone Investments (NSW) Pty Limited	15,500	0.44
15	BT Portfolio Services Limited (WA)	12,690	0.36
16	Ms Thelma Joan Martin-Weber	12,500	0.36
17	Albert Investments Pty Limited	10,000	0.29
18	Felden Pty Ltd	10,000	0.29
19	Marbear Holdings Pty Limited	10,000	0.29
20	Mrs Fay Cleo Martin-Weber	10,000	0.29
21	Swinburne University of Technology	10,000	0.29
22	Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd (Hunter)	8,863	0.25
23	E G Superannuation Pty Ltd	7,500	0.21

The 23 largest PERLS shareholders hold 594,226 shares which is equal to 16.96% of the total shares on issue. 23 PERLS shareholders are disclosed in the above table due to a number of shareholders having the same number of PERLS.

Stock Exchange Listing

Commonwealth Bank PERLS are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange under the trade symbol CBAPA, with Sydney being the home exchange. Details of trading activity are published in most daily newspapers, generally under the abbreviation of CBA or C’wealth Bank (pref).

Range of Shares (PERLS): 9 August 2005

Range	Number of Shareholders	Percentage of Shareholders	Number of Shares	Percentage of Issued Capital
1- 1,000	21,082	98.5%	2,393,283	68.38%
1,001- 5,000	292	1.36%	566,022	16.17%
5,001- 10,000	18	0.08%	134,714	3.85%
10,001- 100,000	12	0.06%	405,981	11.60%
100,001- Over	—	—	—	—
Total	21,404	100.00%	3,500,000	100.00%
Less than marketable parcel of $500	8		11

Voting Rights

The holders will be entitled to receive notice of any general meeting of the Bank and a copy of every circular or other like document sent out by the Bank to ordinary shareholders and to attend any general meeting of the Bank.

The holders will not be entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Bank except in the following circumstances:

• If at the time of the meeting, a dividend has been declared but has not been paid in full by the relevant payment date;
• On a proposal to reduce the Bank’s share capital;
• On a resolution to approve the terms of a buy-back agreement;
• On a proposal that affects rights attached to Commonwealth Bank PERLS;
• On a proposal to wind up the Bank;
• On a proposal for the disposal of the whole of the Bank’s property, business and undertaking;
• During the winding up of the Bank; or
• As otherwise required under the Listing Rules from time to time,

in which case the holders will have the same rights as to manner of attendance and as to voting in respect of each Commonwealth Bank PERLS as those conferred on ordinary shareholders in respect of each ordinary share.

At a general meeting of the Bank, holders are entitled:

• On a show of hands, to exercise one vote when entitled to vote in respect of the matters listed above; and
• On a poll, to one vote for each Commonwealth Bank PERLS.
  
  
  

Top 20 Holders of Perpetual Exchangeable Resettable Listed Securities II as at 9 August 2005

Rank	Name of Holder	Number of Shares	%
1	J P Morgan Nominees Australia Limited	474,545	12.65
2	National Nominees Limited	231,000	6.16
3	RBC Global Services Australia Nominees Pty Limited	141,532	3.77
4	UBS Warburg Private Clients Nominees Pty Ltd	86,409	2.30
5	Bond Street Custodians Limited	76,921	2.05
6	Westpac Custodian Nominees Limited	69,157	1.84
7	Citigroup Nominees Pty Limited	61,673	1.64
8	Invia Custodian Pty Limited	55,505	1.48
9	Cogent Nominees Pty Limited	51,878	1.38
10	Questor Financial Services Limited	46,704	1.25
11	Perpetual Trustee Company Limited	43,337	1.16
12	AMP Life Limited	40,149	1.07
13	Pan Australian Nominees Pty Limited	30,237	0.81
14	ANZ Executors and Trustee Company Limited	28,201	0.75
15	Cryton Investments No 9 Pty Ltd	25,000	0.67
16	J Neave Investments Pty Limited	24,942	0.67
17	Gordon Merchant No 2 Pty Ltd	24,440	0.65
18	ANZ Nominees Limited	20,319	0.54
19	Tynong Pastoral Co Pty Ltd	19,950	0.53
20	Israelite House of David	15,000	0.40

The 20 largest PERLS II shareholders hold 1,566,899 shares which is equal to 41.77% of the total shares on issue.

Stock Exchange Listing

Commonwealth Bank PERLS II are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange under the trade symbol PCBPA, with Sydney being the home exchange. Details of trading activity are published in most daily newspapers.

Range of Shares (PERLS II): 9 August 2005

Range	Number of Shareholders	Percentage of Shareholders	Number of Shares	Percentage of Issued Capital
1- 1,000	8,429	95.94%	1,356,589	36.18%
1,001- 5,000	296	3.37%	653,313	17.42%
5,001- 10,000	35	0.40%	274,601	7.32%
10,001- 100,000	24	0.27%	759,952	20.27%
100,001- Over	4	0.02%	705,545	18.81%
Total	8,786	100.00%	3,750,000	100.00%
Less than marketable parcel of $500	2		3

Voting Rights

PERLS II do not confer any voting rights in the Bank but if they are exchanged for or convert into ordinary shares or preference shares of the Bank in accordance with their terms of issue, the voting rights of the ordinary or preference shares (as the case may be) will be as set out on pages 74 and 75 respectively for the Bank’s ordinary shares and PERLS preference shares.

Trust Preferred Securities

550,000 Trust Preferred Securities were issued on 6 August 2003. Cede & Co is registered as the sole holder of these securities.

The Trust Preferred Securities do not confer any voting rights in the Bank but if they are exchanged for or convert into ordinary shares or preference shares of the Bank in accordance with their terms of issue, the voting rights of the ordinary or preference shares (as the case may be) will be as set out on pages 74 and 75 respectively for the Bank’s ordinary shares and PERLS preference shares.

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