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ANZ New Zealand (Int'l) Limited has announced that Fitch Ratings has revised the outlook on its Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings to positive from stable, affirming the Long-Term IDR at A+ and Short-Term IDRs at F1. This outlook change is driven by Fitch's expectation to align ANB's Shareholder Support Rating with its parent, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, once ANB is permitted to issue loss-absorbing capacity instruments to its parent, anticipated by late 2028.

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ANZ New Zealand (Int'l) Ltd
10 September 2026
 

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ANZ New Zealand (Int'l) Limited

(the "Company")

LEI: 213800VD256NU2D97H12

10 September 2026

ANB comments on Fitch Ratings' credit rating outlook change

ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited (ANB) confirms that Fitch Ratings (Fitch) has revised the outlook on ANB's Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to positive, from stable.

ANB's Long-Term IDR was affirmed at A+. ANB's Short-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency IDRs were affirmed at F1.

Fitch stated that the outlook revision reflects that Fitch expects to change the anchor rating for ANB's Shareholder Support Rating to match the Long-Term IDR of its parent, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited once ANB is permitted to issue loss-absorbing capacity instruments to its parent, which is likely to take place by late 2028.

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This announcement is released by the Company and the information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 (as amended) as it forms part of the domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended). Upon the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information Service, this information is now considered to be in the public domain.  The person responsible for arranging for the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company is:

Sam Forgie

Acting Treasurer, ANB

Phone: +64 21 588 792

Email: nztreasurer@anz.com

 

 

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