Australia & NZ Bank. - Opes Prime Disclosure

RNS Number:5281S
Australia & New Zealand Banking Grp
17 April 2008

Company Secretary's Office
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
14/100 Queen Street
MELBOURNE VIC 3000
www.anz.com

17 April 2008

Company Announcements
Australian Securities Exchange
Level 4
20 Bridge Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000

Disclosure regarding shareholdings in various ASX listed entities

Reference is made to previous announcements made by Australia and New Zealand
Banking Group Limited (ANZ) regarding its interests in various ASX listed
entities arising under transactions entered into pursuant to Australian Master
Securities Lending Agreements with Opes Prime Stockbroking Limited and Leveraged
Capital Pty Ltd (the Opes Prime AMSLAs).

The attached schedule contains updated information regarding ANZ's interests in
the ASX listed entities identified in previous announcements arising in
connection with the Opes Prime AMSLAs, as at close of trading on 16 April 2008.

The interests identified in the schedule may include shares which have been sold
by the ANZ Group (as part of the Disposal Programme referred to in earlier
announcements) pursuant to transactions which had not settled as at close of
trading on 16 April 2008.

Yours faithfully

John Priestley

Company Secretary

For media enquiries contact: For ANZ shareholder enquiries contact:

Paul Edwards Stephen Higgins
Head of Corporate Communications Head of Investor Relations
Tel: +61-3-9273 6955 or +61-409-655 550 Tel: +61-3-9273 4185 or +61-417-379 170
Email: paul.edwards@anz.com Email: stephen.higgins@anz.com

Schedule

ASX ASX listed entity Number of shares in Total number Percentage of
code respect of which ANZ has of issued ordinary shares*
an interest as a result ordinary
of transactions entered shares as at
into pursuant to the Opes 16 April
Prime AMSLAs* 2008 (based
on publicly
available
information)
As at close As at close As at As at
of trading of trading close of close of
on 16 April on previous trading trading
2008 trading day on 16 on
April previous
2008 trading
day

ACR ACRUX 10,368,517 10,383,517 159,299,216 6.509% 6.518%
LIMITED-ORDINARY

ADY ADMIRALTY 125,456,061 125,456,061 984,299,202 12.746% 12.746%
RESOU-ORDINARY

AGI AINSWORTH 19,689,051 19,715,499 278,942,304 7.058% 7.068%
GAME-ORDINARY

AQE AEQUS CAPITAL-ORD 4,021,272 4,021,272 36,115,976 11.134% 11.134%
SHS

ARO ASTRO DIAMOND 32,712,826 32,712,826 297,230,538 11.006% 11.006%
NL-ORD

ATG AUSTIN GROUP -ORD 28,069,653 28,069,653 62,182,019 45.141% 45.141%
SHS

BOE BOSS ENERGY 9,807,835 9,807,835 40,086,853 24.466% 24.466%
LTD-ORD SHS

BPG BYTE POWER GRP 38,659,231 38,659,231 384,126,442 10.064% 10.064%
LTD-ORD

BPO BIOPROSPECT 124,484,003 124,484,003 487,040,944 25.559% 25.559%
LTD-ORDINARY

BSN BISAN LIMITED-ORD 5,150,309 5,200,309 38,400,000 13.412% 13.542%
SHS

BYI BEYOND 5,988,653 5,988,653 59,711,968 10.029% 10.029%
INTERNAT-ORD SHS

CQT CONQUEST 15,287,491 15,287,491 271,749,181 5.626% 5.626%
MINING-ORD SHS

DVM DVM 18,935,067 18,935,067 191,361,058 9.895% 9.895%
INTERNATIONAL-ORDS

EBT EBET LIMITED-ORD 54,442,653 54,442,653 217,806,111 24.996% 24.996%
SHS

ELY EARLY LEARNING-ORD 2,631,876 2,631,876 34,000,000 7.741% 7.741%
SHS

FAS FAIRSTAR RESOURCES 33,828,186 33,828,186 306,513,914 11.036% 11.036%
-ORD

FSA FSA GROUP 8,277,947 8,350,227 115,437,513 7.171% 7.234%
LTD-ORDINARY

GNI# GLOBAL NICKEL 2,014,946 2,019,546 19,135,001 7.558% 7.575%
IN-ORD SHS

HDG HODGES 2,831,141 2,831,141 46,440,002 6.096% 6.096%
RESOURCES-ORDS

HFC HAWK RESOURCES - 3,128,253 3,128,253 25,731,251 12.157% 12.157%
ORD SHS

HYO HYRO 49,472,965 49,472,965 531,078,797 9.316% 9.316%
LIMITED-ORDINARY

ICV INCITIVE 4,250,400 4,250,400 29,000,000 14.657% 14.657%
LIMITED-ORD SHS

LLA LIVING AND 12,868,462 12,868,462 181,011,251 7.109% 7.109%
LEISURE-ORD

MEE METEX 22,623,125 22,993,125 276,785,383 8.174% 8.307%
RESOURCES-ORD SHS

MVU MATRIXVIEW 9,440,050 9,440,050 126,874,815 7.440% 7.440%
LIMI-ORDINARY

MXL MXL 62,829,358 62,829,358 780,903,649 8.046% 8.046%
LIMITED-ORDINARY

NKP NKWE PLATINUM 10,933,245 10,933,245 184,760,980 5.918% 5.918%
L-10C US C

NOC NORTHERN CREST 18,569,853 18,569,853 116,074,781 15.998% 15.998%
INV-ORDS

NRU NEWERA URANIUM-ORD 4,127,177 4,127,177 42,155,674 9.790% 9.790%
SHS

PRO PROPHECY 3,651,090 3,651,090 45,116,955 8.093% 8.093%
INTERN-ORD SHS

PVE PO VALLEY 8,061,961 8,061,961 90,415,633 8.917% 8.917%
ENERG-ORDINARY

PWR POWERLAN 17,488,785 17,488,785 82,527,355 21.192% 21.192%
LIMITE-ORD SHS

QXQ Q LIMITED-ORD SHS 116,162,014 119,225,474 848,445,835 13.691% 14.052%

RCO ROYALCO 7,185,899 7,185,899 56,411,200 12.738% 12.738%
RESOURCES-ORD SH

RSNCH RENISON CONSOLID 14,880,000 14,880,000 152,499,900 9.757% 9.757%
-ORD SH

SEA SUNDANCE 20,689,531 20,689,531 172,772,259 11.975% 11.975%
ENERGY-ORDINARY

SEY SUNSET ENERGY 1,094,500 1,113,000 15,500,001 7.061% 7.181%
LTD-ORD

SLA SOLAGRAN 56,075,972 56,075,972 131,816,545 42.541% 42.541%
LTD-ORDINARY

SLACF SOLAGRAN-DEF DEL 10,132,865 10,132,865 48,174,108 21.034% 21.034%

SYR SYRAH RESOURCES - 2,944,784 3,539,784 30,000,005 9.816% 11.799%
ORD SH

TAN TANDOU LIMITED-ORD 10,118,445 10,128,445 88,100,707 11.485% 11.496%
SHS

TMX TERRAIN MINERALS 8,949,666 8,949,666 77,319,748 11.575% 11.575%
LTD-ORD

TNG TNG LIMITED 14,639,252 14,639,252 192,683,314 7.598% 7.598%
-ORDINARY

VHL VIRAX HOLDINGS-ORD 5,409,928 5,509,928 107,352,940 5.039% 5.133%
SHS

WWH WATER WHEEL HOL 7,087,000 7,087,000 16,366,868 43.301% 43.301%
-ORD SHS

* This may include shares which have been sold by the ANZ Group pursuant to
transactions which had not settled as at end of trading on the relevant trading
date.

#The schedules attached to previous announcements indicated that the total
number of issued ordinary shares in respect of Global Nickel Investments Limited
(GNI) was 18,735,001. This figure did not take into account certain escrowed
shares. The correct number of issued ordinary shares for this company is
26,660,001, and this figure and the correct percentage figures with respect to
the number of shares in which ANZ has an interest arising in connection with the
Opes Prime AMSLAs have now been included in this schedule.

The schedule attached to yesterday's announcement identified ANZ as having an
interest in excess of 5% of the total issued ordinary shares in Intrapower
Limited (IPX) arising in connection with the Opes Prime AMSLAs. As a result of
the settlement of sale transactions in respect of shares in that company, ANZ no
longer has an interest in that company arising in connection with the Opes Prime
AMSLAs in excess of 5%. Accordingly, that company has been omitted from this
schedule.

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