ANZ 2007 Profit $4180 million
Profit
Profit after tax $4,180 million up 13.3%
Cash* profit after tax $3,924 million up 9.4%
Cash* profit before provisions $6,114 million up 11.5%
Earnings per share
EPS 224.1 cents up 12.1%
Cash* EPS 210.3 cents up 8.1%
Shareholder return
Full year dividend 136 cents up 8.8%
Total Shareholder Return 15.6%
Cash* Return on equity 19.6%
Business highlights*
Revenue and profit before provisions growth at highest level for many years
Another great performance from Personal – revenue up 12%, profit up 16%
New Zealand Businesses performing well, impacted by normalisation of credit costs Institutional mixed, better performance expected in 2008
Credit quality strong, although as expected credit costs up significantly from unsustainably low level in 2006
Strategic flexibility enhanced with $1 billion dividend reinvestment plan underwrite; cost to 2008 EPS approximately 0.4%