Presentation of Half Year ResultsPresentation of Half Year Results13 February 200113 February 2001

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The material that follows is a presentation of The material that follows is a presentation of general background information about the Bank’s general background information about the Bank’s activities current at the date of the presentation, 13 activities current at the date of the presentation, 13 February 2001. It is information given in summary February 2001. It is information given in summary form and does not purport to be complete. It is not form and does not purport to be complete. It is not intended to be relied upon as advice to investors or intended to be relied upon as advice to investors or potential investors and does not take into account potential investors and does not take into account the investment objectives, financial situation or the investment objectives, financial situation or needs of any particular investor. These should be needs of any particular investor. These should be considered, with or without professional advice considered, with or without professional advice when deciding if an investment is appropriate.when deciding if an investment is appropriate.

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• Significant progress on the integration Significant progress on the integration

• Strong interest earnings with improved marginStrong interest earnings with improved margin

• Good growth in other banking incomeGood growth in other banking income

• Strong new business growth in funds managementStrong new business growth in funds management

• Good inflows of insurance new businessGood inflows of insurance new business

• Actions taken to address market shareActions taken to address market share

• Lower insurance earnings due to weak equity marketsLower insurance earnings due to weak equity markets

• Costs reflect volume growth and new businessesCosts reflect volume growth and new businesses

• $700m off-market share buy-back$700m off-market share buy-back

OverviewOverview

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• Performance HighlightsPerformance Highlights

• Income and ExpenditureIncome and Expenditure

• Balance SheetBalance Sheet

• Colonial MergerColonial Merger

• Funding and CapitalFunding and Capital

AgendaAgenda

Performance HighlightsPerformance HighlightsCommonwealth Bank GroupCommonwealth Bank Group

Set out in this presentation are unaudited proforma graphs and tables which comprise the profit and loss, balance sheet and life insurance and funds management statistics for the Commonwealth Bank Group and Colonial Limited for the half years ending December 1999 and June 2000. These have been prepared to illustrate the proforma consolidated position of Commonwealth Bank and Colonial as if Colonial had been merged with Commonwealth Bank as at 31 December 1999 for balance sheet purposes and from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000 for profit and loss purposes.

The proformas do not include goodwill amortisation or life insurance appraisal value uplift. The results included within the profit and loss have been adjusted for abnormal items and other items not considered part of the ongoing operations, such as the effect of Colonial’s UK life insurance business which was sold during the year and specific payments made by Colonial in relation to the merger with Commonwealth Bank. [No adjustments have been made for inconsistencies in accounting policies between Colonial and Commonwealth].

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1,033 1,0351,109

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Net Operating Profit* Net Operating Profit*

* * * * ProformaProforma

* * Net Profit after tax and outside equity interest - cash basis. Net Profit after tax and outside equity interest - cash basis. Excludes abnormal items, appraisal value uplift and goodwill amortisation.Excludes abnormal items, appraisal value uplift and goodwill amortisation.

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Lending Assets GrowthLending Assets Growth139,092

145.159

* Proforma** Excludes securitised housing loan balances $4.7b (Dec’ 2000), $3b (June 2000), $1.7b (Dec’1999).

147,759

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Australian Market Share Australian Market Share Jun 2000

Dec2000

Home loans n/a 23.30%*

Credit Cards 29.00% 29.00%

Personal Loans 24.97% 24.93%*

Retail Deposits 25.29% 24.61%

Retail FUM 16.00% 16.77%**

Retail Broking 9.00% 8.50%* As at 30 November 2000** As at 30 September 2000

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Home Loan Market ShareHome Loan Market Share

Commonwealth Bank Group Market Share (all lenders)

January - November 2000

15.00%

17.00%

19.00%

21.00%

23.00%

25.00%

27.00%

29.00%

31.00% OwnerOccupiedApprovals

OwnerOccupiedBalances

ResidentiallySecuredApprovals

ResidentiallySecuredBalances

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* Since September APRA all lenders includes home loan reclassification (ie home equity and similar facilities). Figures have been adjusted for HEF proforma back to January 2000.

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** APRA data includes owner occupied loans, home equity and similar facilities and investment home loans.

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Jun2000

Dec 2000

Retail Lending 15% 16%

Retail Deposits 18% 18.5%

Credit Cards 12% 13.8%

Retail Funds Management 3.75% 4.7% est.

Main Bank Share 15% 16%

New ZealandNew Zealand

New Zealand Market Share New Zealand Market Share ASB GroupASB Group

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Domestic Net Interest MarginsDomestic Net Interest Margins

2.75

3.00

3.25

3.50

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* Proforma

Income and ExpenditureIncome and Expenditure

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$m

Net Interest Income Other Banking Operating IncomeFunds Management Income Life Insurance Income

Operating Income Operating Income

4,201 4,231

49%

26%

* Proforma

4,401

19%

49%

26%

18%

51%

27%

15%7%

7%6%

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BankingBanking

• Strong growth in interest incomeStrong growth in interest income

• Other Banking Operating IncomeOther Banking Operating Income

– Commission and other fees, up 14%Commission and other fees, up 14%

– Trading Income, up 22%Trading Income, up 22%

– Lending Fees, up 4%Lending Fees, up 4%

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Funds ManagementFunds Management

31/12/99*$M

30/06/00*$M

31/12/00$M

Operating income 255 318 340

Operating expenses 186 224 224

Operating profit before tax 69 94 116

Income tax expense 21 31 38

Operating profit after tax 48 63 78

* * Proforma

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Funds ManagementFunds Management

2328 32 35

2423 24

2018

212214

12108

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Australian Retail Funds** Australian Wholesale FundsInternational Funds Australian Life AssetsOther Life Assets

92107

115

** Includes listed property trusts* Proforma

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Life InsuranceLife Insurance

31/12/99*$M

30/6/00*$M

31/12/00$M

The Margin on Services operating profit after taxis represented by :

Planned profit margins 103 122 128Experience Variation (12) (8) (33)New business / losses reversal ofcapitalised losses

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Operating margins 102 116 92Investment earnings on assets in excessof policy liabilities

91 52 68

Other - 2 (4)Operating profit after income tax 193 170 156

* * Proforma

Sources of life insurance operating profit (excluding abnormals)

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Life InsuranceLife Insurance

Target investment mix is 50 : 50 growth : income

As at December 2000– 38% is directly invested in equity markets– 12% is invested in property

Overall earnings were adversely impacted by poor equity returns for the period.

– net earnings on shareholder assets of $21m versus $91m for the same period in 1999

– Aust $28m vs $66m NZ $1m vs $7m Asia (-$8m) vs $18m

While returns have been poor, they have been in line with market indices– (-3%) return on All Ords index [~50% of total share exposure]– 3% return on Dow Jones index [~20% of total share exposure]– (-3%) return on Euro top 300 [10% of total share exposure]

Investment Earnings

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Appraisal Value UpliftAppraisal Value Uplift

$m

As at 31 December 2000

Life Business Australia 62 New Zealand 12 Asia -Funds Management 115Appraisal Value Uplift 189

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Operating Expense AnalysisOperating Expense Analysis

2,349 2,427 2,470

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Existing Operations Business acquisitions and GST

2,585

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2,473

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Cost RatiosCost Ratios

2.38 2.33 2.32

1.81 1.77 1.73

55.958.4 58.7

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– GoodwillGoodwill– Asset QualityAsset Quality

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GoodwillGoodwill

Goodwill amortisation HY31/12/00

$m

Colonial Acquisition 136ASB Group – Acquisition of Minority 3State Bank Victoria 20Other Group Entities 4

Total 163

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Credit RiskCredit RiskTotal Risk Rated Exposures

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Aggregate ProvisionsAggregate Provisions

* Includes Colonial

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Net Impaired AssetsNet Impaired Assets

* Commonwealth Bank Group excluding Colonial

Colonial MergerColonial Merger

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Integration ExpenditureIntegration Expenditure

Provision30/06/00

$m

ExpenditureHalf Year Ended

31/12/00$m

Provision31/12/00

$mRestructuring Costs

Colonial 294 62 232Commonwealth Bank 106 41 65

Total restructuring costs (pre tax) 400 103 297

Restructure Provision

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Integration Related Staff MovementsIntegration Related Staff Movements

BusinessCase Merger

Jan-00 Jun-00

Total Staff 40,018 39,575

Franchise Staff (56)

EDS Migration

Other Colonial Net Change 7

Retrenchments (129)

(178)

Movement

Jan to DecDec-00

38,028 (1,990)

(107)

(328)

(176)

(570)

(1,181)Total Integration Mvt

(183)

(441)

(1,003)

(51)

(328)

(1,181)

(853)

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RetrenchmentRetrenchment Costs and Estimated Staff Costs and Estimated Staff SynergiesSynergies

Commonwealth Group*

Total $m

One-off Retrenchment Costs 50

Annualised Synergies

75

FY2000-2001 StaffSynergies (estimate)

60

* As at 31 December 2000

Funding and CapitalFunding and Capital

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FundingFunding SourcesSources

A$bA$b %%

$3.2b$3.6b $5.5b

$3.2b

$6.4b$1.5b$6.8b

Offshore - PublicOffshore - PrivateDomestic - PublicDomestic - PrivateUSCPECPNCD

RetailRetail WholesaleWholesale

Long Long TermTerm

54%54%

Short Short TermTerm

46%46%

Total $30bnTotal $30bn

At 31 December 2000At 31 December 2000

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Funding InitiativesFunding Initiatives

• A$750 m Fixed Rate Bonds

• The Group’s first integrated wholesale & retail transaction launched in Aust mkt

• Orders taken online via ComSec

• Minimum parcel size $5000

• ASX listing & quotation

““Commets” IssueCommets” Issue Global Mortgage Global Mortgage Backed SecurityBacked Security

Japanese Retail Japanese Retail Bond IssuesBond Issues

• Two Global deals totalling A$4b overthe last 12 months

• SEC registered regular global benchmark issuance

• Benchmark for other Aust. MBS issues

• Further Global MBS expected during 2001

• A$450m of retail issues over the last 12 months

• Participation by over 30,000 retail investors

• Registered with the Japanese Ministry of Finance

• Most cost-effective source of long termAUD borrowings

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Capital AdequacyCapital Adequacy 30 Jun 00 31 Dec 00 30 Jun 00 31 Dec 00

Gross Tier I 18,265 18,409Gross Tier I 18,265 18,409Less Goodwill (5,905) (6,007)Less Goodwill (5,905) (6,007)Preference Shares (86) (39) Preference Shares (86) (39) intangible component of investment intangible component of investment in non- consolidated subsidiaries in non- consolidated subsidiaries (2,656)(2,656) (3,449)(3,449)

Net Tier 1 9,618 8,914Net Tier 1 9,618 8,914Tier 1 Ratio 7.49% 6.71%Tier 1 Ratio 7.49% 6.71%Upper Tier 2 1,292 1,346Upper Tier 2 1,292 1,346Lower Tier 2 Lower Tier 2 4,8054,805 4,4564,456Total Tier 1 and Tier 2 15,715 14,716Total Tier 1 and Tier 2 15,715 14,716 Less Investment in non consolidated Less Investment in non consolidated subsidiaries net of intangible component subsidiaries net of intangible component deducted from Tier 1 (2,528) (2,169)deducted from Tier 1 (2,528) (2,169)

Other Other (669)(669) (109)(109)Total Capital Total Capital 12,51812,518 12,43812,438Total Capital Ratio 9.75% 9.37%Total Capital Ratio 9.75% 9.37%

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ROE and EPSROE and EPS

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ROEROE EPSEPS

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Annual DividendsAnnual Dividends

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45 46 4958 61

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Capital Management StrategyCapital Management Strategy

• $200 million on market share buy-back announced 24 $200 million on market share buy-back announced 24 October 2000 October 2000

– 785,173 shares acquired for $23.4 million (weighted average buy-back price $29.86)

– Programme deferred January 2001

• Off market share buy-back of up to $700 million March Off market share buy-back of up to $700 million March 20012001

– Final size of the buy-back subject to take up of new preference share issue*

– Scale back if value of shares offered exceed $700 million– Will reduce shares on issue by approximately 23 million – Allows distribution of surplus franking and enhances EPS– The buy-back price has a capital component of $10 with the balance

to be a fully franked dividend* See next slide

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Capital Management StrategyCapital Management Strategy

• Preference Share Issue of $700 million in April 2001 Preference Share Issue of $700 million in April 2001 – Qualifies as Tier 1 capital– Listed on the ASX– Non-cumulative floating rate dividend for the first five years

based off the Bank Bill rate– Expected to be fully franked– Dividends payable quarterly– Investor flexibility to exit their investment at the Issue Price on

each Rollover date from the fifth year– Rated A- / a1 / A+ (Standard & Poor’s / Moody’s / Fitch IBCA)

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