Top 20 Holders of Fully Paid Ordinary Shares as at 24 August 2000

Rank	Name of Holder	Number of Shares	%
1	Chase Manhattan Nominees Limited	104,532,492	8.29
2	National Nominees Limited	65,197,290	5.17
3	Westpac Custodian Nominees	52,119,846	4.14
4	AMP Life Limited	25,665,452	2.04
5	ANZ Nominees Limited	24,559,573	1.95
6	Permanent Trustee Australia Limited	22,508,050	1.79
7	Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited	21,821,853	1.73
8	Queensland Investment Corporation	19,971,870	1.58
9	Perpetual Trustees Victoria Limited	15,967,072	1.27
10	BT Custodial Services Pty Limited	12,223,735	0.97
11	HKBA Nominees Limited	9,330,653	0.74
12	MLC Limited	8,740,060	0.69
13	The National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Limited	8,612,458	0.68
14	Colonial Foundation Limited	8,545,998	0.68
15	AMP Nominees Pty Limited	6,512,008	0.52
16	Perpetual Trustees Nominees Limited	6,427,400	0.51
17	Perpetual Trustees Company Limited	6,405,434	0.51
18	Mercantile Mutual Life Insurance Company Limited	6,369,128	0.51
19	CSS & PSS Board	6,289,431	0.50
20	Commonwealth Custodial Services Limited	5,325,504	0.42

The twenty largest shareholders hold 437,125,307 shares which is equal to 34.69% 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.

Directors Shareholdings as at 30 August 2000

	Shares	Options
J T Ralph, AC	11,192
D V Murray	50,387	2,000,000
N R Adler, AO	9,543
A C Booth	1,131
R J Clairs, AO	10,000
K E Cowley, AO	8,000
A B Daniels OAM	11,823
C R Galbraith	3,874
W G Kent AO	6,327
F D Ryan	4,000
J M Schubert	9,914
F J Swan	1,922
B K Ward	1,837

Guidelines for Dealings by Directors in Shares
The restrictions imposed by law on dealings by Directors in the securities of the Bank have been supplemented by the Board of Directors adopting guidelines which further limit any such dealings by Directors, their spouses, any dependent child, family company and family trust. The guidelines provide, that in addition to the requirement that Directors not deal in the securities of the Bank or any related company when they have or may be perceived as having relevant unpublished price sensitive information, Directors are only permitted to deal within certain periods. Further, the guidelines require that Directors not deal on the basis of considerations of a short term nature or to the extent of trading in those securities.

Range of Shares (Fully Paid Ordinary Shares and Employee Shares): 24 August 2000

Range	Number of Shareholders	Percentage Shareholders	Number of Shares	Percentage Issued Capital
1-1,000	623,267	80.04	200,732,541	15.93
1,001-5,000	138,617	17.80	273,040,472	15.93
5,001-10,000	11,539	1.48	79,286,427	6.29
10,001-100,000	4,989	0.64	101,926,005	8.09
100,001-Over	312	0.04	605,361,533	48.03
Total	778,724	100.00	1,260,346,978	100.00
Less than marketable parcel of $500	10,372		66,255

Voting Rights
Under the Bank’s Constitution, each member 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 more than one proxy, attorney or official representative is present for a member:

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