FORM OF AGREEMENT FOR OFFERING COMMONWEALTH GUARANTEED SECURITIES BY AND AMONG THE COMMONWEALTH, THE RELEVANT ISSUING ENTITY, THE RELEVANT STATE OR TERRITORY AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNDERWRITERSOffering Agreement • November 24th, 2009 • Commonwealth of Australia • American depositary receipts • Australian Capital Territory
Contract Type FiledNovember 24th, 2009 Company Industry JurisdictionDate: This Agreement is dated [ ], 2009 Parties: The Commonwealth of Australia represented by the Department of the Treasury (the “Commonwealth”) Queensland Treasury Corporation (the “Issuing Entity”) The Treasurer on behalf of the Government of Queensland (the “State”) UBS Limited; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; Citigroup Global Markets Limited; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.; Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited; Commonwealth Bank of Australia; Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch; J.P. Morgan Securities Limited; Macquarie Bank Limited London Branch; Macquarie Securities (USA) Inc.; National Australia Bank Limited; [Nomura International plc]; Royal Bank of Canada Europe Limited; The Royal Bank of Scotland plc; The Toronto-Dominion Bank; and Westpac Banking Corporation (the “Dealers”)