Key Highlights

  • ANZ reports its full-year result on 9 November 2026.
  • The final Dividend timetable includes ex-dividend on 12 November, record on 13 November and payment on 18 December.
  • The 2026 Interim Dividend was 83 cents, 75 per cent franked.
  • The final amount and franking will be confirmed on result day.

ANZ Group Holdings Limited (ASX:ANZ) has already set the key dates for its 2026 final dividend, making it one of the most closely watched entries on the ASX dividend calendar this month. The bank will release its full-year result for the year to 30 September 2026 on Monday 9 November, and its Shareholder centre lists the ex-dividend date as Thursday 12 November, the Record Date as Friday 13 November and the payment date as Friday 18 December 2026. The dividend amount, franking level and New Zealand imputation Credit are still shown as "to be advised" and will only be confirmed when the board releases the result.

ANZ final dividend timetable for November and December

The sequence that ANZ has published is tight. The result arrives on 9 November, and only three trading days later the shares are scheduled to trade ex-dividend. Investors who want to receive the final dividend need to hold shares before the ex-dividend date on 12 November, because buyers from that day onwards are not entitled to the payment. The record date of 13 November is the day ANZ's share registry uses to confirm which holders are on the register.

ANZ has also set a deadline of 5pm AEDT on Monday 16 November for elections relating to the dividend reinvestment plan (DRP), the Bonus option plan (BOP) and foreign currency payments. Cash payment follows on 18 December, the day after the company's Annual General Meeting, which ANZ's financial calendar lists for Thursday 17 December 2026 on Perth time.

ANZ's investor centre notes that the dividend amount, franking percentage, NZ imputation credit, exchange rates and DRP pricing for the final dividend will be published once the board declares the payment.

What ANZ paid at the half-year

The most recent declared payment gives a reference point. In its 2026 half-year report, released on 1 May 2026 for the six months to 31 March, ANZ declared an interim dividend of 83 cents per share. That dividend was partially franked at 75 per cent, and the unfranked portion was sourced from the company's conduit foreign income account. It also carried New Zealand Imputation Credits of NZ14 cents per share.

The interim dividend went ex on 11 May 2026, had a record date of 12 May and was paid on 1 July 2026. ANZ's dividend page shows that 9.93 per cent of Issued Capital participated in the DRP for that payment and 2.43 per cent in the BOP. For the interim dividend, ANZ said it would buy shares on market to satisfy the DRP and issue new shares for the BOP, with the price set using the Average Daily Volume weighted average price over a ten-trading-day pricing period that began on 15 May.

Half-year Earnings and capital position

The same half-year report showed cash profit of $3,780 million, up 6 per cent on the prior corresponding period, while statutory profit attributable to shareholders of $3,650 million was flat. Statutory Operating Income was down 1 per cent at $11,079 million. ANZ reported a Common Equity Tier 1 ratio of 12.4 per cent on an APRA basis at 31 March 2026, which was higher than the ratio the bank reported six months earlier.

Ahead of the full-year result, ANZ told the ASX in late October that it is changing how it reports its divisions. Home loans and offset accounts for business-owner customers in its Business and Private Bank segment move out of Australia Retail, some foreign exchange and payments Revenue moves from Institutional to the customer divisions, and Group Centre costs and capital are being reallocated. The bank said the changes took effect in the September 2026 half, prior periods have been restated, and there is no impact on statutory profit, cash profit, net Assets or capital.

How ANZ fits into the November bank dividend calendar

ANZ is one of several major lenders with Dividend Dates clustered in a short window. Westpac Banking Corporation's investor centre lists its 77 cent fully franked final dividend as going ex on 5 November, with a record date of 6 November and payment on 21 December 2026. National Australia Bank's financial calendar shows a full-year result on 5 November, an ex-dividend date of 10 November, a record date of 11 November and payment on 15 December. Macquarie Group's investor page lists a half-year result on 6 November, an ex-dividend date of 11 November, a record date of 12 November and payment on 17 December.

For investors tracking the ASX dividend calendar, this means four large financial companies have ex-dividend dates between 5 and 12 November and payment dates between 15 and 21 December. All of these companies note that their calendar dates are subject to change.

Rate backdrop and the AGM agenda

The result arrives just after the Reserve Bank of Australia's Monetary Policy Board lifted the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 4.85 per cent on 3 November 2026, its fifth increase this year. The board said Inflation "remains elevated" and that "the economy is slowing, housing prices have fallen significantly and the Unemployment rate has risen." ANZ was one of the major banks to announce a 0.25 percentage point rise in variable home Loan rates, effective 13 November 2026.

ANZ's AGM on 17 December will also include a shareholder-requisitioned resolution on climate transition plan assessment disclosure, which ANZ notified to the ASX in October. The board said its position will be set out in the notice of meeting.

Key Takeaways

ANZ Group Holdings Limited (ASX:ANZ) reports its full-year result on 9 November 2026, and the final dividend timetable is already fixed: ex-dividend on 12 November, record date on 13 November, a DRP and BOP election deadline of 16 November and payment on 18 December. The amount and franking will be confirmed on result day. The 2026 interim dividend of 83 cents, 75 per cent franked, offers the most recent declared reference point. With Westpac, NAB and Macquarie also going ex-dividend in the first half of November, ANZ's dates form part of a busy period on the ASX dividend calendar, set against a higher cash rate and a slowing economy.