RNS Number:8556H
National Australia Bank Ld
24 February 2003

24 February 2003

                National Australia Bank Limited (the "Company")

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Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock
Exchange plc to update the Company issued share capital.

Permission to admit 1,859,690 ordinary shares of no par value ("shares") is
expected to be granted on 25 February 2003 and that trading to commence on 26
February 2003

These shares were issued in 1998 as a result of allotments made to the 1995
Executive Share Option Scheme and the Executive Staff Share Schemes

The shares at the time of issue ranked pari passu with the existing issued
ordinary shares.


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