Commonwealth Bank Of Australia (CBA) Share Price

CBA Company Profile

The Commonwealth Bank is one of Australia’s leading providers of integrated financial services including retail banking, premium banking, business banking, institutional banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance, and investment and sharebroking products and services. The Group is one of the largest listed companies on the Australian Stock Exchange and is included in the Morgan Stanley Capital Global Index.

The key financial objective of the Group is to have Total Shareholder Return in the top quartile of our Australian listed peers over each rolling five-year period. Total Shareholder Return is calculated as the growth in the value of the investment in the Group’s shares, assuming all dividends are reinvested in shares at the point dividends are paid.

The strategic strengths of the Commonwealth Bank are its:

brand

scale

diversified business mix.

The Commonwealth Bank brand is the most recognised brand in the Australian financial services industry. Other award-winning brands within the Group include wealth management business, Colonial First State, and online broking service, CommSec.

In terms of scale, the Group has a strong domestic presence with the largest customer base of any Australian bank and operates the largest financial services distribution network in the country with the most points of access.

Facts and Figures

Strategic visionTo be Australia's finest financial services organisation through excelling in customer service.Financial information

Our shareholder base totals more than 740,000.

More than 75 per cent of our staff in Australia are shareholders.

Net profit after tax on statutory basis increased 7 per cent to $4,791 million and on cash basis, 5 per cent to $4,733 million (as at 30 June 2008);

Record final dividend of $1.53 per share, fully franked taking total dividends for the year to $2.66, an increase of 4 per cent (as at 30 June 2008);

The Group has $487,572 million in assets held and funds under administration (as at 30 June 2008).

Refer to the Profit Announcement for the most current financial statements and statistics for the Commonwealth Bank.

Distribution network

The Commonwealth Bank operates the largest financial services distribution network in the country with the most points of access.

1,009 branches nationally.

More than 3,800 Australia Post agencies.

Over 3,300 ATMs nationally.

The Commonwealth Bank supports more than 187,000 EFTPOS terminals throughout Australia.

More than 10 call centres, which handle over 120 million calls per annum.

For more information www.commbank.com.au