Aug 16 (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd ANZ.AX :
* Applications for its share purchase plan offer to raise $500 million in equity capital will open on 24 August 2015
* Capital raising is part of a program announced on 6 August 2015 to raise a total of $3 billion in equity capital
* Application will allow eligible shareholders able to purchase up to $15,000 worth of anz ordinary shares
* Anz reserves the right to scale back applications under the spp offer if total demand exceeds $500 million
* Says also reserves the right to issue new anz shares or arrange for the purchase of some anz shares
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