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ASPEN GROUP AGM Information 2007

Nov 25, 2007

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Aspen Group Presentation to 2007 Annual General Meeting

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Contents

1. Overview

  1. 2007 Financial Year in Review

  2. 2008 Financial Year To Date

  3. Property Portfolio

  4. Funds Management

  5. Summary and Outlook

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1. Overview Business Structure

Investment
Property
Funds
Management
Equity
Investments
% Revenue 56% 44% Included in funds management
Description Portfolio of diversified
property assets
Characterised by strong
income security through
high quality tenants and long
term leases
Driving DPU and EPU Growth
Efficient use of capital
Leverages Aspen’s core
property expertise
Co-invests in funds
Strategic stakes
Enhance investor
confidence
Accretive returns to
APZ
Ongoing funding activities to
support growth
Assets Managed $336 million 7 funds
$971 million GAUM
Aspen Diversified
$16.0m
Aspen Parks
$11.2m
Aspen Living
$22.0m
Aspen Villages
$13.3m
ADF No1
$46.4m

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1. Overview

Personnel

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Terry Budge Non-executive Director Seng Fai Chan Non-executive Director Matthew McCann Non-executive Director

Reg Gillard Non-executive Chairman Angelo Del Borrello Managing Director Gavin Hawkins Executive Director Finance

ASPEN GROUP ASPEN GROUP Asset Funds Financial
Management Corporate Management Control Compliance Totals
Divisional Head S Price R Morrison R Botha D Cardoso D Mortimer
No. Staff: WA 2 3 5 10 2 22
Other States 2 - 3 - - 5
4 3 8 10 2 27
FUNDS Aspen Aspen Aspen Aspen Aspen Aspen Property
MANAGEMENT Parks Diversified Living Developments Villages Communities Securities Totals
Divisional Head L Brolese S Price B Acott P Hall M Rance W Marshall A Lawrence
No. Staff: WA 11 2 6 9 2 1 - 31
Other States 2 2 1 8 - - 1 14
13 4 7 17 2 1 1 45

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1. Overview

Track Record

Aspen continues to drive earnings and distribution growth

FY04 (¢) FY05 (¢) FY06 (¢) FY07 (¢) 3YR CAGR
EPS* 8.4 +4.2% 8.75 +46.4% 12.81 +21.9% 15.62 23.0%
DPS 7.25 +15.2% 8.35 +19.8% 10 +27.5% 12.75 20.7%
NTA 70 +15.7% 81 +25.2% 101.4 +30.2% 132 23.5%

*** Underlying**

DPS increased from 3.5 cents to 3.875 cents (15.5 cents annualised) for FY08

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1. Overview Strong Market Performance

Aspen continues to outperform ASX/S&P 200 Property Index

Total Returns

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Dec-02 Jun-03 Dec-03 Jun-04 Dec-04 Jun-05 Dec-05 Jun-06 Dec-06 Jun-07

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Contents

  1. Overview

2. 2007 Financial Year in Review

  1. 2008 Financial Year To Date

  2. Property Portfolio

  3. Funds Management

  4. Summary and Outlook

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2. 2007 Financial Year in Review

Highlights

  • 18% growth in property portfolio on $46.1m of revaluations

  • Underlying EPS increased 22%

  • DPS increased 28%

  • Underlying EPS 23% above DPS

  • Acquisition and successful syndication of three residential land estates

  • Significant growth in existing funds management vehicles

  • Acquisition of Caversham Property creates Aspen Development Fund No 1

  • Balance sheet strengthened through significantly lower gearing

  • Continued growth in investment portfolio

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2. 2007 Financial Year in Review Performance

FY FY %
2007 2006 Change
Net Profit After Tax 73.82 34.49 �114%
Underlying Net Profit* ($’m) 33.49 18.47 �81%
Underlying EPS* (cents) 15.62 12.81
22%
DPS (cents) 12.75 10.00
28%
Underlying Earnings above
Distribution (cents)
2.87 2.81
2%
  • Underlying net profit after tax represents net profit after tax excluding the following non cash items:

  • movements in fair value of investment properties $39.4 million

  • movement in fair value of hedge instruments $ 2.0 million

  • share option expenses ($ 1.1 million)

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2. 2007 Financial Year in Review Financial Position

FY FY %
2007 2006 Change
Gross Assets Under Management ($’m) 1,224 620 �97%
Investment Property (Revaluations) ($’m) 336 284 �18%
Gearing 31% 47% �16%
NTA (cents) 132 101 �31%

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Contents

  1. Overview

  2. 2007 Financial Year in Review

  3. 2008 Financial Year To Date

  4. Property Portfolio

  5. Funds Management

  6. Summary and Outlook

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3. 2008 Financial Year To Date

Capital and Debt Structure

Debt Profile (30 September 2007)
Total Fixed
Floating
Borrowings
$197.1 m
$129.6 m
$67.5 m
Average Cost of Debt
6.98%
6.56%
7.62%
Average Maturity Profile
3.1 yrs
30 days
Gearing
35%
Unused Facility Limit
$59.7m
Capital Structure
Current
Stapled Securities on Issue
250.3 million
Unlisted Options on Issue
0.2 million
Market Cap (at $2.68 closing price, 20 November 2007)
$671 million
Total Securityholders
_Circa_3,500
Institutional
66%
Retail
34%
Substantial Securityholders
UBS Global Asset Management
Deutsche (Institutional Group)
Acorn Capital Limited
AMP Capital Investors
CBA/Colonial First State
SG Hiscock & Co**
Substantial Securityholders
UBS Global Asset Management
Deutsche (Institutional Group)
Acorn Capital Limited
AMP Capital Investors
CBA/Colonial First State
SG Hiscock & Co

*** On repayment of fund loans, gearing will reduce to 30% and unused facility limit will increase to $100m**

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3. 2008 Financial Year To Date Highlights

  • Increase in distribution from 3.5 cents to 3.875 cents per security

  • L’Oreal secured as key tenant for St Kilda Rd property

  • Acquisition of 8 properties for Aspen Parks for $54.6 million

  • Established Aspen Communities

  • Additional properties secured for launch of forthcoming Aspen Villages Fund

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Contents

  1. Overview

  2. 2007 Financial Year in Review

  3. 2008 Financial Year To Date

  4. Property Portfolio

  5. Funds Management

  6. Summary and Outlook

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4.

Property Portfolio Overview

  • Strong revaluation performance in FY07 – 18% increase

  • Secure lease expiry profile of 4.65 years

  • St Kilda Rd. tenant risk (Hewlett Packard) eliminated with 10 yr L’Oreal lease

  • Occupancy rate 96% across portfolio

  • Sound sector and geographic diversification

  • Portfolio reflects Aspen’s acquisition strategy

  • Typically $30 – $80 million

  • Attractive running yield

  • Income security leveraged to value add opportunities

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4. Property Portfolio Summary

Location Sector Book Value
A$ millions
Occupancy
Septimus Roe Square Perth, WA Office 76.6 100%
Alcoa Office Complex Booragoon, WA Office 22.9 100%
564 St. Kilda Road Melbourne, VIC Office 27.6 100%
33 York Street Sydney, NSW Office 3.2 100%
Elders Woolstores Spearwood, WA Industrial 57.5 100%
Noble Park Melbourne, VIC Industrial 25.0 96%
Rocklea Brisbane, QLD Industrial 11.0 100%
Garden Town Toowoomba, QLD Retail 35.0 86%
55 Currie Street Adelaide, SA Office 77.0 94%
Total 335.8

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4. Property Portfolio Leasing Profile

Lease expiry profile by financial year

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30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
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Key Tenants Lease
Expiry
% of
Income
Elders 2012 16%
DIMIA 2015 7%
Alcoa 2014 6%
L’Oreal 2018 5%
Centrelink 2011 5%
Total 39%

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4. Property Portfolio Diversification

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Contents

  1. Corporate Structure

  2. 2007 Financial Year in Review

  3. 2008 Financial Year To Date

  4. Property Portfolio

  5. Funds Management

  6. Summary and Outlook

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5. Funds Management

Overview

  • Leverages Aspen’s core property management expertise

  • Provides investment opportunities not really available to investors

  • Important source of EPS/DPS growth with efficient use of Aspen’s capital

  • Unlisted open ended Funds provide a natural growth driver

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5. Funds Management Divisions

Branding Aspen
Parks
Aspen
Diversified
Aspen
Living
Aspen
Developments
Aspen
Villages
Aspen
Communities
Sector Resort Park Core Income Syndicated Land Development
Fund Series
Affordable
Living/Retirement
Retirement
Aged Care
Asset value $217 million* $163 million $258 million $265 million $34 million* $34 million*
Commenced Apr 04 Apr 05 Nov 05 Feb 07 Jun 05 Sept 07
Target assets $250 million $250 million $1 billion $500 million $250 million $250 million
No of assets 26 9 4 18 7 2
Fund structure Unlisted Stapled Unlisted Trust Unlisted Coy Unlisted Coy Unlisted Stapled Unlisted Stapled
Investors Retail Retail Wholesale/Retail Wholesale Retail/Wholesale Retail/Wholesale

*Post settlement of contracted properties

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5. Funds Management New Initiatives

Aspen Parks and Aspen Diversified to become platform friendly

  • Targeting personal superannuation investors and model portfolios

  • Growing popularity of Aspen Parks with financial planners as a portfolio diversifier

  • Expand current platform availability – BT, Netwealth Wrap, Netwealth Super, MLC Masterkey

Property Securities Fund

  • Appointment of Anton Lawrence as Chief Investment Officer

  • Former Director of MIA research house

  • Development of Aspen Select Property Fund offering diversified property sector exposure

  • Leverage Aspen’s property and distribution capabilities

Aspen Villages Fund

  • Seven properties secured to seed new Fund

Aspen Communities

  • Expansion into retirement and aged care living

  • Recruitment of Bill Marshall (former SwanCare CEO) to Head division

  • Seed assets acquired and under review

  • 5 properties identified, two under contract

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5. Funds Management Aspen Parks Property Fund

Strategy

  • Strategic land holds - Parks generally in excellent locations with potential for capital appreciation

  • Potential to develop excess land and generate capital upside

  • Fragmented industry providing asset growth potential

  • Services multiple growing market segments: “grey nomads”; permanent living; mining sector

  • Diverse income streams

Highlights

  • Target GAUM ($150 million) achieved in only 3 years

  • Provided original investors with total return of 19.5% pa since inception

  • Circa 1,300 investors

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  • Acquisition of eight Parks

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5.

Funds Management

Aspen Parks Property Fund

Coral Bay

Coogee

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Monkey Mia

Roxby Downs

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5. Funds Management Aspen Parks Property Fund

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Kununurra
Island Gateway
Cooke Point
Balmoral
Pilbara
Exmouth
Ningaloo Reef
Monkey Mia BRISBANE
Roxby Downs
Perth
Port Augusta Wallamba River
Coogee Beach
Woodman Point
ADELAIDE Horseshoe SYDNEY
Wymah Valley
Yarraby Twofold Bay
Existing portfolio Ashley Gardens
Acquired in 2006/07 MELBOURNE
Acquired in 2007/08
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5. Funds Management

Aspen Diversified Property Fund

Strategy

  • Leverages Aspen’s core commercial property expertise

  • Target properties in the $5 – $30 million range (too large for individual investors but too small for LPTs, institutional investors)

  • Competitive distribution yield of 8% paid monthly

  • Objective to grow GAUM to $250 million over 5 years

Highlights

  • Total return for FY07 18.28%

  • Acquisition of Mulgrave industrial property

  • New tenants during FY07 – TAB Ltd, HRL Ltd, Optus

  • Strong key tenants - Pacific Brands (Holeproof), Coles, Cardno BSD, Trailcraft, ANZ

  • Weighted average lease expiry increased to 4.2 years

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  • Disposal of Midland Cinema Complex

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5. Funds Management Aspen Diversified Property Fund

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Property Location Use Acquisition Date Book Value
Springvale Road Mulgrave, VIC Industrial Jun 2007 $20.0m
Homemaker City Castle Hill NSW Retail Feb 2006 $28.0m
Holeproof Complex Nunawading VIC Industrial Dec 2005 $28.0m
Mount St Building North Sydney NSW Office Dec 2005 $33.5m
Trailcraft Industrial Complex Henderson WA Industrial Aug 2005 $9.1m
Abernethy Park Kewdale WA Industrial Jun 2005 $11.6m
Champion Drv Retail Centre Armadale WA Retail Jul 2005 $9.3m
Riseley Corporate Centre Booragoon WA Office Jun 2005 $7.7m
Cardno BSD Centre Subiaco WA Office Jun 2005 $5.6m
Total $152.8m

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5. Funds Management Aspen Living

Aspen
Dunsborough
Lakes
Aspen
Whitsunday
Shores
West Swan
Estate
Fern Bay
Seaside
Village
Total
Aspen
Dunsborough
Lakes
Aspen
Whitsunday
Shores
West Swan
Estate
Fern Bay
Seaside
Village
Total
Number of Lots
Remaining
1,143
669
1135
850
3,797
Gross Realisable
Value($’m)
406
189
334
238
1,167
Location
Dunsborough WA
Bowen
QLD
Perth
WA
Stockton
NSW
Development
Timeframe (Years)
11
11
8.75
8.5

Aspen Living is also Project Manager for “Aspen Developments” residential estates, namely Byford by the Scarp and Chittering Estate which comprises 1,200 lots.

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5. Funds Management Aspen Living

Strategy

  • Leverages Aspen’s expertise in residential subdivision to provide attractive returns to investors and long term recurring funds management income for Aspen.

  • Aim to acquire advanced developments which are revenue generating at purchase. This results in a short lead time to positive cashflows for investors.

  • In-house expertise used to reposition underperforming developments and increase market awareness.

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Highlights

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  • Land bank

3,797 lots

  • On-completion value $1.2 billion

  • Development period

  • 0-11 years

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5. Funds Management Aspen Living

Aspen Dunsborough Lakes

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5. Funds Management Aspen Living

Fern Bay Seaside Village

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Whitsunday Shores

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5. Funds Management Aspen Developments

Aspen Development Fund No1

Background

  • Acquisition of the Caversham Property Group (property division of Futuris)

  • Settled May 2007

  • Off market transaction

  • First in series of proposed development funds

Key Elements of Futuris Transaction

  • Acquisition price of $233.7m

  • 18 projects across 3 states

  • Multi-sector: construction, residential development, health/ retirement

  • Caversham employees transferred to Aspen

Structure

  • 8 year closed end wholesale fund

  • $90 million equity (Aspen, Futuris, Victor Smorgon Group: 25% each)

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  • IRR 20% plus

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5. Funds Management Aspen Developments

Aspen Development Fund No.1

Portfolio Breakdown Estimated Key Location
Value Projects
Residential Subdivisions $64.4million -Byford By The Scarp WA
-Chittering Valley WA
-Geraldton WA
Commercial Construction $71.5million -City Central Project
Adelaide CBD SA
8 Buildings
Hospital and Retirement $97.8million -Cambelltown Retirement NSW
Construction -Cambelltown Commercial NSW
-Currambine Retirement WA
-Norwest Hospital NSW

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5. Funds Management

Aspen Developments

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Campbelltown Private Hospital

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5. Funds Management Aspen Developments

Campbelltown Retirement Village

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5.

Funds Management Aspen Villages

Strategy

  • Management of the development of residential accommodation villages

  • Acquisition of sites through development land controlled by Aspen (eg. Aspen Parks and Aspen Living) but will

  • also acquire sites from third parties

  • Baby boomers who retire early, mining industry and annuals (tourists) – requirement for low cost residential accommodation

  • Launch fund first quarter 2008

Status

  • Portfolio of properties has recently increased to 7 sites (currently warehoused for new fund launch)

  • Locations in Port Macquarie and Tuncurry (NSW), Mornington Peninsula (VIC), Dundee Beach (NT), Karratha

  • (WA), Mildura (VIC) and Byford (WA)

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5. Funds Management Aspen Communities

Strategy

  • Announced division commencement in August 2007

  • 200-300 home villages on 7-12ha land

  • Utilise development expertise of Aspen Developments (formerly Caversham Property)

  • Capitalise on strong and growing demand for over 65’s living

  • Launch fund first quarter 2008

Status

  • William Marshall recently joined Aspen to head Aspen Communities

  • Previously CEO of SwanCare Group where he managed a business comprising 300 high and low care beds and 700 independent living units.

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  • Five sites presently under review, two under contract

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Contents

  1. Corporate Structure

  2. 2007 Financial Year in Review

  3. 2008 Financial Year To Date

  4. Property Portfolio

  5. Funds Management

  6. Summary and Outlook

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6.

Summary

DPS and EPS Track Record

EPS/ DPS Growth Profile

Earnings and distribution growth has been driven by:

  • Growth in the funds management business

  • Expansion of syndicated land estates

  • Aspen’s active property management style

  • Organic growth in rents

  • Revaluation of properties

Distribution increase for Sept quarter to 3.875 cps (15.5cps annualised)

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4 Year EPS
CAGR 20.5%
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12.8 12.8
12 4 Year DPS
CAGR 22.8%
10.0
10
8.8
8.4 8.4
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7.3
5.6
6
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FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08
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DPS EPS
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6. Summary Strong Asset Growth

  • Strong pipeline of acquisitions for funds

  • � Extensive networks to source deal flow

  • � Proven ability to develop unique funds

  • � Strong team of professionals

  • � Proven capital raising track record in wholesale and retail

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Assets Under Management
($m)
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
03 04 05 06 07
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6. Outlook

  • Strong balance sheet will enable further asset acquisition opportunities for investment portfolio

  • Growth from new and existing funds management initiatives

  • Focus on earnings growth through astute investment selection (not just growth for growth's sake)

  • Continuing expansion of retail and wholesale distribution channels

  • Launch of Aspen Villages and Aspen Communities funds

  • Wholesale Parks and Diversified and Aspen Select Fund to facilitate distribution growth

  • Large pipeline of potential opportunities being reviewed

  • Distribution increased to 15.5 cents annualised commencing September quarter

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Disclaimer

This presentation has been prepared by Aspen Group (“Aspen”) and should not be considered in any way to be an offer, invitation, solicitation or recommendation with respect to the subscription for, purchase or sale of any security, and neither this document nor anything in it shall form the basis of any contract or commitment. Prospective investors should make their own independent evaluation of an investment in Aspen . Nothing in this presentation constitutes investment, legal, tax or other advice. The information in this presentation does not take into account your investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs. The information does not purport to constitute all of the information that a potential investor may require in making an investment decision.

Aspen has prepared this presentation based on information available to it. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is made as to the fairness, accuracy, completeness or correctness of the information, opinions and conclusions contained in this presentation. To the maximum extent permitted by law, none of Aspen , its directors, employees or agents, nor any other person accepts any liability, including, without limitation, any liability arising from fault or negligence on the part of any of them or any other person, for any loss arising from the use of this presentation or its contents or otherwise arising in connection with it.

All references to dollar amounts are in Australian currency unless otherwise stated.

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