ASX LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2015

Oct 5, 2015

6 October 2015

Australian Securities and Investments Commission Mr Oliver Harvey Senior Executive, Financial Market Infrastructure Level 5, 100 Market Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

ASX Market Announcements Office ASX Limited 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

ASX GROUP MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT – SEPTEMBER 2015

Attached is a copy of the ASX Group Monthly Activity Report for September 2015.

Amanda J. Harkness Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000

ASX Limited ABN 98 008 624 691

www.asx.com.au Customer service 13 12 79

MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT

6 October 2015

ASX GROUP MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT – SEPTEMBER 2015

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, fell 3.1% in September 2015. Declines were also observed in other major markets, including Japan down 8.4%, Germany down 5.8%, Singapore down 4.5%, Hong Kong down 3.8%, the UK down 3.0% and the US down 2.6%.

Volatility measures for the Australian equity market increased during September:

• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 1.3% in September, up on the previous month (1.1%).

• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) rose in September to an average of 26.4 (compared to 20.2 in August).

LISTINGS AND CAPITAL RAISINGS

• In September 2015, total capital raised was $9.9 billion, up 210% on the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings	September 2015 Month September 2014 Month September 2015 Financial YTD September 2014 Financial YTD
New listed entities admitted Change on pcp Total Listed entities (at end of month) Change on pcp Initial capital raised ($million) Secondary capital raised ($million) Other capital raised including scrip-for-scrip ($million) Total secondary capital raised ($million) Change on pcp Total capital raised including other ($million) Change onpcp	12 4 35 27 200% 30% 2,211 2,188 1% 2,041 190 5,439 5,810 6,156 2,829 17,365 6,464 1,730 181 3,454 981 7,886 3,010 20,819 7,445 162% 180% 9,927 3,200 26,258 13,255 210% 98%

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TRADING – CASH MARKETS (INCLUDING EQUITIES, INTEREST AND WARRANTS TRADES)

• In September 2015, the average daily number of trades was 18% higher than the pcp. The average daily value traded on-market of $4.3 billion was 21% higher than the pcp.

Cash Markets

September 2015 Month September 2014 Month September 2015 Financial YTD September 2014 Financial YTD

Total trading days (Cash market includes equity, warrant and interest rate market transactions) Cash market volume Total trades Change on pcp Average daily trades Change on pcp Cash market value Open trading ($billion) Auctions trading ($billion) Centre Point ($billion) Trade reporting ($billion) Total value ($billion) Change on pcp Average daily value on-market ($billion) Change on pcp Average daily value ($billion) Change on pcp Average value per trade ($) Change on pcp Non-billable value (above cap) ($billion) Total billable value ($billion) Trade reporting means the value of trades executed outside the order books of ASX or Chi-X that is subsequently reported to ASX forpublication.

22 22 66 66 19,371,574 16,362,701 55,340,395 47,018,429 18% 18% 880,526 743,759 838,491 712,400 18% 18% 69.604 55.197 208.809 162.427 20.062 16.910 53.410 45.345 5.915 6.635 18.531 18.864 15.023 12.980 39.316 39.080 110.604 91.722 320.066 265.716 21% 20% 4.345 3.579 4.254 3.434 21% 24% 5.027 4.169 4.849 4.026 21% 20% 5,710 5,606 5,784 5,651 2% 2% 2.291 2.109 3.803 4.407 108.313 89.613 316.263 261.309

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TRADING – FUTURES

• In September 2015, average daily futures and options on futures volume decreased 1% on the pcp. Average daily futures volume was flat on the pcp and average daily options volume was down 41% on the pcp.

Derivatives Markets	September 2015 Month September 2014 Month September 2015 Financial YTD September 2014 Financial YTD
Futures and options total trading days (includes interest rate, ASX SPI 200, commodities and energy contracts) Futures volume Total contracts Change on pcp Average daily contracts Options on futures volume Total contracts Change on pcp Average daily contracts Total futures and options on futures volume Total contracts Change on pcp Average daily contracts Change onpcp	22 22 66 66 12,921,288 12,951,117 32,045,944 29,664,984 0% 8% 587,331 588,687 485,545 449,469 133,558 226,516 434,722 829,405 -41% -48% 6,071 10,296 6,587 12,567 13,054,846 13,177,633 32,480,666 30,494,389 -1% 7% 593,402 598,983 492,131 462,036 -1% 7%

CLEARING – OTC MARKETS

• In September 2015, the notional value of OTC interest rate derivative contracts centrally cleared was $61.9 billion, compared to $16.7 billion in the pcp.

OTC Markets	September 2015 Month September 2014 Month September 2015 Financial YTD September 2014 Financial YTD
Total notional cleared value ($billion) Open notional cleared value ($billion) (at end of month) * Cleared notional value is double sided	61.896 16.740 319.359 23.463 482.060

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TRADING – EQUITY OPTIONS

• In September 2015, the average daily number of exchange-traded options decreased 15% on the pcp. Single stock options average daily contracts traded were down 17% on the pcp and index options average daily contracts traded were up 7% on the pcp.

Derivatives Markets	September 2015 Month September 2014 Month September 2015 Financial YTD September 2014 Financial YTD
Exchange-traded options total trading days (includes equity options and index options) Equity options volume Total contracts Change on pcp Average daily contracts Index options volume Total contracts Change on pcp Average daily contracts Total derivatives volume Total contracts Change on pcp Average daily contracts Change onpcp	22 22 66 66 9,106,274 11,025,385 24,378,229 29,641,807 -17% -18% 413,922 501,154 369,367 449,118 1,130,660 1,054,123 3,272,539 2,699,064 7% 21% 51,394 47,915 49,584 40,895 10,236,934 12,079,508 27,650,768 32,340,871 -15% -15% 465,315 549,069 418,951 490,013 -15% -15%

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CLEARING – EXCHANGE-TRADED MARKETS

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet at month-end totalled $4.4 billion in September 2015 compared to $3.6 billion in September 2014.

ASX Clearing Corporation Collateral Balances – At End of Month	September 2015 Month September 2014 Month September 2015 Financial YTD September 2014 Financial YTD
Cash margins held on balance sheet: - ASX Clear ($billion) - ASX Clear (Futures) ($billion) Cash equivalents held on balance sheet – ASX Clear (Futures) ($billion) Collateral cash cover held off balance sheet (equities and guarantees) – ASX Clear ($billion) Total billable cash market value cleared ($billion)	0.8 0.8 3.5 2.7 0.1 0.1 3.4 3.8 104.749 84.965 308.713 244.820

SETTLEMENT

• The value of securities held in CHESS was flat compared to the pcp. The number of dominant settlement messages in September 2015 was 5% higher than the pcp.

• The value of securities held in Austraclear was 11% higher than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	September 2015 Month September 2014 Month September 2015 Financial YTD September 2014 Financial YTD
Value of CHESS holdings – period end ($billion) Dominant settlement messages(million)	1,462.7 1,456.4 1.4 1.4 4.1 4.0
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings – period end ($billion)	1,821.4 1,637.5

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• The weekly Australian Cash Market Report is available here: http://www.asx.com.au/services/trading services/australian-cash-market-report.htm

A separate ASX Compliance activity report for September 2015 has also been released today.

Further enquiries:

Media

Matthew Gibbs General Manager, Media and Communications Tel: +61 2 9227 0218 Mobile: 0411 121219 matthew.gibbs@asx.com.au http://www.asx.com.au/about/media-releases.htm

Analysts/Investor Relations

Stephen Hammon General Manager, Finance Tel: +61 2 9227 0260 Mobile: 0488 212755 stephen.hammon@asx.com.au http://www.asx.com.au/about/investor-relations.htm

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