ASX LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2016

Apr 4, 2016

5 April 2016

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 – MARCH 2016

Attached is a copy of the ASX Group Monthly Activity Report for March 2016.

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

5 April 2016

ASX GROUP MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT – MARCH 2016

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, rose 4.1% in March 2016. This performance was below the rise in Hong Kong up 8.7%, the US up 6.6%, Singapore up 6.5%, Germany up 5%, and Japan up 4.6%. The UK was up 1.3%.

Volatility measures for the Australian equity market remained above long-term averages during March:

• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.7% in March, down on the previous month (1.0%).

• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) fell in March to an average of 17.1 (compared to 23.7 in February).

LISTINGS AND CAPITAL RAISINGS

• In March 2016, total capital raised was $2.4 billion, down 58% on the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings	March 2016 Month March 2015 Month March 2016 Financial YTD March 2015 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	5 9 93 92 -44% 1% 2,203 2,212 0% 503 624 16,911 22,274 1,346 4,844 37,776 25,609 504 92 8,256 2,301 1,850 4,936 46,032 27,910 -63% 65% 2,353 5,560 62,943 50,184 -58% 25%

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

• In March 2016, the average daily number of trades was 24% higher than the pcp. The average daily value traded on-market of $4.4 billion was 4% higher than the pcp.

Cash Markets

March 2016 Month March 2015 Month March 2016 Financial YTD March 2015 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.

21 22 191 192 21,168,037 17,904,218 171,798,949 141,087,021 18% 22% 1,008,002 813,828 899,471 734,828 24% 22% 63.705 64.742 577.969 506.796 20.623 20.488 155.873 141.122 7.320 7.123 54.708 55.660 12.873 17.547 110.032 111.390 104.521 109.900 898.582 814.968 -5% 10% 4.364 4.198 4.129 3.664 4% 13% 4.977 4.995 4.705 4.245 0% 11% 4,938 6,138 5,230 5,776 -20% -9% 2.047 6.896 11.890 16.210 102.474 103.004 886.691 798.758

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TRADING – FUTURES

• In March 2016, average daily futures and options on futures volumes were up 11% the pcp. Average daily futures volume was up 11% and average daily options volume was down 3% on the pcp.

Futures	March 2016 Month March 2015 Month March 2016 Financial YTD March 2015 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	21 22 192 193 14,985,658 14,098,952 96,864,228 90,901,241 6% 7% 713,603 640,861 504,501 470,991 200,229 216,572 1,444,327 2,089,681 -8% -31% 9,535 9,844 7,523 10,827 15,185,887 14,315,524 98,308,555 92,990,922 6% 6% 723,137 650,706 512,024 481,818 11% 6%

CLEARING – OTC MARKETS

• In March 2016, the notional value of OTC interest rate derivative contracts centrally cleared was $226.7 billion, compared to $136 billion in the pcp.

OTC Markets	March 2016 Month March 2015 Month March 2016 Financial YTD March 2015 Financial YTD
Total notional cleared value ($billion) Open notional cleared value ($billion) (at end of month) * Cleared notional value is double sided	226.652 135.959 1,459.407 445.484 841.252

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TRADING – EQUITY OPTIONS

• In March 2016, the average daily number of exchange-traded options decreased 9% on the pcp. Single stock options average daily contracts traded were down 11% and index options average daily contracts traded were up 11% on the pcp.

Equity options	March 2016 Month March 2015 Month March 2016 Financial YTD March 2015 Financial YTD
Exchange-traded options total trading days (includes single stock equity options and index options) Single stock equity options volume Total contracts Change on pcp Average daily contracts Index options volume Total contracts Change on pcp Average daily contracts Total options volume Total contracts Change on pcp Average daily contracts Change onpcp	21 22 191 192 8,938,513 10,511,812 66,233,345 86,052,525 -15% -23% 425,643 477,810 346,771 448,190 1,013,122 953,087 9,266,270 8,313,677 6% 11% 48,244 43,322 48,515 43,300 9,951,635 11,464,899 75,499,615 94,366,202 -13% -20% 473,887 521,132 395,286 491,491 -9% -20%

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CLEARING – EXCHANGE-TRADED MARKETS

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet at month-end totalled $4.2 billion in March 2016 compared to $4.5 billion in March 2015.

ASX Clearing Corporation Collateral Balances – At End of Month	March 2016 Month March 2015 Month March 2016 Financial YTD March 2015 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)	0.7 0.7 3.3 4.2 0.2 0.1 3.3 4.1 99.342 98.485 863.302 756.887

SETTLEMENT

• The value of securities held in CHESS was 8% lower than the pcp. The number of dominant settlement messages in March was 11% higher than the pcp.

• The value of securities held in Austraclear was 9% higher than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	March 2016 Month March 2015 Month March 2016 Financial YTD March 2015 Financial YTD
Value of CHESS holdings – period end ($billion) Dominant settlement messages(million)	1,517.5 1,655.7 1.6 1.4 12.7 11.8
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings – period end ($billion)	1,888.7 1,736.3

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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 March 2016 has also been released today.

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