ASX LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2012

Mar 5, 2012

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MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT

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A SX Grou p Monthly A ctivity R e port – Fe b ruary 2012

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as mea s ured by the A ll Ordinaries Index, rose 1.4% in Febru a ry 2012. Thi s performanc e was slightly b elow rises in other major m arkets, including Japan u p 10.5%, Hong Kong up 6. 3 %, German y up 6.1%, th e US up 4.1%, the UK up 3. 3 % and Sing a pore up 3.0 % .

Volatility me a sures for the Australian equity market f e ll in line with long-term averages during F ebruary:

• Current volatility (as m easured by the average d aily movem e nt in the All O rdinaries In d ex) was 0.6 % in February , slightly d own on the previous mont h (0.7%).

• Expected future volat i lity (as meas u red by the S&P/ASX 200 V IX) fell on a v erage in Fe b ruary to 19.1 (compared t o 20.3 in J anuary).

AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE

Listings and capital raisings

• In Febr u ary 2012 total capital raise d including s c rip-for-scrip t o talled $1.2 billion, down 7 2 % on the $4. 3 billion in th e previou s correspondi n g period (pc p ).

Listing s and Capita l Raisings Feb 20 Mon 12 th Feb M 2011 onth F F eb 2012 inancial YTD Feb 2011 Financial YTD	Listing s and Capita l Raisings Feb 20 Mon 12 th Feb M 2011 onth F F eb 2012 inancial YTD Feb 2011 Financial YTD
New lis ted entities a dmitted	-50 2,22 2 1,09 1,1 -56 8 1,20 8 % 6 2 - 5 4 19 2 % 6 5 4 16 ,229 1,401 1,134 ,534 1,807 ,341 71 -37% 6,791 19,263 26,054 -40% 4,404 30,458 113 22,918 20,285 43,203 15,909 59,112
Change Total li on pcp sted entities (at end of mo nth)
Change Initial c Second on pcp apital raised ary capital r ($million) aised ($millio n)
Total c Change Other c scrip ($ Total c scrip ($ apital raised on pcp apital raised million) apital raised million) ($million) including sc including sc rip-for- rip-for-

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Trading – Cash markets (including equities, interest rates and warrants trades)

• In February 2012 the number of trades was 19% higher than the pcp, while the total value of trading was 7% lower than the pcp.

Cash Markets	Feb 2012	Feb 2011	Feb 2012	Feb 2011
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Total trading days	21	20	170	169
Cash market volume
Total trades	13,292,614	11,131,994	111,044,486	91,439,874
Change on pcp	19%		21%
Average daily trades	632,982	556,600	653,203	541,064
Change on pcp	14%		21%
Cash market value (including value of
crossed trades)
Total value ($billion)	100.774	108.318	816.173	869.320
Change on pcp	-7%		-6%
Average daily value ($billion)	4.799	5.416	4.801	5.144
Change on pcp	-11%		-7%
Average value per trade ($)	7,581	9,730	7,350	9,507
Change on pcp	-22%		-23%
Cash market behaviour statistics
Turnover crossed (%)	24%	27%	24%	28%
Off-market turnover crossed (%)	11%	13%	11%	15%
On-market turnover crossed (%)	13%	14%	13%	13%
Total value crossed ($billion)	24.671	29.733	196.500	245.020
Non billable value (above cap) ($billion)	1.394	2.593	17.007	25.635
Total billable value ($billion)	99.380	105.725	799.166	843.685
Cash market includes equity, warrant and interest rate
market transactions

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Trading – Financial derivatives markets

• In February 2012 total derivatives traded on ASX increased 7% on the pcp, with the growth due to a rise in index options volume. Single stock options volume was 13% lower than pcp.

• Total futures and options on futures volume on ASX 24 increased 22% on the pcp.

Derivatives Markets		Feb 2012	Feb 2011	Feb 2012	Feb 2011
		Month	Month	Financial YTD	Financial YTD
Derivatives total trading days		21	20	170	169
(Derivatives includes exchange-traded	options,
commodities, and index options and futures)
Derivatives volume
Total contracts		13,056,484	1,915,484	108,870,152	14,062,174
Total contracts – converted to previous		2,040,706	1,915,484	18,216,409	14,062,174
contract size
Change on pcp		7%		30%
Average daily contracts		621,737	95,774	640,413	83,208
Average daily contracts – converted to		97,176	95,774	107,155	83,208
previous contract size
Change on pcp		1%		29%
Futures and options total trading days		21	20	171	170
(Futures and options includes interest rate, ASX SPI
200 and energy contracts)
Futures volume		7,859,025	6,346,282	63,025,359	54,008,978
Change on pcp		24%		17%
Average daily contracts		374,239	317,314	368,569	317,700
Change on pcp		18%		16%
Options on futures volume
Total contracts		333,060	368,588	1,620,395	2,640,192
Change on pcp		-10%		-39%
Average daily contracts		15,860	18,429	9,476	15,531
Change on pcp		-14%		-39%
Total futures and options on futures volume
Total contracts		8,192,085	6,714,870	64,645,754	56,649,170
Change on pcp		22%		14%
Average daily contracts		390,099	335,744	378,045	333,230
Change on pcp		16%		13%
Contracts for difference market
Total trades		6,132	7,033	55,532	65,347
Total contracts traded		10,975,247	17,183,233	97,307,286	115,639,412
Notional value traded ($million)		155.8	326.7	1,825.0	2,449.0
Total open interest value (at end of
month) ($million)		58.8	95.0

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ASX CLEARING CORPORATION

Clearing

• Participant cash margin balances held on-balance sheet averaged $2.4 billion in February 2012 ($2.3 billion pcp).

ASX Clearing Corporation	Feb 2012	Feb 2011	Feb 2012	Feb 2011
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
Collateral Balances – At End of Month			YTD	YTD
Cash margins held on-balance sheet:
- ASX Clear ($billion)	0.2	0.2
- ASX Clear (Futures) ($billion)	2.1	1.9
Cash equivalents held on-balance sheet – ASX Clear (Futures) ($billion)	0.0	0.0
Collateral cash cover held off-balance sheet
(equities and guarantees) – ASX Clear ($billion)	4.2	4.4
Total billable value cleared ($billion)	83.095	85.819	671.115	676.647

ASX SETTLEMENT CORPORATION

• The value of securities held in CHESS was 7% lower than the pcp and the number of dominant settlement messages was 8% lower than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	Feb 2012	Feb 2011	Feb 2012	Feb 2011
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Value of CHESS holdings – period end ($billion)	1,172.1	1,253.9
Dominant settlement messages (million)	1.3	1.4	10.8	10.8
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings – period end	1,312.7	1,213.6
($billion)

A separate ASX Compliance activity report for February 2012 has also been released today.

For further information:

Media

Leeanne Bland Media and Communications Executive (BH) +61 2 9227 0410 (M) 0467 642 066 leeanne.bland@asx.com.au www.asxgroup.com.au/media-releases.htm

Investor Relations

Stephen Hammon General Manager, Finance (BH) +61 2 9227 0260 (M) 0488 212755 stephen.hammon@asx.com.au www.asxgroup.com.au/investor-relations.htm

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