ASX LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2016

Dec 2, 2015

3 December 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 – NOVEMBER 2015

Attached is a copy of the ASX Group Monthly Activity Report for November 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

3 December 2015

ASX GROUP MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT – NOVEMBER 2015

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, fell 1.3% in November 2015. This performance was below rises observed in other major markets, including Germany up 4.9%, Japan up 3.5%, and the US up 0.1%. Singapore was down 4.7%, Hong Kong down 2.8%, and the UK down 0.1%.

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

• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.8% in November, up on the previous month (0.7%).

• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) fell in November to an average of 19.1 (compared to 20.2 in October).

LISTINGS AND CAPITAL RAISINGS

• In November 2015, total capital raised was $7.9 billion, down 13% on the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings	November 2015 Month November 2014 Month November 2015 Financial YTD November 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	8 15 52 52 -47% 0% 2,221 2,193 1% 1,158 8,222 10,915 15,940 6,514 593 29,771 12,783 239 227 5,238 1,454 6,753 820 35,009 14,237 723% 146% 7,911 9,042 45,924 30,177 -13% 52%

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

• In November 2015, the average daily number of trades was 21% higher than the pcp. The average daily value traded on-market of $4.0 billion was 15% higher than the pcp.

Cash Markets

November 2015 Month November 2014 Month November 2015 Financial YTD November 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.

21 20 109 109 18,293,017 14,379,245 91,395,942 78,200,914 27% 17% 871,096 718,962 838,495 717,440 21% 17% 61.705 51.040 332.884 271.559 17.264 13.453 85.650 74.158 6.011 6.021 30.545 31.380 13.820 10.121 65.520 63.178 98.800 80.635 514.599 440.275 23% 17% 4.047 3.526 4.120 3.460 15% 19% 4.705 4.032 4.721 4.039 17% 17% 5,401 5,608 5,630 5,630 -4% 0% 2.912 0.299 7.388 5.896 95.888 80.336 507.211 434.379

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TRADING – FUTURES

• In November 2015, average daily futures and options on futures volume increased 28% on the pcp. Average daily futures volume was up 30% on the pcp and average daily options volume was down 13% on the pcp.

Futures	November 2015 Month November 2014 Month November 2015 Financial YTD November 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	21 20 109 109 9,398,893 6,901,205 50,632,757 47,060,582 36% 8% 447,566 345,060 464,521 431,748 186,674 204,034 786,738 1,319,166 -9% -40% 8,889 10,202 7,218 12,102 9,585,567 7,105,239 51,419,495 48,379,748 35% 6% 456,456 355,262 471,738 443,851 28% 6%

CLEARING – OTC MARKETS

• In November 2015, the notional value of OTC interest rate derivative contracts centrally cleared was $187.5 billion, compared to $20.4 billion in the pcp.

OTC Markets	November 2015 Month November 2014 Month November 2015 Financial YTD November 2014 Financial YTD
Total notional cleared value ($billion) Open notional cleared value ($billion) (at end of month) * Cleared notional value is double sided	187.534 20.399 713.400 58.829 679.066

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TRADING – EQUITY OPTIONS

• In November 2015, the average daily number of exchange-traded options decreased 30% on the pcp. Single stock options average daily contracts traded were down 36% on the pcp and index options average daily contracts traded were up 46% on the pcp.

Equity options	November 2015 Month November 2014 Month November 2015 Financial YTD November 2014 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 20 109 109 6,063,997 8,980,721 36,820,355 48,054,389 -32% -23% 288,762 449,036 337,801 440,866 1,002,855 655,797 5,143,098 4,581,895 53% 12% 47,755 32,790 47,184 42,036 7,066,852 9,636,518 41,963,453 52,636,284 -27% -20% 336,517 481,826 384,986 482,902 -30% -20%

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CLEARING – EXCHANGE-TRADED MARKETS

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet at month-end totalled $4.6 billion in November 2015 compared to $3.9 billion in November 2014.

ASX Clearing Corporation Collateral Balances – At End of Month	November 2015 Month November 2014 Month November 2015 Financial YTD November 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)	0.7 0.5 3.8 3.3 0.1 0.1 3.4 3.9 93.054 76.516 493.578 409.129

SETTLEMENT

• The value of securities held in CHESS was 7% higher than the pcp. The number of dominant settlement messages in November 2015 was 9% higher than the pcp.

• The value of securities held in Austraclear was 12% higher than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	November 2015 Month November 2014 Month November 2015 Financial YTD November 2014 Financial YTD
Value of CHESS holdings – period end ($billion) Dominant settlement messages(million)	1,524.9 1,427.2 1.4 1.3 6.9 6.7
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings – period end ($billion)	1,854.5 1,649.9

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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 November 2015 has also been released today.

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