ASX LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2016

Nov 3, 2015

4 November 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 – OCTOBER 2015

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

4 November 2015

ASX GROUP MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT – OCTOBER 2015

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, rose 4.5% in October 2015. This performance was below rises observed in other major markets, including Germany up 12.3%, Japan up 9.7%, Hong Kong up 8.6%, the US up 8.3%, Singapore up 7.4%, and the UK up 4.9%.

Volatility measures for the Australian equity market decreased during October:

• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.7% in October, down on the previous month (1.3%).

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

LISTINGS AND CAPITAL RAISINGS

• In October 2015, total capital raised was $11.8 billion, up 49% on the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings	October 2015 Month October 2014 Month October 2015 Financial YTD October 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	9 10 44 37 -10% 19% 2,216 2,190 1% 4,318 1,908 9,757 7,718 5,892 5,726 23,257 12,190 1,545 246 4,999 1,227 7,437 5,972 28,256 13,417 25% 111% 11,755 7,880 38,013 21,135 49% 80%

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

• In October 2015, the average daily number of trades was 11% higher than the pcp. The average daily value traded on-market of $3.8 billion was 9% higher than the pcp.

Cash Markets

October 2015 Month October 2014 Month October 2015 Financial YTD October 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 23 88 89 17,762,530 16,803,240 73,102,925 63,821,669 6% 15% 807,388 730,576 830,715 717,097 11% 16% 62.370 58.092 271.179 220.519 14.976 15.360 68.386 60.705 6.003 6.495 24.534 25.359 12.384 13.977 51.700 53.057 95.733 93.924 415.799 359.640 2% 16% 3.789 3.476 4.137 3.445 9% 20% 4.352 4.084 4.725 4.041 7% 17% 5,390 5,590 5,688 5,635 -4% 1% 0.673 1.190 4.476 5.597 95.060 92.734 411.323 354.043

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TRADING – FUTURES

• In October 2015, average daily futures and options on futures volume decreased 9% on the pcp. Average daily futures volume was down 8% on the pcp and average daily options volume was down 40% on the pcp.

Futures	October 2015 Month October 2014 Month October 2015 Financial YTD October 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 23 88 89 9,187,920 10,494,393 41,233,864 40,159,377 -12% 3% 417,633 456,278 468,567 451,229 -8% 165,342 285,727 600,064 1,115,132 -42% -46% 7,516 12,423 6,819 12,530 -40% 9,353,262 10,780,120 41,833,928 41,274,509 -13% 1% 425,148 468,701 475,386 463,759 -9% 3%

CLEARING – OTC MARKETS

• In October 2015, the notional value of OTC interest rate derivative contracts centrally cleared was $206.5 billion, compared to $15.0 billion in the pcp.

OTC Markets	October 2015 Month October 2014 Month October 2015 Financial YTD October 2014 Financial YTD
Total notional cleared value ($billion) Open notional cleared value ($billion) (at end of month) * Cleared notional value is double sided	206.507 14.968 525.866 38.430 584.467

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TRADING – EQUITY OPTIONS

• In October 2015, the average daily number of exchange-traded options decreased 29% on the pcp. Single stock options average daily contracts traded were down 29% on the pcp and index options average daily contracts traded were down 26% on the pcp.

Equity Options	October 2015 Month October 2014 Month October 2015 Financial YTD October 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 derivatives volume Total contracts Change on pcp Average daily contracts Change onpcp	22 23 88 89 6,378,129 9,431,861 30,756,358 39,073,668 -32% -21% 289,915 410,081 349,504 439,030 867,704 1,227,034 4,140,243 3,926,098 -29% 5% 39,441 53,349 47,048 44,113 7,245,833 10,658,895 34,896,601 42,999,766 -32% -19% 329,356 463,430 396,552 483,143 -29% -18%

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CLEARING – EXCHANGE-TRADED MARKETS

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet at month-end totalled $4.5 billion in October 2015 compared to $3.7 billion in October 2014.

ASX Clearing Corporation Collateral Balances – At End of Month	October 2015 Month October 2014 Month October 2015 Financial YTD October 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 0.6 3.7 3.0 0.1 0.1 3.5 4.0 91.811 87.793 400.524 332.613

SETTLEMENT

• The value of securities held in CHESS were flat compared to the pcp. The number of dominant settlement messages in October 2015 was 1% higher than the pcp.

• The value of securities held in Austraclear was 13% higher than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	October 2015 Month October 2014 Month October 2015 Financial YTD October 2014 Financial YTD
Value of CHESS holdings – period end ($billion) Dominant settlement messages(million)	1,526.2 1,514.9 1.4 1.4 5.5 5.4
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings – period end ($billion)	1,843.9 1,638.4

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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 October 2015 has also been released today.

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