ASX LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2017

Aug 2, 2016

3 August 2016

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

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

ASX MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT – JULY 2016

Attached is a copy of the Monthly Activity Report for July 2016. The document contains a combined ASX Group and ASX Compliance monthly activity report and replaces the separate monthly reports provided previously.

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 August 2016

MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT – JULY 2016

This document contains a combined ASX Group and ASX Compliance monthly activity report. It replaces the separate monthly reports provided previously.

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, rose 6.3% in July 2016. This performance was comparable with major markets including Germany up 6.8% and Japan up 6.4%, and stronger than Hong Kong up 5.3%, the US up 3.6%, the UK up 3.4% and Singapore up 1.0%.

Volatility measures for the Australian equity market fell below long-term averages during July:

• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.5% in July, down on the previous month (0.8%).

• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) fell in July to an average of 16.3 (compared to 19.4 in June).

LISTINGS AND CAPITAL RAISINGS

• In July 2016, total capital raised was $8.6 billion, down 6% on the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings

July 2016 Month July 2015 Month

New listed entities admitted 12 14 De-listings 6 10 Total Listed entities (at end of month) 2,210 2,224 Change on pcp -1% Initial capital raised ($million) 1,424 2,771 Change on pcp -49% Secondary capital raised ($million) 6,927 5,450 Other capital raised including scrip-for-scrip ($million) 278 975 Total secondary capital raised ($million) 7,205 6,425 Change on pcp 12% Total capital raised including other ($million) 8,629 9,196 Change onpcp -6%

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

• In July 2016, the average daily number of trades was 31% higher than the pcp. The average daily value traded on-market of $3.9 billion was 7% higher than the pcp.

Cash Markets

July 2016 Month July 2015 Month

Total trading days (Cash market includes equity, warrant and interest rate market transactions) 21 23 Cash market volume Total trades 20,577,507 17,264,523 Change on pcp 19% Average daily trades 979,881 750,631 Change on pcp 31% Cash market value Open trading ($billion) 58.261 62.768 Auctions trading ($billion) 16.798 15.404 Centre Point ($billion) 7.203 6.013 Trade reporting ($billion) 10.091 9.840 Total value ($billion) 92.353 94.025 Change on pcp -2% Average daily value on-market ($billion) 3.917 3.660 Change on pcp 7% Average daily value ($billion) 4.398 4.088 Change on pcp 8% Average value per trade ($) 4,488 5,446 Change on pcp -18% Non-billable value (above cap) ($billion) 0.619 0.281 Total billable value ($billion) 91.734 93.744 Trade reporting means the value of trades executed outside the order books of ASX or Chi-X that is subsequentlyreported to ASX forpublication.

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TRADING – FUTURES

• In July 2016, average daily futures and options on futures volumes were up 1% on the pcp. Average daily futures volume was marginally up and average daily options volume was up 33% on the pcp.

Futures

July 2016 Month July 2015 Month

Futures and options total trading days (includes interest rate, ASX SPI 200, commodities and energy contracts) 21 23 Futures volume Total contracts 8,527,885 9,297,763 Change on pcp -8% Average daily contracts 406,090 404,251 Options on futures volume Total contracts 145,451 120,162 Change on pcp 21% Average daily contracts 6,926 5,224 Total futures and options on futures volume Total contracts 8,673,336 9,417,925 Change on pcp -8% Average daily contracts 413,016 409,475 Change onpcp 1%

Volume of futures trading by individual contract is available at the following link - http://www.asx.com.au/data/market reports/MonthlySfeMarketsReport160729.pdf

CLEARING – OTC MARKETS

• In July 2016, the notional value of OTC interest rate derivative contracts centrally cleared was $298.1 billion, compared to $136.6 billion in the pcp.

OTC Markets	July 2016 Month July 2015 Month
Total notional cleared value ($billion) 298.076 136.610 Open notional cleared value ($billion) (at end of month) * Cleared notional value is double sided 1,691.781

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TRADING – EQUITY OPTIONS

• In July 2016, the average daily number of exchange-traded options increased 3% on the pcp. Single stock options average daily contracts traded were up 2% on the pcp and index options average daily contracts traded were up 9% on the pcp.

Equity options

July 2016 Month July 2015 Month

Exchange-traded options total trading days (includes single stock equity options and index options) 21 23 Single stock equity options volume Total contracts 6,538,759 6,998,873 Change on pcp -7% Average daily contracts 311,369 304,299 Index options volume Total contracts 886,671 889,292 Change on pcp 0% Average daily contracts 42,222 38,665 Total options volume Total contracts 7,425,430 7,888,165 Change on pcp -6% Average daily contracts 353,592 342,964 Change onpcp 3%

CLEARING – EXCHANGE-TRADED MARKETS

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet at month-end totalled $5.6 billion in July 2016 compared to $4.3 billion in July 2015.

ASX Clearing Corporation Collateral Balances – At End of Month	July 2016 Month July 2015 Month
Cash margins held on balance sheet: - ASX Clear ($billion) 0.8 0.6 - ASX Clear (Futures) ($billion) 4.6 3.6 Cash equivalents held on balance sheet – ASX Clear (Futures) ($billion) 0.2 0.1 Collateral cash cover held off balance sheet (equities and guarantees) – ASX Clear ($billion) 3.7 3.9 Total billable cash market value cleared($billion) 91.332 92.862

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SETTLEMENT

• The value of securities held in CHESS was 5% higher than the pcp. The number of dominant settlement messages in July 2016 was 16% higher than the pcp.

• The value of securities held in Austraclear was 7% higher than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	July 2016 Month July 2015 Month
Value of CHESS holdings – period end ($billion) 1,706.2 1,628.0 Dominant settlement messages(million) 1.6 1.3
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings – period end ($billion) 1,910.8 1,792.8

LISTINGS COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY

Listing Compliance Activity	July 2016 Month July 2015 Month
Total company announcements 9,691 9,846 Price queries by ASX ¹ 52 28 Other continuous disclosure queries by ASX ² 31 31 Aware letters sent by ASX ³ 9 8 Announcements made following a price query 37 20 Number of trading halts 134 113 Number of suspensions 39 30

¹ Price queries are enquiries made by ASX (either by letter or phone) to a listed entity if it detects unusual movements in a listed entity’s security price or trading volumes to ask if the entity is aware of any information that has not been announced which, if know, might explain the movements.

² Other continuous disclosure queries are queries (other than price queries) raised by ASX with listed entities when ASX has concerns the entity may not be in compliance with its continuous disclosure obligations under Listings Rules 3.1, 3.1A and 3.1B. Examples include a query made following a media report or an announcement lodged with ASX.

³Aware letters are sent by ASX following an announcement by a listed entity and ask for details of when the listed entity became aware of the material information contained in the announcement.

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PARTICIPANTS

• During the month of July Interactive Brokers Australia Pty Ltd was admitted as an ASX Market/Clearing and ASX Futures Trading/Clearing Participant.

ASX Market Participants⁴	July 2016 Month July 2015 Month
New admissions 1 1 Resignations and removals 0 0 Market/Clearing/Settlement Participants at month end 121 119
ASX Futures Participants
New admissions 1 0 Resignations and removals 0 0 Trading/ClearingParticipants at month end 52 55

ENFORCEMENT

Referrals to ASIC ⁵	July 2016 Month July 2015 Month
Continuous disclosure referrals 5 0 Other referrals 0 2 Total referrals to ASIC 5 2

Enforcement Matters	July 2016 Month July 2015 Month
Open ASX enforcement matters at month start 0 2 New enforcement matters commenced during the month 1 1 Enforcement matters concluded during the month 0 1 Open ASX enforcement matters at month end 1 2 Fines imposed duringthe month(excludingGST) Nil Nil

ASX RULE CHANGES, WAIVERS AND EXEMPTIONS

• Details of rule and guidance note changes can be assessed online at: http://www.asx.com.au/regulation/rules/recent-rule-amendments.htm

• Details of waivers and exemptions granted by ASX can be accessed online at: http://www.asx.com.au/regulation/rules-guidance-notes-and-waivers.htm

⁴ Figures exclude Special Settlement Participants set up to effect a specific corporate action as their participation is only temporary.

⁵ ASX is require, under sections 792B(2)(c) and 821B(2)(c) of the Corporations Act 2001, to refer a matter to ASIC if it has reason to suspect that a person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a significant contravention of the ASX Group’s Operating Rules or the Corporations Act. It should be noted that a single referral may relate to more than one potential contravention. It should also be noted that the fact a matter has been referred to ASIC does not necessarily mean that a contravention has been committed or that ASIC will take enforcement proceedings in relation to it.

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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

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