ASX LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2016

Jun 2, 2016

3 June 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 GROUP MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT – MAY 2016

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

3 June 2016

ASX GROUP MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT – MAY 2016

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, rose 2.5% in May 2016. This performance was comparable to some major markets including Japan up 3.4%, and Germany up 2.2%. The US was up 1.5%, while the UK was down 0.2%, Hong Kong down 1.2%, and Singapore down 1.7%.

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

• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.6% in May, down on the previous month (0.7%).

• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) rose in May to an average of 17.6 (compared to 17.4 in April).

LISTINGS AND CAPITAL RAISINGS

• In May 2016, total capital raised was $3.4 billion, down 82% on the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings

May 2016 Month May 2015 Month May 2016 Financial YTD May 2015 Financial YTD

New listed entities admitted 10 11 113 108 Change on pcp -9% 5% Total Listed entities (at end of month) 2,206 2,216 Change on pcp - Initial capital raised ($million) 1,190 14,676 22,628 37,561 Secondary capital raised ($million) 1,592 4,622 43,573 33,704 Other capital raised including scrip-for-scrip ($million) 661 303 9,578 2,802 Total secondary capital raised ($million) 2,253 4,925 53,151 36,506 Change on pcp -54% 46% Total capital raised including other ($million) 3,443 19,601 75,779 74,067 Change onpcp -82% 2%

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

• In May 2016, the average daily number of trades was 26% higher than the pcp. The average daily value traded on-market of $4.5 billion was in line with the pcp.

Cash Markets

May 2016 Month May 2015 Month May 2016 Financial YTD May 2015 Financial YTD

Total trading days (Cash market includes equity, warrant and interest rate market transactions) 22 21 233 233 Cash market volume Total trades 22,501,722 17,098,460 213,600,633 173,076,351 Change on pcp 32% 23% Average daily trades 1,022,806 814,212 916,741 742,817 Change on pcp 26% 23% Cash market value Open trading ($billion) 69.896 68.662 704.878 634.376 Auctions trading ($billion) 19.408 18.377 189.602 174.159 Centre Point ($billion) 8.795 6.841 70.508 68.570 Trade reporting ($billion) 12.800 13.442 133.328 134.503 Total value ($billion) 110.899 107.322 1,098.316 1,011.608 Change on pcp 3% 9% Average daily value on-market ($billion) 4.459 4.470 4.142 3.764 Change on pcp - 10% Average daily value ($billion) 5.041 5.111 4.714 4.342 Change on pcp -1% 9% Average value per trade ($) 4,928 6,277 5,142 5,845 Change on pcp -21% -12% Non-billable value (above cap) ($billion) 0.963 1.549 13.747 18.693 Total billable value ($billion) 109.936 105.773 1,084.569 992.915 Trade reporting means the value of trades executed outside the order books of ASX or Chi-X that is subsequently reported to ASX forpublication.

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TRADING – FUTURES

• In May 2016, average daily futures and options on futures volumes were up 6% the pcp. Average daily futures volume was up 6% and average daily options volume was up 12% on the pcp.

Futures

May 2016 Month May 2015 Month May 2016 Financial YTD May 2015 Financial YTD

Futures and options total trading days (includes interest rate, ASX SPI 200, commodities and energy contracts) 22 21 235 234 Futures volume Total contracts 11,416,728 10,271,059 118,389,864 109,658,516 Change on pcp 11% 8% Average daily contracts 518,942 489,098 503,787 468,626 Options on futures volume Total contracts 220,888 188,960 1,810,041 2,462,790 Change on pcp 17% -27% Average daily contracts 10,040 8,998 7,702 10,525 Total futures and options on futures volume Total contracts 11,637,616 10,460,019 120,199,905 112,121,306 Change on pcp 11% 7% Average daily contracts 528,983 498,096 511,489 479,151 Change onpcp 6% 7%

CLEARING – OTC MARKETS

• In May 2016, the notional value of OTC interest rate derivative contracts centrally cleared was $512.1 billion, compared to $118.3 billion in the pcp.

OTC Markets	May 2016 Month May 2015 Month May 2016 Financial YTD May 2015 Financial YTD
Total notional cleared value ($billion) 512.091 118.262 2,097.542 703.894 Open notional cleared value ($billion) (at end of month) * Cleared notional value is double sided 1,152.409

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TRADING – EQUITY OPTIONS

• In May 2016, the average daily number of exchange-traded options increased 2% on the pcp. Single stock options average daily contracts traded were marginally higher than the pcp and index options average daily contracts traded were up 12% on the pcp.

Equity options

May 2016 Month May 2015 Month May 2016 Financial YTD May 2015 Financial YTD

Exchange-traded options total trading days (includes single stock equity options and index options) 22 21 233 233 Single stock equity options volume Total contracts 7,634,078 7,275,516 81,404,302 100,905,364 Change on pcp 5% -19% Average daily contracts 347,004 346,453 349,375 433,070 Index options volume Total contracts 1,126,936 957,726 11,284,901 10,033,425 Change on pcp 18% 12% Average daily contracts 51,224 45,606 48,433 43,062 Total options volume Total contracts 8,761,014 8,233,242 92,689,203 110,938,789 Change on pcp 6% -16% Average daily contracts 398,228 392,059 397,808 476,132 Change onpcp 2% -16%

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CLEARING – EXCHANGE-TRADED MARKETS

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet at month-end totalled $5.3 billion in May 2016 compared to $4.5 billion in May 2015.

ASX Clearing Corporation Collateral Balances – At End of Month	May 2016 Month May 2015 Month May 2016 Financial YTD May 2015 Financial YTD
Cash margins held on balance sheet: - ASX Clear ($billion) 0.8 0.7 - ASX Clear (Futures) ($billion) 4.3 3.7 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) 3.5 3.9 Total billable cash market value cleared ($billion) 107.621 102.088 1,058.272 944.583

SETTLEMENT

• The value of securities held in CHESS was in line with the pcp. The number of dominant settlement messages in May was 16% higher than the pcp.

• The value of securities held in Austraclear was 10% higher than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	May 2016 Month May 2015 Month May 2016 Financial YTD May 2015 Financial YTD
Value of CHESS holdings – period end ($billion) 1,637.7 1,640.2 Dominant settlement messages(million) 1.5 1.3 15.6 14.3
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings – period end ($billion) 1,909.8 1,739.4

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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 May 2016 has also been released today.

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