ASX LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2016

May 3, 2016

4 May 2016

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 – APRIL 2016

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

4 May 2016

ASX GROUP MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT – APRIL 2016

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, rose 3.2% in April 2016. This performance was stronger than all major markets including Hong Kong up 1.4%, the UK up 1.1%, Germany up 0.7% and the US up 0.3%. Japan was down 0.6% and Singapore down 0.1%.

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

• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.7% in April, consistent with the previous month.

• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) rose in April to an average of 17.4 (compared to 17.1 in March).

LISTINGS AND CAPITAL RAISINGS

• In April 2016, total capital raised was $9.4 billion, up 119% on the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings

April 2016 Month April 2015 Month April 2016 Financial YTD April 2015 Financial YTD

New listed entities admitted 10 5 103 97 Change on pcp 100% Total Listed entities (at end of month) 2,205 2,212 Change on pcp 0% Initial capital raised ($million) 4,527 611 21,438 22,885 Secondary capital raised ($million) 4,205 3,473 41,981 29,082 Other capital raised including scrip-for-scrip ($million) 661 198 8,917 2,499 Total secondary capital raised ($million) 4,866 3,671 50,898 31,581 Change on pcp 33% 61% Total capital raised including other ($million) 9,393 4,282 72,336 54,466 Change onpcp 119% 33%

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

• In April 2016, the average daily number of trades was 30% higher than the pcp. The average daily value traded on-market of $3.9 billion was 2% lower than the pcp.

Cash Markets

April 2016 Month April 2015 Month April 2016 Financial YTD April 2015 Financial YTD

Total trading days (Cash market includes equity, warrant and interest rate market transactions) 20 20 211 212 Cash market volume Total trades 19,299,962 14,890,870 191,098,911 155,977,891 Change on pcp 30% 23% Average daily trades 964,998 744,544 905,682 735,745 Change on pcp 30% 23% Cash market value Open trading ($billion) 57.013 58.918 634.982 565.714 Auctions trading ($billion) 14.322 14.660 170.195 155.782 Centre Point ($billion) 7.005 6.069 61.713 61.729 Trade reporting ($billion) 10.496 9.671 120.528 121.061 Total value ($billion) 88.836 89.318 987.418 904.286 Change on pcp -1% 9% Average daily value on-market ($billion) 3.917 3.982 4.108 3.694 Change on pcp -2% 11% Average daily value ($billion) 4.442 4.466 4.680 4.266 Change on pcp -1% 10% Average value per trade ($) 4,603 5,998 5,167 5,798 Change on pcp -23% -11% Non-billable value (above cap) ($billion) 0.894 0.934 12.784 17.144 Total billable value ($billion) 87.942 88.384 974.633 887.142 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 April 2016, average daily futures and options on futures volumes were up 13% the pcp. Average daily futures volume was up 13% and average daily options volume was down 25% on the pcp.

Futures

April 2016 Month April 2015 Month April 2016 Financial YTD April 2015 Financial YTD

Futures and options total trading days (includes interest rate, ASX SPI 200, commodities and energy contracts) 21 20 213 213 Futures volume Total contracts 10,108,908 8,486,216 106,973,136 99,387,457 Change on pcp 19% 8% Average daily contracts 481,377 424,311 502,221 466,608 Options on futures volume Total contracts 144,826 184,149 1,589,153 2,273,830 Change on pcp -21% -30% Average daily contracts 6,896 9,207 7,461 10,675 Total futures and options on futures volume Total contracts 10,253,734 8,670,365 108,562,289 101,661,287 Change on pcp 18% 7% Average daily contracts 488,273 433,518 509,682 477,283 Change onpcp 13% 7%

CLEARING – OTC MARKETS

• In April 2016, the notional value of OTC interest rate derivative contracts centrally cleared was $126.0 billion, compared to $140.1 billion in the pcp.

OTC Markets	April 2016 Month April 2015 Month April 2016 Financial YTD April 2015 Financial YTD
Total notional cleared value ($billion) 126.044 140.148 1,585.451 585.632 Open notional cleared value ($billion) (at end of month) * Cleared notional value is double sided 862.274

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TRADING – EQUITY OPTIONS

• In April 2016, the average daily number of exchange-traded options increased 1% on the pcp. Single stock options average daily contracts traded were down 1% and index options average daily contracts traded were up 17% on the pcp.

Equity options

April 2016 Month April 2015 Month April 2016 Financial YTD April 2015 Financial YTD

Exchange-traded options total trading days (includes single stock equity options and index options) 20 20 211 212 Single stock equity options volume Total contracts 7,536,879 7,577,323 73,770,224 93,629,848 Change on pcp -1% -21% Average daily contracts 376,844 378,866 349,622 441,650 Index options volume Total contracts 891,695 762,022 10,157,965 9,075,699 Change on pcp 17% 12% Average daily contracts 44,585 38,101 48,142 42,810 Total options volume Total contracts 8,428,574 8,339,345 83,928,189 102,705,547 Change on pcp 1% -18% Average daily contracts 421,429 416,967 397,764 484,460 Change onpcp 1% -18%

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CLEARING – EXCHANGE-TRADED MARKETS

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet at month-end totalled $4.6 billion in April 2016 compared to $4.7 billion in April 2015.

ASX Clearing Corporation Collateral Balances – At End of Month	April 2016 Month April 2015 Month April 2016 Financial YTD April 2015 Financial YTD
Cash margins held on balance sheet: - ASX Clear ($billion) 0.8 0.5 - ASX Clear (Futures) ($billion) 3.6 4.1 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) 3.4 4.1 Total billable cash market value cleared ($billion) 87.349 85.608 950.651 842.495

SETTLEMENT

• The value of securities held in CHESS was 4% lower than the pcp. The number of dominant settlement messages in April was 14% higher than the pcp.

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

ASX Settlement	April 2016 Month April 2015 Month April 2016 Financial YTD April 2015 Financial YTD
Value of CHESS holdings – period end ($billion) 1,575.1 1,640.6 Dominant settlement messages(million) 1.4 1.2 14.1 13.0
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings – period end ($billion) 1,893.9 1,727.8

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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 April 2016 has also been released today.

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