ASX LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2016

Mar 2, 2016

3 March 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 – FEBRUARY 2016

Attached is a copy of the ASX Group Monthly Activity Report for February 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 March 2016

ASX GROUP MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT – FEBRUARY 2016

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, fell 2.1% in February 2016. Declines were also observed in other major markers including Japan down 8.5%, Germany down 3.1%, Hong Kong down 2.9% and the US down 0.4%. Singapore was up 1.4 % and the UK was up 0.2%.

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

• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 1.0% in February, consistent with the previous month (1.0%).

• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) increased in February to an average of 23.7 (compared to 22.1 in January).

LISTINGS AND CAPITAL RAISINGS

• In February 2016, total capital raised was $5.7 billion, up 261% on the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings	February 2016 Month February 2015 Month February 2016 Financial YTD February 2015 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 5 88 83 60% 6% 2,209 2,207 0% 2,894 317 16,408 21,650 601 1,137 36,430 20,765 2,191 122 7,752 2,209 2,792 1,259 44,182 22,974 122% 92% 5,686 1,576 60,590 44,624 261% 36%

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

• In February 2016, the average daily number of trades was 33% higher than the pcp. The average daily value traded on-market of $4.4 billion was 1% higher than the pcp.

Cash Markets

February 2016 Month February 2015 Month February 2016 Financial YTD February 2015 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 20 170 170 22,317,260 16,024,358 150,630,912 123,182,803 39% 22% 1,062,727 801,218 886,064 724,605 33% 22% 69.191 65.165 514.264 442.054 16.723 15.586 135.250 120.634 7.145 6.897 47.388 48.537 14.280 13.051 97.159 93.843 107.339 100.699 794.061 705.068 7% 13% 4.431 4.382 4.099 3.595 1% 14% 5.111 5.035 4.671 4.147 2% 13% 4,810 6,284 5,272 5,724 -23% -8% 0.564 1.577 9.843 9.314 106.775 99.122 784.217 695.754

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TRADING – FUTURES

• In February 2016, average daily futures and options on futures volumes were up 8% the pcp. Average daily futures volume was up 9% on the pcp and average daily options volume was down 23% on the pcp.

Futures	February 2016 Month February 2015 Month February 2016 Financial YTD February 2015 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 20 171 171 10,363,616 9,067,789 81,878,570 76,802,289 14% 7% 493,506 453,389 478,822 449,136 195,273 240,264 1,244,098 1,873,109 -19% -34% 9,299 12,013 7,275 10,954 10,558,889 9,308,053 83,122,668 78,675,398 13% 6% 502,804 465,403 486,097 460,090 8% 6%

CLEARING – OTC MARKETS

• In February 2016, the notional value of OTC interest rate derivative contracts centrally cleared was $260.9 billion, compared to $136.7 billion in the pcp.

OTC Markets	February 2016 Month February 2015 Month February 2016 Financial YTD February 2015 Financial YTD
Total notional cleared value ($billion) Open notional cleared value ($billion) (at end of month) * Cleared notional value is double sided	260.944 136.660 1,232.755 309.525 779.918

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TRADING – EQUITY OPTIONS

• In February 2016, the average daily number of exchange-traded options decreased 18% on the pcp. Single stock options average daily contracts traded were down 21% on the pcp and index options average daily contracts traded were up 7% on the pcp.

Equity options	February 2016 Month February 2015 Month February 2016 Financial YTD February 2015 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 20 170 170 7,529,365 9,082,274 57,294,832 75,540,713 -17% -24% 358,541 454,114 337,028 444,357 1,070,936 954,463 8,253,148 7,360,590 12% 12% 50,997 47,723 48,548 43,298 8,600,301 10,036,737 65,547,980 82,901,303 -14% -21% 409,538 501,837 385,576 487,655 -18% -21%

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CLEARING – EXCHANGE-TRADED MARKETS

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet at month-end totalled $4.8 billion in February 2016 compared to $4.5 billion in February 2015.

ASX Clearing Corporation Collateral Balances – At End of Month	February 2016 Month February 2015 Month February 2016 Financial YTD February 2015 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)	1.0 0.6 3.6 3.8 0.2 0.1 3.2 4.2 101.961 94.074 763.960 658.402

SETTLEMENT

• The value of securities held in CHESS was 13% lower than the pcp. The number of dominant settlement messages in February 2016 was 15% higher than the pcp.

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

ASX Settlement	February 2016 Month February 2015 Month February 2016 Financial YTD February 2015 Financial YTD
Value of CHESS holdings – period end ($billion) Dominant settlement messages(million)	1,452.6 1,661.2 1.5 1.3 11.1 10.4
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings – period end ($billion)	1,868.7 1,704.4

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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 February 2016 has also been released today.

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