FIDUCIAN GROUP LIMITED — Earnings Release 2017

Aug 16, 2017

Fiducian Group Limited (ASX: FID)

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Rule 4.3A

Appendix 4E Preliminary final report

Name of entity

Fiducian Group Limited

ABN or equivalent company reference

41 602 423 610

Half yearly Preliminary ~~Half year/~~ financial year ended (‘current (tick) final (tick) period’)

 30 June 2017

Results for announcement to the market

Previous Period $’000 2.1 Revenues from ordinary activities 35,108 2.2 Profit (loss) from ordinary activities after tax attributable to members 5,839 2.3 Net profit (loss) for the period attributable to members 5,839	Previous Period $’000 2.1 Revenues from ordinary activities 35,108 2.2 Profit (loss) from ordinary activities after tax attributable to members 5,839 2.3 Net profit (loss) for the period attributable to members 5,839	Current Period $’000 Up 15.14% to 40,426 Up 28.65% to 7,512 Up 28.65% to 7,512	Current Period $’000 Up 15.14% to 40,426 Up 28.65% to 7,512 Up 28.65% to 7,512
2.4 Dividends		Amount per security	Franked amount persecurity
Final dividend		8.90 cents per ordinary share franked	8.90¢
Interim dividend		7.10 cents per ordinary share franked (paid)	7.10¢
2.5 Record date for determining entitlements to the dividend: 30 August 2017 2.6 Brief explanation of any of the figures reported above Refer to the attached financial report
		30 August 2017

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Supplementary information

3. Statement of Financial Performance

4. Statement of Financial Position

5. Statement of Cash Flows

6. Statement of Changes in Equity

Refer attached financial report

7a. Details of individual and total dividends

		Amount per security	Franked amount per security at 30% tax	Amount per security of foreign source dividend
	(Preliminary final report only) Final dividend:Current year Previous year	8.90¢ 7.00¢	8.90¢ 7.00¢	-¢ -¢
	(Half yearly and preliminary final reports) Interim dividend: Current year Previous year	7.10¢ 5.50¢	7.10¢ 5.50¢	-¢ -¢

7b Total dividend per security (interim plus final)

(Preliminary final report only)

Current year Previous year Ordinary securities 16.00¢ 12.50¢ Preference securities NA NA 7c Dividend payment details 13 September 2017 Date the dividend is payable Record date to determine entitlements to the dividend (ie, on the basis of proper instruments of transfer received by 5.00 pm if securities are not CHESS approved, or security holding balances established by 30 August 2017 5.00 pm or such later time permitted by SCH Business Rules if securities are CHESS approved) If it is a final dividend, has it been declared? Yes (Preliminary final report only)

7c Dividend payment details

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7d Final dividend on all securities

nal dividend on all securities
+Ordinary securities (each class separately) Preference+securities (each class separately) Other equity instruments (each class separately) Total	Current period $A'000	Previous corresponding Period-$A'000
	2,782 - -	2,180 - -
	**2,782 **	2,180

8 Dividend reinvestment plans

The dividend plans shown below are in operation.

No dividend reinvestment plans are in operation.

9 Net Tangible Assets per security

Net Assets $’000 Less: Intangible assets $’000 Net Tangible assets $’000 Ordinary securities on issue at period end (per financial statements) Net tangible asset backing per ordinary security	Current period	Previous corresponding period
	27,620	24,127
	15,814	16,271
	11,806	7,856
	31,264,368	31,110,855
	$0.38	$0.25

The increase in NTA is primarily due to the increase in Retained Earnings (after the payment of dividend) by $3,207k and the issue of new equity share of $286k. The Net Assets per security without adjusting for intangibles is $0.88 (2016 - $0.78).

10 Control gained or loss of control over entities having material effect

There were no entities in the period where control had been gained or lost by the company.

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11 Details of aggregate share of profits / (losses) of associates and joint venture entities

The company did not share in any profits or losses of associates and joint venture entities in the period.

12 Any other significant information

N/A

13 Accounting standards for foreign entities

N/A

14 Commentary on results

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Previous
Current period
14.1 Earnings per security (EPS) corresponding
period
Basic EPS 24.04 cents 18.81 cents
Diluted EPS 24.00 cents 18.77 cents
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• 14.2 Returns to shareholders including distributions and buy-backs

The following dividends were paid during the current financial year ($’000): Final dividend for 2016 (paid 12 September 2016) - $2,180 Interim dividend for 2017 (paid 13 March 2017)- $2,220 There were no share buy backs during the year to 30 June 2017.

14.3 Significant features of operating performance

• 14.4 Results of segments that are significant to an understanding of the business as a whole.

14.5 Trends in performance.

14.6 Any other factors which have affected the results in the period or likely to affect results in the future

Refer to the attached financial report for items 14.3 to 14.6.

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Compliance statement

This report is based on accounts to which one of the following applies.

 The +accounts have been  The +accounts have been audited. subject to review.  The +accounts are in the  The[+] accounts have not yet process of being audited or been audited or reviewed. subject to review.

Signature:

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Date: 17 August 2017

(Director/ ~~Company Secretary~~ )

Print name: Inderjit Singh

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