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FUTURE GENERATION AUSTRALIA LIMITED Fund Information / Factsheet 2018

Mar 13, 2018

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Investment update

As at 28 February 2018

Snapshot

Pre-tax net tangible assets Gross assets $1.24 $437.9m

futuregeninvest.com.au ABN 97 063 935 553

Fully franked dividend yield 3.7%

Management and performance fees 0%

Future Generation Investment
Limited
Company
ASX code
Date of listing
Gross assets
FGX
Sept 2014
$437.9m
Market cap $417.2m
Shareprice
NTA before tax
Shares on issue
Management fees
$1.19
$1.24
350,578,294
0.0%
Performance fees 0.0%
Annual donation(% of NTA) 1.0%
Fully franked dividends
(FY2017)
4.4c
Fullyfranked dividendyield 3.7%

Investment objectives

  • Provide an increasing stream of fully franked dividends

  • Achieve capital growth

  • Preserve shareholder capital

Company overview

Future Generation Investment Company Limited (ASX: FGX) provides:

Shareholders with exposure to the best Australian fund managers without paying management or performance fees.

Charities focused on children and youth at risk with a stream of annual donations.

Fund managers with a unique opportunity to make a positive difference to Australia’s future generations.

Chairman Jonathan Trollip

Founder and Director Geoff Wilson AO

Chief Executive Officer Louise Walsh

Directors David Leeton David Paradice Gabriel Radzyminski Kate Thorley Scott Malcolm

Investment Committee Geoff Wilson AO, Chair Bruce Tomlinson David Smythe Gabriel Radzyminski Matthew Kidman

Company Secretary Mark Licciardo

FY2017 full year results and increased fully franked dividend

On 28 February 2018, FGX announced its FY2017 results to the market. Highlights from the announcement include:

  • Record pre-tax profit of $27.2 million

  • Increased fully franked full year dividend of 4.4 cents per share

  • $7.1 million in savings delivered on management fees, performance fees and services foregone

  • $4.1 million expected investment in Australian children and youth at risk focused charities.

Net tangible asset (NTA) figures

NTA before tax 124.11c*
NTA after tax and before tax on unrealised gains 124.60c
NTA after tax 121.66c

*The NTA before tax figure is after the payment of $348k (0.10cps) in tax during the month.

Investment portfolio

In February, the FGX investment portfolio increased 0.9%, outperforming the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index which rose 0.2%.

Since inception, the investment portfolio has increased 10.4% per annum, outperforming the benchmark by 3.3%. The investment portfolio's outperformance has been achieved with less volatility as measured by standard deviation, 6.6% versus the market’s 11.2%. The spread between the three broad equities is 46.2% long equities, 38.1% absolute bias, 13.4% market neutral and 2.3% cash.

Investor conference call

We look forward to providing an update on the Future Generation companies during our investor conference call on Tuesday 27 March at 11.00am - 12.00pm (Sydney time). Founder and Director Geoff Wilson and CEO Louise Walsh will be joined by FGX fund manager Gabriel Radzyminski from Sandon Capital and FGG fund manager Frank Casarotti from Magellan to provide their views on the market and top stock picks. We will end the call with a Q&A so we encourage you to ask questions.

Dial-in number: 1800 200 232 Access code: 3013976#

Register now

Shareholder Presentations

We look forward to meeting with our shareholders and interested investors at the upcoming Shareholder Presentations. You will receive an invitation shortly.

Location Time Day Date
Launceston 1.00 – 2.00pm Friday 11 May
Canberra 12.30 – 1.30pm Monday 14 May
SydneyPresentation 12.30 – 1.30pm Tuesday 15 May
SydneyInvestment Forum 1.30 – 3.00pm Tuesday 15 May
SydneyAGM 3.00 – 3.30pm Tuesday 15 May
Brisbane 12.30 – 1.30pm Wednesday 16 May
Toowoomba 12.30 – 1.30pm Thursday 17 May
Perth 12.30 – 1.30pm Monday 21 May
Adelaide 12.30 – 1.30pm Tuesday 22 May
Melbourne 12.30 – 1.30pm Thursday 24 May

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Investment update As at 28 February 2018

Fund manager allocations

Fund manager allocations
Fund manager Investment
Strategy
% of portfolio
Paradice Investment Large/Mid Cap Funds (split out below) 11.6%
Paradice Mid Cap Fund – B Class
Long equities
6.5%
Paradice Large Cap Fund
Long equities
5.1%
Bennelong Australian Equities Partners Bennelong Australian Equities Fund
Long equities
11.1%
Regal Funds Management Regal Australian Long Short Equity Fund
Absolute bias
10.1%
Wilson Asset Management Wilson Asset Management Equity Fund
Absolute bias
8.8%
Tribeca Investment Partners Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund
Absolute bias
7.3%
Watermark Funds Management Watermark Market Neutral Trust
Market neutral
7.1%
Eley Griffiths Group Small/Emerging Companies Funds (split out below) 6.8%
Eley Griffiths Group Small Companies Fund
Long equities
5.9%
Eley Griffiths Group Emerging Companies Fund
Long equities
0.9%
L1 Capital Long Short/Aus Equities Funds (split out below) 6.0%
L1 Capital Long Short Fund – Retail Class
Absolute bias
3.4%
L1 Capital Australian Equities Fund
Long equities
2.6%
Cooper Investors Cooper Investors Australian Equities Fund
Long equities
5.3%
Sandon Capital Sandon Capital Activist Fund
Absolute bias
4.2%
Bennelong Long Short Equity Management Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund
Market neutral
3.4%
ARCO Investment Management ARCO Investment Management (Optimal Australia)
Absolute Trust
Market neutral
2.9%
CBG Asset Management CBG Asset Australian Equities Fund
Long equities
2.5%
Vinva Investment Management Limited Vinva Australian Equities Fund
Long equities
2.5%
Discovery Asset Management Discovery Australian Small Companies Fund
Long equities
2.2%
Centennial Asset Management The Level 18 Fund
Absolute bias
1.7%
LHC Capital LHC Capital Australia High Conviction Fund
Absolute bias
1.6%
Smallco Investment Manager Smallco Broadcap Fund
Long equities
1.6%
Lanyon Asset Management Lanyon Australian Value Fund
Absolute bias
1.0%
Cash and Term Deposits 2.3%

Investment strategy allocation

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Cash
2.3%
Absolute bias Long equities
38.1% 46.2%
Market
neutral
13.4%
Long equities Market neutral
Absolute bias Cash
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Long equities

Investing in a portfolio of equities based on the expectation that the underlying equities will increase in value within a certain time horizon. Each equity represents an ownership claim in an underlying company which is generally listed on a public stock exchange. The long equities portion of the portfolio includes exposure to large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap stocks.

Market neutral

An investment strategy that generally involves the simultaneous purchase and sale of equities, to generate returns that are not linked to the performance of underlying equity markets.

Absolute bias

An investment strategy that seeks to generate returns, irrespective of the performance of traditional asset classes. These strategies use innovative investment techniques (including but not limited to short selling and leveraging) to profit from rising and falling markets, providing portfolio protection in the event an equity market experiences a significant fall.

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Pro bono fund managers

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Fully franked dividends

On 28 February 2018, the Board announced a fully franked final dividend of 2.2 cents per share, bringing the fully franked full year dividend to 4.4 cents per share, an increase of 7.3% on the previous year. The dividend will be paid on 27 April 2018 and the Company will trade ex-dividend on 12 April 2018. The DRP is available to shareholders for the final dividend. The last election date for the DRP will be 17 April 2018.

Key dividend dates Dividend ex-date 12 April 2018 Record date 13 April 2018 Last election date for DRP 17 April 2018 Payment date 27 April 2018

Fully franked dividends since inception

cents per share

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The Board is committed to paying an increasing stream of fully franked dividends to shareholders, provided the Company has sufficient profit reserves, franking credits and it is within prudent business practices.

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Fund manager in focus: Smallco Investment Manager

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Our investment style

Smallco commenced operations in April 2000 and currently manages funds spread across the Smallco Investment Fund, the Smallco Broadcap Fund and a broadcap mandate from a family office. The Smallco Broadcap Fund (SBF) was established in October 2008. SBF is a concentrated, long only, Australian equities fund that provides a broader exposure to the Australian equity market than the primarily small cap focused Smallco Investment Fund.

For more information, visit www.smallco.com.au

Smallco manages the Smallco Broadcap Fund (SBF) in a style neutral manner, employing a mix of both bottom up and top down analysis with a strong focus on earnings direction and risks. Smallco aims to deliver good medium term returns through overlaying a substantial core of reasonably priced quality long term growth stocks with, when they can be found, attractive value ideas where we believe a re-rating trigger is likely to occur within 6-12 months. The re-rating trigger is crucial as we do not invest in “cheap” stocks just because they appear to be “value”.

We are strong believers that earnings are the key driver of share prices and that more accurate forecasting of earnings will drive greater and more consistent outperformance. Focus is placed on identifying stocks through fundamental analysis which are likely to exceed consensus earnings expectations or stocks which are out of favour and we are confident will at least meet earnings expectations.

Our market outlook

At this point market expectations are for continued strong global profit growth in 2018 given that the factors which drove the 2017 earnings rebound - principally robust global economic growth and profit margins (outside of the US) below prior cycle highs – remain in place. The extent to which this translates into another year of solid returns for global equities will depend on a number of factors, in particular trends in inflation and changes to the earnings outlook as the year progresses. While global inflation yet again surprised on the downside in 2017, one must be cognisant of the eventual impact of continued robust global growth and the forward looking nature of markets. Valuations of certain high priced high growth stocks would be particularly sensitive to any greater than expected increase in inflation.

Since
Performance 6 1 3 yrs 5 yrs inception
as at 28 February2018 mths yr %pa %pa %pa
Investment Portfolio 13.5% 20.9% 11.2% 17.1% 19.4%
S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation 7.7% 10.3% 5.2% 7.9% 6.6%
Index
Outperformance +5.8% +10.6% +6.0% +9.2% +12.8%

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Charity in focus: Youth Focus

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About Youth Focus

Established in 1994, Youth Focus is a for-purpose organisation that delivers innovative and accessible mental health services and programs across Western Australia to help at-risk young people aged 12 to 25 lead full and healthy lives.

Youth Focus believes that most suicides are preventable with the appropriate care and support. As a leader in youth mental health and suicide prevention, Youth Focus reduces unnecessary deaths and builds wellness in youth.

Youth Focus and FGX

Since 2015, FGX has donated $390,059 to support Youth Focus. In the last financial year, the donation of $185,685 enabled Youth Focus to deliver 1,440 potentially lifesaving counselling sessions to young people with mental health issues.

The annual funding supports the provision of 1.5 full-time equivalent registered mental health professionals who understand the unique social and emotional needs of young people. During the course of the year, these clinicians will support more than 90 young people on their journey to wellness.

For more information, visit www.youthfocus.com.au

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Q&A with Fiona Kalaf, CEO of Youth Focus

What impact does the FGX funding have on your organisation?

Our organisation is reliant on partnerships built with corporates, governments and individuals to invest in the future of Western Australia’s youth. FGX’s investment in our organisation makes a real and positive difference to young lives – we can’t do it alone.

What is the biggest challenge for the organisation?

Sadly, one young Western Australian is lost to suicide each week in Western Australia. For every person who takes their life, 40 others attempt it. There are currently more than 82,500 young people in Western Australia dealing with a mental health condition and who would benefit from our professional counselling services. A challenge for our organisation is to ensure continued and sustainable income to fund our service delivery, so that we can reach more at-risk youth and prevent unnecessary deaths.

What is a burning issue in the area in which you operate?

Suicide is the leading cause of death for young men in Australia. Our organisation is committed to creating opportunities for young men to seek help, and has developed innovative programs to support them, such as the Young Men’s Project (youngmensproject.com.au). As a result of these targeted efforts, our service delivery to young men continues to grow, increasing by 14% in the last two years.

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Charities

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Service providers

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