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FUTURE GENERATION AUSTRALIA LIMITED Net Asset Value 2015

Sep 13, 2015

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Net Asset Value

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As at 31 August 2015

Investment Update & Net Tangible Assets Report

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Net Tangible Assets (NTA) figures

Net Tangible Assets (NTA) figures
NTA before tax 112.43c
NTA after tax and before tax on unrealised gains 111.49c
NTA after tax 112.66c

The above figures are not diluted for 181,356,187 options on issue with an exercise price of $1.10.

Portfolio

In August 2015, the portfolio outperformed the market by 4.6%. The FGX portfolio declined 2.7%, while the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index fell 7.3%. The allocation to the managers has been structured to provide a spread between three broad equity strategies: long equities, absolute bias, market neutral and cash. The company is currently 48.3% long equities, 23.3% absolute bias, 17.0% market neutral and 11.4% cash.


equities, 23.3% absolute

bias, 17.0% market neutral and 11.4% cash.
Fund manager Investment
Strategy
% of assets
Paradice Investment
Management
Large/Mid Cap Funds (split out below)
10.1%
Paradice Australian Equities Mid Cap Fund
Long equities
5.3%
Paradice Large Cap Fund
Long equities
4.8%
Regal Funds Management Regal Australian Long Short Equity Fund
Long equities
9.9%
Bennelong Australian
Equities Partners
Bennelong Australian Equities Fund
Long equities
9.8%
Wilson Asset Management
(International)
Wilson Asset Management Equity Fund
Absolute bias
7.9%
Watermark Funds
Management
Watermark Absolute Return Fund
Market neutral
7.9%
Eley Griffiths Group Eley Griffiths Group Small Companies Fund
Long equities
7.2%
Tribeca Investment Partners Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund
Absolute bias
6.8%
Cooper Investors Cooper Investors Australian Equites Fund
Long equities
5.1%
Optimal Fund Management
Australia
Optimal Australia Absolute Trust
Market neutral
4.9%
Sandon Capital Sandon Capital Activist Fund
Absolute bias
3.9%
Discovery Asset
Management
Discovery Australian Small Companies
Fund
Long equities
3.6%
LHC Capital LHC Capital Australia High Conviction Fund
Absolute bias
3.2%
Bennelong Long Short
Equity Management
Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund
Market neutral
2.8%
Smallco Investment
Manager
Smallco Broadcap Fund
Long equities
2.6%
Lanyon Asset Management Lanyon Australian Value Fund
Absolute bias
1.5%
Qato Capital Qato Capital Market Neutral L/S Fund
Market neutral
1.4%
Cash and Term Deposits
Cash
11.4%

Future Generation Investment Company Limited

Company Limited
ASX Code FGX
Established Sept 2014
Total assets $209.0m
Market cap $200.7m
Share price $1.09
Net assets per share (before tax)
Shares on issue
Options on issue
$1.12
184,115,404
181,356,187
Management fees 0.0%
Performance fees 0.0%
Annual donation(% of NTA) 1.0%

Investment objectives

  • Provide a stream of fully franked dividends

  • Achieve capital growth

  • Preserve shareholder capital

Company overview

Future Generation Investment Company Limited gives investors the opportunity to gain unprecedented access to a group of prominent Australian fund managers in a single investment vehicle and also support Australian children’s charities, with a focus on children at risk.

Experienced Board

Chairman Jonathan Trollip

Founder and Director Geoff Wilson

Directors

Paul Jensen Gabriel Radzyminski Kate Thorley David Leeton Scott Malcolm David Paradice

Investment Committee

Geoff Wilson, Gabriel Radzyminski and Matthew Kidman

Joint Company Secretaries Sarah Maddox/Mark Licciardo

Corporate Affairs James McNamara

Level 11, 139 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 I GPO Box 4658 Sydney NSW 2001 I ABN: 97 063 935 553 Phone 02 9247 9202 I Fax 02 9247 6855 I [email protected] I www.futuregeninvest.com.au

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Investment strategy allocation (% of assets)

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Cash
11.4%
Long equities
Absolute bias Long equities Market neutral
23.3% 48.3% Absolute bias
Cash
Market neutral
17.0%
Fund Managers
Charities
Service Providers
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Fund manager in focus: Sandon Capital

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About Sandon Capital

Sandon Capital is an activist investment firm established in 2008. We are relentless in our pursuit of identifying value opportunities in companies and unlocking value for Australian shareholders. Sandon Capital is the investment manager of Sandon Capital Activist Fund and Sandon Capital Investments Ltd, an ASX listed investment company (ASX: SNC).

Our investment style

We are a value investor, employing what is commonly known as “activist” techniques to extract and enhance the value of the investments we make. We seek to identify companies that offer value, coupled with an opportunity to create a change to realise that value.

Rather than trying to passively predict future events, we seek to actively play a role in determining a company’s future. We do so by taking an active role in proposing changes in the areas of corporate governance, capital management, strategic and operational issues, management arrangements and other related activities. Our approach to activist investing is about ensuring companies operate in the best financial interests of the shareholder.

The objective of Sandon Capital’s investment strategy is to deliver positive absolute returns to investors. We aim to achieve this objective by seeking to invest in opportunities that we consider are trading below their intrinsic value and that offer the potential for active engagement to alter the status quo and improve or extract value.

Our market outlook

We believe that current market conditions offer significant opportunities for value investors: volatility, uncertainty and the propensity of the market to over- or under-react to events will lead to mispricing of securities relative to their intrinsic values.

We consider such conditions as being ideal for our investment strategy, as much of what drives the turmoils affects price far more than value. Following the recent market declines, the market prices of a number of companies we follow have become attractive relative to our assessment of their value. For example, we recently acquired shares in a New Zealand retailer, Smiths City Group Ltd, at a market price that was just over half the net tangible asset backing per share of the company.

Our portfolios are holding between 15% and 21% in cash, and have investments in a number of companies that are either set to return capital to us in the next few months or are the subject of agreed takeover proposals that we expect will yield further cash to the portfolios. Our cash levels mean we are well placed to take advantage of further market volatility.

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Designated charity in focus: Australian Children’s Music Foundation

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About The Australian Children’s Music Foundation

The Australian Children’s Music Foundation (ACMF) is a not-for-profit organisation inspiring creativity and imagination by providing weekly music education classes and instruments to disadvantaged and indigenous children and youth at risk throughout Australia. Research has proven the importance of music in the development of social and cognitive skills in children - yet so many children don’t have access to music lessons throughout their schooling.

“Children who undertake formal, ongoing musical education have significantly higher levels of cognitive capacity, specifically in their language acquisition and numerical problem solving skills. They also continue in education for longer, reverse the cognitive issues related to disadvantage and earn and contribute more on average across their lifetime.”

Dr Anita Collins, Assistant Professor of Music and Arts Education at the University of Canberra.

Music has the power to connect and engage with the lost and abused children within our society and enrich their lives into the future. Music unlocks the transformational influence of education.

The ACMF faces a constant challenge to deliver programs around Australia; dependent on a patchwork of funding sources including Government, corporate partners, private trusts, foundations and individual benefactors. In this context, we are grateful for support from FGX and its shareholders, which is vital to facilitate program delivery.

The Australian Children’s Music Foundation and FGX

Funding received from FGX will be directed towards programs in Taree in NSW’s mid-north coast and Sunshine, in the western suburbs of Melbourne. Most of the students in these areas come from severely disadvantaged backgrounds. FGX funding will allow the ACMF to bring music into the lives of approximately 2,800 students.

Case study

Coming from a difficult family situation, Torrens was moved to a different city to be cared for by her grandparents. By chance, she was enrolled at a school that was supported by an ACMF program – which was to become life changing for her.

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Torrens had commenced school as a fragile, timid child. She hated to be looked at or singled out but she looked forward to when the ACMF teacher would come and there would be music, singing and instruments. Choir was perfect for this little girl, who could hide anonymously amongst the other children and sing to her heart’s delight. At home her grandparents noticed that tantrums and tears were beginning to be replaced by smiles and singing. Previous distracted behaviour was replaced with focus and her confidence and self-esteem soared.

ACMF music programs have enriched Torrens’ life. She has been awarded an indigenous scholarship and accepted into an exceptional boarding school with a tradition of musical excellence. Torrens now participates in their nationally awarded music extension program. Thanks to the wonderful donors who contribute to these programs, Torrens has developed a deep love of music and a sense of self-worth and music has brought hope into the life of her and her family.

Torrens receiving her donated violin from ACMF founder and CEO Don Spencer .

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