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FUTURE GENERATION GLOBAL LIMITED Net Asset Value 2017

May 11, 2017

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Investment Update & Net Tangible Assets Report

As at 30 April 2017

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Shareholder Presentations & Investment Forum

On Monday, 15 May 2017, we will commence our nationwide Shareholder Presentations in Melbourne. For details and to RSVP, visit futuregeninvest.com.au/RSVP . In Sydney, we will also hold our sold out inaugural Investment Forum on Tuesday 16 May 2017. Livewiremarkets.com will also be providing a live stream of the forum.

Net Tangible Assets (NTA) figures


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Net Tangible Assets (NTA) figures
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NTA before tax 115.09c
NTA after tax and before tax on unrealised gains 115.40c
NTA after tax 113.34c

~~*~~ The above figures are not diluted for 272,469,114 options on issue with an exercise price of $1.10.

Portfolio

In April, the investment portfolio increased 3.8%. The MSCI World Index (AUD) also rose by 3.8%. The spread between the three broad equities strategies is currently 53.9% long equities, 33.1% absolute bias, 4.0% quantitative strategies and 9.0% cash.

Fund manager
Investment
Strategy
% of
assets
Magellan Asset
Management
Magellan Global Fund
Long equities
10.2%
Ironbridge Capital
Management
Ironbridge Global Focus
Fund
Long equities
9.6%
Cooper Investors
Cooper Investors Global
Equities Fund
(Unhedged)
Long equities
9.0%
Antipodes Partners
Antipodes Global Fund
Absolute bias
8.5%
VGI Partners
VGI Partners Funds
Absolute bias
7.9%
Marsico Capital
Management
Marsico Global Fund
Long equities
7.3%
Nikko Asset Management
Australia
Nikko AM Global Share
Fund
Long equities
6.0%
Manikay Partners
Manikay Global
Opportunistic USD Fund
Absolute bias
5.3%
Ellerston Capital
Ellerston Global Mid
SmallCapFund
Long equities
4.8%
Morphic Asset
Management
Morphic Global
OpportunitiesFund
Absolute bias
4.7%
Neuberger Berman
Australia
Neuberger Berman
Systematic Global
EquitiesTrust
Quantitative
strategies
4.0%
Avenir Capital
Avenir Value Fund
Absolute bias
3.8%
Paradice Investment
Management
Paradice Global Small
Mid CapFund Unhedged
Long equities
3.6%
Cooper Investors
Cooper Investors Asian
Tiger Fund
Long equities
3.4%
Antipodes Partners
Antipodes Asia Fund
Absolute bias
2.9%
Cash and Term Deposits
Cash
9.0%

Future Generation Global Investment Company Limited

ASX code FGG
Established
Gross assets
Sept 2015
$321.5m
Market cap
Share price
$288.3m
$1.04
Net assets per share (before tax) $1.15
Shares on issue 277,171,269
Options on issue 272,469,114
Fully franked final FY16 dividend 1.0c
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 Global Investment Company Limited (ASX: FGG) is Australia’s first internationally focused listed investment company (LIC) with the dual objectives of providing shareholders with diversified exposure to selected global fund managers and changing the lives of young Australians affected by mental illness.

Chairman

Belinda Hutchinson

Founder and Director

Geoff Wilson

Chief Executive Officer

Louise Walsh

Directors

Frank Casarotti Karen Penrose Susan Cato Sarah Morgan

Investment Committee

Chris Donohoe, Amanda Gillespie, Aman Ramrakha, Sean Webster and Geoff Wilson

Company Secretaries

Kate Thorley and Mark Licciardo

Head of Corporate Affairs James McNamara

Level 11, 139 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 I GPO Box 4658 Sydney NSW 2001 I ABN: 52 606 110 838 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
9.0%
Long equities
Absolute bias Quantitative strategies
33.1% Long equities Absolute bias
53.9%
Cash
Quantitative
strategies
4.0%
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Long equities – investing in a portfolio of equities based on the expectation 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.

Quantitative strategy – a style of investment management where quantitative techniques are used to analyse markets in order to ascertain information about future price movements. These are generally rules-based and applied in a systematic manner. A quantitative strategy seeks to replicate a fundamental investor without human biases influencing investment decisions.

Absolute bias – an investment strategy that seeks to generate returns, irrespective of the performance of traditional asset classes. These strategies use innovative investment techniques to profit from rising and falling markets, providing portfolio protection in the event an equity market experiences a significant fall.

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Fund Managers
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Charities
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Level 11, 139 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 I GPO Box 4658 Sydney NSW 2001 I ABN: 52 606 110 838 Phone 02 9247 9202 I Fax 02 9247 6855 I [email protected] I www.futuregeninvest.com.au

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Fund manager in focus: Nikko AM Global Equity Fund

About Nikko AM Global Equity Fund

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The Global Equity investment team comprises five dual role portfolio managers/analysts, with an average of 20 years’ industry experience. The team’s size, culture and flat structure allows the team to discuss ideas or themes and to ‘join the dots’ between sectors and stocks.

Our investment style

The Global Equity strategy seeks to achieve long term capital appreciation by investing in ‘Future Quality’ companies with sustainable growth characteristics at attractive valuations which, the investment team believes, will lead to outperformance over the full market cycle. It is a fundamental, bottom-up research strategy; sector and country allocations are a function of stock selection. It is a concentrated, high conviction portfolio comprised of 40-50 stocks.

Our market outlook

In response to the financial crisis almost a decade ago, interest rates in major economies around the world were slashed to almost zero, followed by several rounds of quantitative easing to provide additional monetary stimulus. Instead of generating a huge economic boom, the world found itself in a debt hole and the expected credit creation has not ensued. The recovery in the US economy has been the weakest since World War II, while growth and inflation in Japan and Europe have been highly anaemic at best. The printed money has not made its way into the real economy, but instead created huge inflation in financial assets. Stocks are now discounting a level of earnings and dividend growth that have never been delivered in the past, which makes equity markets vulnerable to a downside correction. Britain’s exit from the EU will be a hugely complex task with significant financial implications, but it should be remembered that the UK has a very large trade deficit with the EU. Germany will be eager to ensure that access to the UK market is not restricted, as the UK is the third largest market in the world (after the US and China) for German cars.

Meanwhile populist political forces are on the rise all over Europe. Youth unemployment is high and young people are starting to reject the old establishment order that has failed them and turn to populist leaders who offer something different. The biggest casualty of this is likely to be European banking, a very problematic sector which was never cleaned up following the financial crisis. Brexit represented a key fault line in European cohesion and there may be more such shocks to come. The brightest spot in global markets, offering the best value, appears to be Asia ex-Japan. These markets have not been absurdly inflated by money printing, while the region’s demographics are very attractive. The people have a strong savings culture, which drives investment and productivity. Superior long term economic growth provides the tailwind of revenue growth which benefits the companies which operate in these economies. Asia ex-Japan continues to be underrepresented in global equity markets, accounting for almost 60% of global population but less than 30% of world output and less than 10% of global equities. We believe it appears destined to catch up.

Level 11, 139 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 I GPO Box 4658 Sydney NSW 2001 I ABN: 52 606 110 838 Phone 02 9247 9202 I Fax 02 9247 6855 I [email protected] I www.futuregeninvest.com.au

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Nikko AM Global Equity Fund Performance as at 30 April 2017

1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR Since inception
Nikko AM Global Fund 17.07% 14.45% 17.69% 6.13% 6.97%
(Gross)
Benchmark* 17.46% 13.67% 17.64% 5.05% 6.26%
Difference -0.39% 0.79% 0.05% 1.08% 0.71%

[Difference ]

  • Benchmark: MSCI All Countries World Index (with net dividends reinvested) expressed in Australian Dollars (unhedged).

The Fund gains exposure to global equities by investing the the Nikko AM Global Equity Fund (underlying Fund)1. Prior to 18 August 2016 MSCI All Countries World Ex-Australia Index (with net dividends reinvested) expressed in AUD (unhedged). Prior to 15 July 2015 the Benchmark was the MSCI World ex-Australia Index (with net dividends re-invested) expressed in AUD (unhedged). Prior to 1 October 2005, the index was the MSCI World Index (net dividends reinvested) expressed in AUD (unhedged).

Top stocks and their weighting

Company % of Portfolio
Microsoft 4.6
Facebook 4.0
Tencent 3.1
Siemens 3.0
Celgene 3.0

For more information, visit http://www.nikkoam.com.au/

Charity in focus: beyondblue

beyondblue works to help all Australians achieve their best possible mental health. beyondblue provides services, programs, research and resources to help people who are affected by depression, anxiety and suicide risk to find support whenever they need it. Through strong partnerships with academics, governments, service providers, workplaces, schools and the community, beyondblue promotes good mental health for Australians, where they live, learn, work and play.

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beyondblue and FGG

Childhood should be ‘the wonder years’, but half all lifelong mental health issues begin before the age of 14. beyondblue’s Healthy Families Program links parents to evidence-based information, research and tools to safeguard children’s good mental health or manage their mental health conditions. FGG’s on-going support for this five-year program – with its special focus on children from birth to age 12 – will help young Australians achieve a mentally healthy start in life.

One of the first projects in the program supported by FGG was the development of the Healthy Families website (healthyfamilies.beyondblue.org.au). The website assists parents and carers by providing information, practical advice, tips and strategies to help raise healthy, resilient children. The second major project, Children’s Resilience Research, will define and measure resilience in children for the first time. The research will underpin the development by beyondblue of practical guidance for practitioners – from maternal health nurses to teachers – to build resilience in children. This research is to be completed in mid-2017.

Level 11, 139 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 I GPO Box 4658 Sydney NSW 2001 I ABN: 52 606 110 838 Phone 02 9247 9202 I Fax 02 9247 6855 I [email protected] I www.futuregeninvest.com.au

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Q&A with CEO, Georgie Harman

What impact will the FGG funding have on your organisation?

beyondblue works every day to create mentally healthy environments and support people across Australia – whatever their age and wherever they live. Our work to support families has evolved from supporting mums to identify, manage and recover from pre and post-natal depression. The Healthy Families Program expands on this and means we can provide evidence-based resources and support for parents and carers of children from birth to 18 years. With FGG’s support, we’re able to focus on the early years – where it all starts.

Healthy Families is all about preventing mental health conditions in the first place and equipping families and those who work with kids to know what to do when kids are struggling. The returns on that investment will be life-long. The funding is focused on the 0-12 age range to help fill the gap in age-appropriate resources and supports, and to innovate.

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Research shows that prevention initiatives, particularly in the first three years of life, and effective treatment of childhood or adolescent mental health conditions, are far more beneficial and cost-effective than trying to manage mental health conditions later in life or when they have become chronic.

What is the biggest challenge for the organisation?

Stigma stops people of all ages and circumstances from seeking help to manage mental health conditions. Parents and carers often feel pressure that parenting is something that should come naturally and can, therefore, struggle to overcome the stigma associated with participating in parenting programs.

A big challenge for the Healthy Families Program is to break down the stigma associated with parents and carers engaging in these programs and empower them to protect their child’s mental health, and in doing so, improve their children’s life chances.

What’s a burning issue for youth mental health in Australia? 50% of mental health conditions emerge by age 14. A 2015 Commonwealth Government survey into child and adolescent mental health found one in seven children experienced a mental health disorder in a 12-month period. The survey also found 186,000 children aged 12 to 17 reported self-harming, with three quarters saying they had hurt themselves in the previous 12 months.

beyondblue’s own research has revealed that four out of five Australian teenagers think people their age do not seek support for depression or anxiety because they’re afraid of what others will think of them. And the Australian Bureau of Statistics records suicide as the leading cause of death among young people between the ages of 15-24 years. These alarming statistics demonstrate why it’s so important to intervene as early as possible to reduce the impact of depression, anxiety and risk of suicide among our youngest.

Early intervention starts with families having the information and advice to provide their kids with a good start to life – The Healthy Families Program is developing those solutions for families.

Whose work in the mental health space inspires you?

There are more than 8000 people in beyondblue’s reference group, blueVoices, who share their experiences of anxiety, depression or suicide, or who support someone affected.

These people are the experts: our barometer and the engine room of our ideas and actions. It’s inspiring to have a community that is so engaged with our work – they share their stories, test our ideas, design projects with us, give feedback on our projects and provide position statements on key issues, and they participate in committees, advisory groups and research projects.

The strength of our work and its outcomes depends on the support of our blueVoices’ members.

For more information visit https://www.beyondblue.org.au/

Level 11, 139 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 I GPO Box 4658 Sydney NSW 2001 I ABN: 52 606 110 838 Phone 02 9247 9202 I Fax 02 9247 6855 I [email protected] I www.futuregeninvest.com.au

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