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FUTURE GENERATION GLOBAL LIMITED Net Asset Value 2017

Mar 13, 2017

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Investment Update & Net Tangible Assets Report

As at 28 February 2017

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Net Tangible Assets (NTA) figures

NTA before tax
108.74c
NTA after tax and before tax on unrealised gains 108.91c
NTA after tax 108.90c

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

Portfolio

In February, the investment portfolio increased 0.9% while the MSCI World Index (AUD) rose 1.4%. The spread between the three broad equities strategies is currently 54.8% long equities, 32.4% absolute bias, 6.1% quantitative strategies and 6.7% cash. On 28 February 2017 we fully redeemed our position in Eastspring Investments Asian Dynamic Fund.

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
8.8%
Antipodes Partners
Antipodes Global Fund
Absolute bias
8.5%
VGI Partners
VGI Partners Funds
Absolute bias
8.1%
Marsico Capital
Management
Marsico Global Fund
Long equities
7.0%
Nikko Asset Management
Australia
Nikko AM Global Share
Fund
Long equities
6.1%
Manikay Partners
Manikay Global
Opportunistic USD Fund
Absolute bias
5.4%
Ellerston Capital
Ellerston Global
Investments Wholesale
Fund
Long equities
4.8%
Morphic Asset
Management
Morphic Global
OpportunitiesFund
Absolute bias
4.6%
Neuberger Berman
Australia
Neuberger Berman
Systematic Global
EquitiesTrust
Quantitative
strategies
4.0%
Paradice Investment
Management
Paradice Global Small
Mid CapFund Unhedged
Long equities
3.6%
Cooper Investors
Cooper Investors Asian
Tiger Fund
Long equities
3.3%
Antipodes Partners
Antipodes Asia Fund
Absolute bias
2.9%
Avenir Capital
Avenir Value Fund
Absolute bias
2.9%
Tribeca Investment
Partners
Tribeca Global Total
Return Fund
Quantitative
strategies
2.1%
Insync Funds
Management
InSync Global Titans
Fund
Long equities
1.4%
Cash and Term Deposits Cash
6.7%

Future Generation Global Investment Company Limited

ASX code FGG
Established Sept 2015
Gross assets $303.4m
Market cap $286.9m
Share price $1.035
Net assets per share (before tax) $1.09
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
6.7%
Long equities
Absolute bias
32.4% Quantitative strategies
Long equities Absolute bias
54.8%
Cash
Quantitative
strategies
6.1%
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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

Fund Managers

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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Charities
Service Providers
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Fund manager in focus: Magellan Asset Management

About Magellan Asset Management

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Magellan Asset Management Limited (Magellan) is a Sydney-based investment management firm that manages more than A$46 billion* in Global Equity and Listed Infrastructure strategies for institutional, intermediated and high-net-worth investors globally. The company was formed in 2006 by Hamish Douglass and Chris Mackay, two of Australia’s leading investment professionals. Magellan operates a boutique business model, whereby approximately 75% of staff hold equity in the parent entity, Magellan Financial Group.

Our investment style

Magellan adopts a multi-disciplined approach to investing, incorporating intensive fundamental research, broad and detailed macroeconomic analysis and rigorous portfolio construction and risk management to preserve capital. Magellan’s unique investment approach is founded on two principal objectives:

  1. To achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns over the medium to long-term; and

  2. To reduce the risk of permanent capital loss.

Magellan is an absolute return focused manager that appropriately structures portfolios to meet these objectives and adopts a benchmark agnostic approach. The manager’s investment processes focus on identifying high quality companies that are trading below their assessed intrinsic value. Magellan’s large team of analysts and portfolio managers focus their efforts on fundamental research with a long term focus and little regard for short term market movements.

Through its 10 years of managing money, the company has developed a strong track record in delivering attractive returns for its clients. Through this time, Magellan has been the recipient of multiple industry awards and is a highly rated fund manager of global equities and global listed infrastructure, both in Australia and overseas.

Our market outlook

We remain cautious about the outlook for equity markets over the next few years, given the environment of abnormally low interest rates, historically elevated price-earnings multiples, risks associated with the recapitalisation of the Italian banking system and the continued withdrawal of US monetary policy stimulus. Notwithstanding the current macroeconomic

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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uncertainty, we retain confidence in the quality and long-term outlook for our investments and are comfortable with the Global Fund’s overall risk profile and construction.

Consistent with the stance held over the past two years, we retain a large weight in cash to preserve capital and continue to apply a consistent approach to selecting high quality companies that are well positioned to deliver satisfactory returns over the long term. Many of these companies are structurally advantaged through their entrenched and scalable positions within segments such as consumer technology platforms, enterprise software, health care services or electronic payments platforms. These themes are prevalent in the Global Fund’s major holdings* listed below:

Company Magellan-defined industry sector
Alphabet Inc. Internet & eCommerce
AppleInc. Information Technology
CVS Health Corp Health Care
eBay Inc. Internet & eCommerce
Facebook Inc. Information Technology
Lowe's Co Inc. Consumer Discretionary
Microsoft Corp Information Technology
Oracle Corp Information Technology
VisaInc. Payments

Net performance to 28 February 2017

3 months 1 year 3 years (p.a) 5 years (p.a) 7 years (p.a) Since
inception(p.a)
Magellan Global Fund 2.9% 6.3% 10.6% 18.9% 15.3% 10.8%
Index** 3.6% 12.7% 10.7% 17.1% 11.8% 4.6%
  • As at 28 February 2017

** MSCI World Net Total Return Index (A$)

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

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Charity in focus: Butterfly Foundation

Butterfly Foundation is Australia’s peak national organisation for those affected by an eating disorder, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and atypical presentations. Eating disorders are complex neuropsychiatric illnesses that result in significant physical and psychological impairment. They have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness and Deloitte Access Economics have assessed an annual socio-economic cost of over $70B. Butterfly is committed to raising awareness at all levels of government and community about the prevalence and cost of eating disorders, and promoting evidence based affordable prevention and treatment for all who are affected.

The Butterfly Foundation and FGG Funds

FGG funds enable Butterfly to expand its current Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) to include a stream dedicated for young people. Based on the work of Carolyn Costin from the US, the IOP will be an early intervention program for young people focusing on preventing hospitalisation and engaging the young person in sustainable recovery. The evidence based group therapy program will work with young people to harness their healthy behaviours to override and defeat the unhealthy eating disorders behaviours.

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, Christine Morgan

What impact will the FGG funding have on your organisation?

The funding that has been given to Butterfly through the FGG initiative will make an enormous difference to the organisation. Eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and atypical presentations, have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness.

While affecting all age groups, they are most prevalent in children and adolescents. Deloitte Access Economics estimate that close to 1 million Australians had an eating disorder in 2015 but less than 25% were in treatment. In addition to the inherent resistance to seeking treatment that is characteristic of an eating disorder, there is a serious lack of treatment options in Australia. Therefore having access to this funding allows Butterfly to be

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able to implement an intensive treatment program for young people with eating disorders aged 16-25 years – a program that the community is in much need of.

What is the biggest challenge for the organisation?

While the organisation has made steady progress over the past five years in educating the community on the seriousness of eating disorders and the number of people it affects in Australia, there is still a critical need to continue this education process in order to ensure early help seeking. It is estimated that less than 25% of people with an eating disorder are currently accessing treatment and far too many people still regard eating disorders as a lifestyle choice. There is a great deal of misconception and misunderstanding around the illness and stigma has been identified as a key reason people do not seek help. So the ongoing challenge is around this education process to seek help, initially through Butterfly’s National Helpline 1800 ED HOPE – 1800 33 4673.

What’s a burning issue for youth mental health in Australia?

Unfortunately eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness and the death of one young person from eating disorders is one too many. An issue that Butterfly has identified as of great importance for youth mental health in Australia is access to appropriate and affordable treatment. Without access to the right type of service and treatment, young people experience a longer and more severe illness. Hence the overwhelming priority for people with eating disorders and their families for early, affordable access to safe treatment and recovery support within the community.

For more information on the Butterfly Foundation, visit www.thebutterflyfoundation.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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