Smart NZ Dividend ETF — Interim / Quarterly Report 2020

Feb 16, 2020

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Smartshares NZ Dividend ETF

Fund update for the quarter ended 31 December 2019

This fund update was first made publicly available on 13 February 2020.

What is the purpose of this update?

This document tells you how the Smartshares NZ Dividend ETF has performed and what fees were charged. The document will help you to compare the fund with other funds. Smartshares Limited prepared this update in accordance with the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013. This information is not audited and may be updated.

Description of this fund

The Smartshares NZ Dividend ETF invests in financial products listed on the NZX Main Board and is designed to track the return on the S&P/NZX 50 High Dividend Index.

Total value of the fund: $65,548,540 The date the fund started: 7 April 2015

What are the risks of investing?

Risk indicator for the Smartshares NZ Dividend ETF[1]

Lower risk Higher risk	Lower risk Higher risk	Lower risk Higher risk	Lower risk Higher risk	Lower risk Higher risk	Lower risk Higher risk	Lower risk Higher risk	Lower risk Higher risk	Lower risk Higher risk	Lower risk Higher risk
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Potentially lower returns Potentially higher returns

The risk indicator is rated from 1 (low) to 7 (high). The rating reflects how much the value of the fund’s assets goes up and down. A higher risk generally means higher potential returns over time, but more ups and downs along the way.

To help you clarify your own attitude to risk, you can seek financial advice or work out your risk profile at www.sorted.org.nz/tools/investor-kickstarter.

Note that even the lowest category does not mean a risk-free investment, and there are other risks that are not captured by this rating.

This risk indicator is not a guarantee of a fund’s future performance. The risk indicator is based on the returns data for 5 years to 31 December 2019. While risk indicators are usually relatively stable, they do shift from time to time. The risk indicator will continue to be updated in future fund updates.

See the Product Disclosure Statement for the Smartshares Exchange Traded Funds for more information about the risks associated with investing in this fund.

How has the fund performed?

Past year Annual return 19.55% (after deductions for charges and tax) Annual return[2] 21.40% (after deductions for charges but before tax) Market index annual return 20.46% (reflects no deduction for charges and tax)

The market index annual return is based on the annual return of the S&P/NZX 50 High Dividend Index. Additional information about the market index is available in the 'Other Material Information' document on the offer register at www.disclose-register.companiesoffice.govt.nz.

Annual return graph

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25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
31/03/2017 31/03/2018 31/03/2019 Average
annual
return
Smartshares NZ Dividend ETF Market index
20.8% 21.8%
11.4%
10.6%
Annual return
5.9% 6.5%
1.3% 1.9%
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This shows the return after fund charges and tax for each year ending 31 March since the fund started. The last bar shows the average annual return since the fund started, up to 31 December 2019.

Important: This does not tell you how the fund will perform in the future.

Returns in this update are after tax at 28%.

What fees are investors charged?

Investors in the Smartshares NZ Dividend ETF are charged fund charges. In the year to 31 March 2019 these were:

	% per annum of fund’s net asset value
Total fund charges 0.54%
Which are made up of:
Total management and administration charges 0.54%
Including:
Manager’s basic fee 0.54%

Investors may also be charged individual action fees for specific actions or decisions (for example, for initial contributions to the fund). See the Product Disclosure Statement for the Smartshares Exchange Traded Funds for more information about those fees.

Small differences in fees and charges can have a big impact on your investment over the long term.

GST is included in the fund charges set out above.

Example of how this applies to an investor

Tara had $10,000 in the fund and did not make any further contributions. At the end of the year, Tara received a return after fund charges were deducted of $1,955 (that is 19.55% of her initial $10,000). This gives Tara a total return after tax of $1,955 for the year.

What does the fund invest in?

Actual investment mix

This shows the types of assets that the fund invests in.

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Cash and cash
equivalents,
0.5%
Australasian
equities,
99.5%
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Target investment mix

This shows the mix of assets that the fund generally intends to invest in.

Asset Category
	Target asset mix
Cash and cash equivalents -
New Zealand fixed interest -
International fixed interest -
Australasian equities 100.00%
International equities -
Listed property -
Unlisted property -
Commodities -
Other -

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Top 10 investments

Name	% of fund’s net asset value	Type	Country	Credit rating (if applicable)
Spark New Zealand Ltd 11.22% Australasian equities New Zealand
Contact Energy Ltd 9.48% Australasian equities New Zealand
Auckland International Airport Ltd 8.70% Australasian equities New Zealand
Meridian Energy Ltd 8.23% Australasian equities New Zealand
SKYCITY Entertainment Group Ltd 6.19% Australasian equities New Zealand
Air New Zealand Ltd 5.86% Australasian equities New Zealand
Z Energy Ltd 5.57% Australasian equities New Zealand
Chorus Ltd 4.77% Australasian equities New Zealand
Mercury NZ Ltd 4.77% Australasian equities New Zealand
Infratil Ltd 4.60% Australasian equities New Zealand

The top 10 investments make up 69.39% of the fund’s net asset value.

Currency hedging

The fund does not invest in non-New Zealand dollar denominated assets and as a result does not undertake currency hedging.

Key personnel

This shows the directors and employees who have the most influence on the investment decisions of the fund:

Key personnel	Key personnel	Key personnel	Key personnel	Key personnel
This shows the directors and employees who have the most influence on the investment decisions of the fund:
Name	Current position	Time in current position	Previous or other positions	Time in previous / other position
Guy Roulston Elliffe Director 4 years and 1 month Corporate Governance Manager - ACC (current position) 4 years and 8 months
Stuart Kenneth Reginald Millar Chief Investment Officer - Smartshares 7 months Head of Portfolio Management - ANZ Investments 6 years and 4 months
Hugh Duncan Stevens Chief Executive Officer - Smartshares 1 year and 10 months Chief Operating Officer - Implemented Investment Solutions Ltd 2 years and 6 months
Alister John Williams Director 4 years and 1 month Investment Manager - Trust Management 4 years and 11 months

Further information

You can also obtain this information, the Product Disclosure Statement for the Smartshares Exchange Traded Funds, and some additional information from the offer register at www.disclose-register.companiesoffice.govt.nz.

Material changes

There have been no material changes to the nature of Smartshares Exchange Traded Funds, the investment objectives and strategy of the fund, or the management of the scheme over the quarter ended 31 December 2019.

Notes

• 1 Market index returns (as well as actual returns) have been used to complete the risk indicator, as the fund has not been in existence for 5 years. As a result, the risk indicator may provide a less reliable indicator of the potential future volatility of the fund. The risk indicator for the fund uses 4 months of market index returns.

• 2 From 30 September 2019, the fund’s after deductions for charges but before tax returns calculation methodology has changed. The new methodology applies the fund’s accrued tax at a 0% prescribed investor rate on a daily basis. Previously a 0% prescribed investor rate was applied on the fund’s gross distribution amounts at ex-date. The change has been applied on all stated returns since inception.

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