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WAM ACTIVE LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2011

May 12, 2011

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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WAM ACTIVE LIMITED (WAA) ABN 49 126 420 719 INVESTMENT UPDATE & NTA – APRIL 2011

WAM Active (WAA) offers investors exposure to an active trading style with the aim of achieving a sound return with a low correlation to traditional markets. Since inception WAA has outperformed the overall sharemarket. WAA’s portfolio (before all fees, costs, taxes and dividends) has increased by 59.2% compared to a decline of 12.0% in the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index. The investment objectives are to deliver investors a growing income stream in the form of fully franked dividends and to preserve capital in both the short term and long term.

In April WAA’s gross portfolio (before all fees, costs and taxes) increased by 2.5%, whilst the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index decreased by 0.6%.

Annualised Performance
as at 30 April 2011
6 Months 1 Year 2 Years Since
Inception
(Jan–08)
WAM Active Limited
S&P/ASX All Ordinaries
Accumulation Index
Outperformance*
+9.4%
+5.5%
+3.9%
+10.2%
+5.4%
+4.8%
+25.9%
+18.9%
+7.0%
+15.0%
-3.8%
+18.8%

*The change in the gross portfolio before all expenses, fees and taxes.

The following NTA figures are after the payment of an interim dividend of 4.0 cents per share fully franked paid on 31 March 2011.

NTA before tax 116.73c
NTA after tax and before tax on unrealised gains 117.88c*
NTA after tax 114.17c**

*Includes tax assets of 1.15 cents per share.

**Includes the net effect of 1.15 cents of tax assets and 3.71 cents of deferred tax liabilities.

Market Outlook

Should we have sold all our shares in May and gone away for the winter? This philosophy has been trumpeted by American investors for decades. It refers to the fact that in the northern hemisphere market activity dries up and share prices drift as stock brokers and investors take off for a well earned summer break.

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Market Outlook (continued)

Unsurprisingly, the performance of the US share market has lent credibility to the saying, with the key benchmark indexes delivering virtually no gain for investors over many years. In contrast, the months from October to April have proven extremely fruitful with market participants focused on making money rather than sunning themselves.

How does the local share market look heading into the northern summer? After a sharp rebound into early April from the shock of the Japanese earthquake the overall market faded with the benchmark S&P ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation index closing the month down 0.6 per cent. The downward trend has continued into May with the S&P ASX All Ordinaries index close to 3 per cent down for the month at the time of writing this report.

The biggest contributor to the downdraft has been the selloff in the resources sector, especially the smaller miners. Commodity prices from oil and gas to minerals and food, soared in the first quarter of the year. However, investor enthusiasm for commodities has waned as the Chinese economy slowed on the back of tightening monetary policy by the central government.

We remain cautious about the Australian share market and in particular the resources sector. China, with a sharp eye on inflation, is determined to cap economic growth in the short to medium term. This should see commodity prices and mining stock under perform until the end of the northern summer in September. In contrast the industrial and financial sectors of the Australian market look to represent relatively good value, however, with the spectre of higher official interest rates it may be too early to delve into this section of the market.

Dividends

On 31 March 2011 the company paid an interim dividend of 4.0 cents per share fully franked. This is a 33% increase on the interim dividend from the previous year.

The Board is committed to paying an increasing stream of fully franked dividends to shareholders provided the company has sufficient franking credits, and it is within prudent business practices. Dividends are paid on a six-monthly basis.

Government legislation introduced in June 2010 now enables companies to pay dividends if the company is deemed solvent. Dividend payments will not be reliant on reported profit and retained earnings as it was previously. Rather it will be with consideration to cash flow, cash holdings and available franking credits.

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Portfolio Structure

As at 31 Mar 2011 As at 31 Mar 2011 As at 30 Apr 2011 As at 30 Apr 2011
Investment Type $m
%
$m
%
Listed Equities 10.7 55.5% 12.6 61.8%
Fixed Interest and Cash 8.5 45.5% 7.8 38.2%
Total Long Portfolio 19.2 100.0% 20.4 100.0%
Total Short Portfolio (0.3) (1.0)
Total Fund Size $18.92m $19.36m
No. No.
Total ordinary shares on issue 16,036,255 16,066,499
Total options on issue 15,277,825 0

During the month of March we increased our equity holdings to an average of 58.7%, up from 54.8% in the prior month.

Portfolio Structure (continued)

At 30 April 2011 the major securities held in the portfolio were:

Code Company Market
Value
$
Market
Value
as %
Gross
Assets
RHG RHG Limited 2,096,286 10.8%
SGI Signature Capital Investments Limited 976,672 5.0%
RPX Rp Data Limited 768,357 4.0%
MSF Maryborough Sugar Factory Limited (The) 675,633 3.5%
CCP Credit Corp Group Limited 561,876 2.9%
AUN Austar United Communications Limited 518,940 2.7%
CWN Crown Limited 360,383 1.9%
TLS Telstra Corporation Limited 357,930 1.8%
BLY Boart Longyear Limited 351,433 1.8%
WTF Wotif.com Holdings Limited 348,880 1.8%
VRL Village Roadshow Limited 329,088 1.7%
SPL Starpharma Holdings Limited 283,500 1.5%
CCQ Contango Capital Partners Limited 283,282 1.5%
SYM Symex Holdings Limited 275,725 1.4%
RVA Reva Medical Inc 221,590 1.1%
CRZ Carsales.Com Limited 213,870 1.1%
BTU Bathurst Resources Limited 193,050 1.0%
INQ Investorfirst Limited 191,128 1.0%
IRN Indophil Resources NL 189,000 1.0%
EXS Exco Resources Limited 171,450 0.9%

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Portfolio Structure – Asset Allocation

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Long Portfolio Structure - Sector Allocation

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Performance

Set out below is the performance of WAA since listing to April 2011 on a financial year basis. The performance data excludes all expenses, fees and taxes and is used as a guide to how the company’s investment portfolio has performed against the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index which is also a before tax and expenses measure.

Financial Year
Gross Portfolio*
S&P/ASX All
Ordinaries
Accumulation Index
Outperformance
2007/2008
2008/2009
2009/2010
YTD 2010/2011
+2.2%
+9.6%
+22.7%
+15.9%
-15.2%
-22.2%
+13.8%
+17.2%
+17.4%
+31.8%
+8.9%
-1.3%

*The change in the portfolio before all expenses, fees and taxes.

Monthly Performance Table

Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Apr 08 May 08 Jun 08 Jul 08
Gross Portfolio* +0.3% +1.2% +0.5% +1.6% +2.4% -3.7% -1.1%
All Ords Accum. -11.2% +0.3% -4.1% +4.6% +2.5% -7.3% -5.2%
Aug 08 Sep 08 Oct 08 Nov 08 Dec 08 Jan 09 Feb 09
Gross Portfolio* +0.1% -3.8% -5.3% -5.2% +3.4% -1.9% +0.6%
All Ords Accum. +4.0% -10.6% -13.9% -7.2% -0.1% -4.9% -4.3%
Mar 09 Apr 09 May 09 Jun 09 July 09 Aug 09 Sep 09
Gross Portfolio* +4.5% +7.6% +5.0% +6.2% +9.6% +7.5% +6.2%
All Ords Accum. +8.1% +6.1% +2.2% +3.9% +7.7% +6.5% +6.0%
Oct 09 Nov 09 Dec 09 Jan 10 Feb 10 Mar 10 Apr 10
Gross Portfolio* +2.1% +0.3% +1.0% -3.6% +0.0% +2.9% +0.4%
All Ords Accum. -1.9% +1.9% +3.7% -5.8% +1.8% +5.8% -1.2%
May 10 Jun 10 Jul 10 Aug 10 Sep 10 Oct 10 Nov 10
Gross Portfolio* -4.0% -0.9% +1.6% +0.1% +2.7% +1.3% +2.3%
All Ords Accum. -7.6% -2.6% +4.2% -0.7% +5.0% +2.2% -0.7%
Dec 10 Jan 11 Feb 11 Mar 11 Apr 11 Since
Inception
Gross Portfolio* +3.6% +0.7% -0.3% +0.4% +2.5% +59.2%
All Ords Accum. +3.8% +0.1% +2.2% +0.6% -0.6% -12.0%
  • *The change in the portfolio before all expenses, fees and taxes

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For further information please contact Geoff Wilson, Matthew Kidman, Chris Stott or Martin Hickson on (02) 9247 6755 Level 11, 139 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 | GPO Box 4658 Sydney NSW 2001 | ABN 49 126 420 719 Phone 02 9247 6755 | Fax 02 9247 6855 | [email protected] | www.wamfunds.com.au