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WAM ACTIVE LIMITED Net Asset Value 2012

Nov 13, 2012

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WAM ACTIVE LIMITED (WAA) ABN 49 126 420 719 INVESTMENT UPDATE & NET TANGIBLE ASSETS REPORT OCTOBER 2012

Company overview

WAM Active Limited (WAA) is a listed investment company that provides investors exposure to an active trading style with the aim of achieving a sound return with a low correlation to traditional markets.

Investment objective

The investment objectives are to deliver investors a growing income stream in the form of fully franked dividends and to preserve capital.

Outperformance against sharemarket

Since inception, the WAA investment portfolio has outperformed the overall sharemarket – its performance against the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index is set out in the table below. The investment performance is before expenses, fees and taxes.

Performance
as at 31 October
2012
1 Mth
%
6 Mths
%
Fin YTD
%
1 Year
%
2 Yrs
%pa
3 Yrs
%pa
Since
Inception
(Jan-08)
%pa
WAA Investment
Portfolio
S&P/ASX All
Ordinaries
Accumulation Index
Outperformance
+1.9%
+3.0%
-1.1%
+6.2%
+4.0%
+2.2%
+6.7%
+11.4%
-4.7%
+10.8%
+8.9%
+1.9%
+8.9%
+2.3%
+6.6%
+6.4%
+3.5%
+2.9%
+11.9%
-2.8%
+14.7%

Net Tangible Asset (NTA) figures

The following NTA figures are after the payment of a fully franked final dividend of 4.5 cents per share paid on the 19 October 2012. The figures below have not been adjusted for the 13,058,342 remaining options on issue with an exercise price of $1.08 per share.


per share.
NTA before tax 106.55c
NTA after tax and before tax on unrealised gains 107.94c*
NTA after tax 105.82c**
  • Includes tax assets of 1.39 cents per share.

**Includes the net effect of 1.39 cents of tax assets and 2.12 cents of deferred tax liabilities.

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WAM Active Limited| ABN 49 126 420 719 Phone 02 9247 6755 | Fax 02 9247 6855 | [email protected] | www.wamfunds.com.au

Market outlook

Market up again

The ASX S&P All Ordinaries Accumulation Index finished up 2.97% for October. This was its 5th consecutive positive month. It has also now registered 9 positive months in the last 10. Another 0.25% interest rate cut by the RBA and the expectation of further cuts helped drive the market higher.

Merger and acquisition activity heats up

A low interest rate environment is conducive to merger and acquisition activity, as we have mentioned previously. This month a plethora of deals were announced with takeover or merger talks involving Arrium, Discovery Metals, Graincorp, WHK Group and SFG Australia. We believe this trend will continue as more interest cuts are delivered by the RBA during FY13.

Downgrades leak out

Downgrades have been announced from companies such as Harvey Norman, SMS Management and Technology, QBE Insurance Group and Origin Energy, representing varying sectors of the economy. November is a key time for AGMs and we expect further downgrades to be revealed at these meetings. The feedback we continue to receive from companies is that trading conditions remain challenging.

Dividends – 4.5 cents per share fully franked final

On 19 October 2012, the Company paid a fully franked final dividend of 4.5 cents per share. This is a 12.5% increase on the previous year’s final dividend.

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. It must also comply with Government legislation and the ATO’s interpretation of a company’s ability to pay franked dividends. Dividends are paid on a six-monthly basis. Dividend payments will also be made with consideration to cash flow and cash holdings.

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WAM Active Limited| ABN 49 126 420 719 Phone 02 9247 6755 | Fax 02 9247 6855 | [email protected] | www.wamfunds.com.au

Option issue – 1 for 1 bonus issue

On 4 May 2012, the Board announced a 1 for 1 bonus issue of options to acquire ordinary shares in the capital of the Company. The options were allotted to shareholders on 25 June 2012. The options have an exercise price of $1.08 per share and can be exercised at any time on or before 12 December 2013. The options are currently trading on the ASX under the code WAAO.

As at 31 October 2012, 3,251,603 options have been exercised for a total consideration of $3,511,731 with a remaining balance of outstanding options being 13,058,342.

Portfolio structure

As at 30 Sep 2012 As at 30 Sep 2012 As at 31 Oct 2012 As at 31 Oct 2012
Investment Type $m
%
$m
%
Listed Equities 11.6 57.3% 15.8 73.3%
Fixed Interest and Cash 8.6 42.7% 5.8 26.7%
Total Long Portfolio 20.2 100.0% 21.6 100.0%
Total Short Portfolio (0.3) (1.7%) (0.2) (1.0%)
Total Fund Size $19.9m $21.4m*
No. No.
Total ordinary shares on issue 17,656,274 19,737,085
Total options on issue 14,963,616 13,058,342
  • This is after the receipt of option monies totalling $2,057,696 and the payment of the $696,872 fully franked final dividend during the month.

At 31 October 2012 the major securities held in the portfolio were as follows:

Code Company Market Value
$
Market Value as
% Gross Assets
CSR CSR Limited 649,038 3.0%
INA Ingenia Communities Group 617,943 2.9%
RHG RHG Limited 610,316 2.8%
BKW Brickworks Limited 609,368 2.8%
ALS Alesco Corporation Limited 608,665 2.8%
CCQ Contango Capital Partners Limited 580,254 2.7%
CYG CoventryGroupLimited 563,575 2.6%
CRZ Carsales.Com Limited 525,855 2.4%
SDG Sunland GroupLimited 444,895 2.1%
FLT Flight Centre Limited 442,730 2.0%
DJS David Jones Limited 436,598 2.0%
RIC RidleyCorporation Limited 419,750 1.9%
PRV Premium Investors Limited 418,656 1.9%
BSL Bluescope Steel Limited 411,939 1.9%
MYR Myer Holdings Limited 411,021 1.9%
SVW Seven GroupHoldings Limited 393,455 1.8%
CLO Clough Limited 393,343 1.8%
CIF Challenger Infrastructure Fund 393,303 1.8%
AGF AMP Capital China Growth Fund 344,452 1.6%
FRI Finbar Group Limited 317,773 1.5%
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Portfolio structure – sector allocation

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Performance – yearly comparison to S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index

Set out below is the performance of WAA’s investment portfolio since listing to 31 October 2012 on a financial year basis. The performance data is before 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
WAA Investment
Portfolio
S&P/ASX All
Ordinaries
Accumulation Index
Outperformance
2007/2008
2008/2009
2009/2010
2010/2011
2011/2012
2012/2013 YTD
+2.2%
+9.6%
+22.7%
+11.5%
+5.5%
+6.7%
-15.2%
-22.2%
+13.8%
+12.2%
-7.0%
+11.4%
+17.4%
+31.8%
+8.9%
-0.7%
+12.5%
-4.7%

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Performance - monthly comparison

The table below shows the month by month investment performance of WAA against the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index.

Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Apr 08 May 08 Jun 08 Jul 08
Investment 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
Investment 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
Investment 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
Investment 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
Investment 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 May 11 Jun 11
Investment Portfolio* +3.6% +0.7% -0.3% +0.4% +2.5% -1.6% -2.3%
All Ords Accum. +3.8% +0.1% +2.2% +0.6% -0.6% -1.9% -2.4%
Jul 11 Aug 11 Sep 11 Oct 11 Nov 11 Dec 11 Jan 12
Investment Portfolio* +0.0% -1.2% +0.7% +2.1% -0.4% -1.0% +1.0%
All Ords Accum. -3.4% -2.0% -6.3% +7.2% -3.4% -1.6% +5.2%
Feb 12 Mar 12 Apr 12 May 12 Jun 12 Jul 12 Aug 12
Investment Portfolio* +3.5% +1.1% +0.0% -1.6% +1.1% +1.2% +2.0%
All Ords Accum. +2.4% +1.2% +1.1% -6.9% +0.3% +3.7% +2.1%
Sep 12 Oct 12 Since
Inception
Investment Portfolio* +1.4% +1.9% +72.5%
All Ords Accum. +2.1% +3.0% -12.8%

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

Investor Presentations

The team at Wilson Asset Management enjoys the opportunity to meet with you at the semi-annual investor presentations to be held on the following dates:

Perth – 20 November 2012 Sydney – 28 November 2012 Melbourne – 29 November 2012 Adelaide – 30 November 2012 Canberra – 3 December 2012 Brisbane – 4 December 2012

We look forward to seeing you and please feel free to invite any other interested parties.

For more information

Please contact Geoff Wilson, Chris Stott or Kate Thorley.

Wilson Asset Management Level 11, 139 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 GPO Box 4658 Sydney NSW 2001

Phone 02 9247 6755 Fax 02 9247 6855 [email protected]

www.wamfunds.com.au

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