1. Market Specific - Australia

2. 2 Agenda Exchange Background ASX Equities & Warrants & Company Options SFE Futures & Options ASX Futures & Options

3. 3 Market Specific - Australia Exchange Background –Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Exchange page: -4 Exchange website http://www.asx.com.au/ –Sydney Future Exchange (SFE) Exchange page: Exchange website http://www.asx.com.au/products/futures_options/index.htm –National Stock Exchange of Australia (NSX) Exchange page: Exchange website http://www.nsxa.com.au/

4. 4 Market Specific - Australia ASX:,, main traded instruments: –Equities e.g. –Warrants e.g., onwards –Rights e.g., –Preference Shares, –Exchange Traded Funds, –Company Options, –Exchange Traded Options (ETOs)

5. 5 ASX Equity Full Quote RIC Rule –Ordinary shares: exchange code +.AX –RIC follows exchange stock code –For different brokerage characters used, refer to Market Specific - Australia

6. 6 How to verify ASX Equity RIC change from exchange website? –Company name and ASX code changes: http://www.asx.com.au/resources/codes/changes/2010.ht m –Usually data team will proceed with RIC change before 19:00 GMT one day before effective date

7. 7 Market Specific - Australia How do we verify ISIN code for ASX Equity RICs? –FID 1056 – ISIN code –ISIN code file from exchange, monthly update –http://www.asx.com.au/resources/codes/index.htmhttp://www.asx.com.au/resources/codes/index.htm

8. 8 Market Specific - Australia ASX RIC search if ISIN, company name or stock code/local code provided: - Search ISIN, company name or stock code/local code in Reuters Search - If the RIC cannot be found on Reuters Search, check add/drop page based on instrument type via -If the RIC cannot be found on add/drop page, check exchange website for upcoming listing companies. -http://www.asx.com.au/research/companies/floats/upcoming.htmhttp://www.asx.com.au/research/companies/floats/upcoming.htm

9. 9 Market Specific - Australia ASX Trading Calendar and Trading Hours -Holidays Speedguide: via -Trading Hours: -Exchange website: Trading Calendar: http://www.asx.com.au/about/operational/trading_calendar/asx/2 010.htm http://www.asx.com.au/about/operational/trading_calendar/asx/2 010.htm Trading Hours: http://www.asx.com.au/resources/education/basics/trading_hour s_asx.htm http://www.asx.com.au/resources/education/basics/trading_hour s_asx.htm ASX Closing Run (follow local time)

10. 10 Market Specific - Australia ASX Equity Trading Features Trading Types Trading indicator is supported on FID 1003. Detailed trading types (both on-market and off-market) can be found on -12. Detailed market trading condition flags updated to FID 118 and status note flags updated to FID 131. Please refer to, -4. Kindly note that ASX has off-market trades.

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12. 12 Market Specific - Australia Trade Prices - Verify trade prices on exchange website To access price information, navigate from homepage at http://www.asx.com.au/ http://www.asx.com.au/ by entering code in the "Prices Search". e.g. Stocks delayed prices for : http://www.asx.com.au/asx/markets/priceLookup.do?by=asxC odes&asxCodes=BHP http://www.asx.com.au/asx/markets/priceLookup.do?by=asxC odes&asxCodes=BHP e.g. Stocks historical prices for (maximum 5 trading days): http://www.asx.com.au/asx/research/companyInfo.do?by=asx Code&asxCode=BHP#closing_prices http://www.asx.com.au/asx/research/companyInfo.do?by=asx Code&asxCode=BHP#closing_prices

13. Market Specific - Australia How to find company announcements on ASX website E.g. http://www.asx.com.au/asx/research/companyInfo.do ?by=asxCode&asxCode=BHP#headlines Search for historical announcements: http://www.asx.com.au/asx/statistics/announcements.do 13

14. Market Specific - Australia Warrants Speedguide: In Australia, warrants are issued by a sponsor (generally a bank) instead of underlying company. FID 728 is showing sponsor (issuer) RIC while FID 1000 is showing underlying company code. E.g for, FID 728 is showing issuer RIC while FID 1000 is showing underlying company code AGK. 14

15. Market Specific - Australia How to find warrants details and price information on ASX website? E.g. Input code AGKIMC on ASX website -> Search http://www.asx.com.au/ 15

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17. Market Specific - Australia Company Options Chain RIC How to verify company options details on website? http://www.tradingroom.com.au/apps/codeLookup. ac?returnUrl=/qt/quote.ac%3Fcode%3Dhttp://www.tradingroom.com.au/apps/codeLookup. ac?returnUrl=/qt/quote.ac%3Fcode%3D For example First, enter company option code AQQO Second, select Company Option in Security Group 17

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19. 19 Market Specific - Australia Market Depth –Depth of Market SpeedGuide –20 levels of market depth data –e.g. –e.g. displays best bid/ask1 – 5 displays best bid/ask2 - 10 displays best bid/ask3 - 15 displays best bid/ask4 – 20

20. 20 Market Specific - Australia ASX FID list Customer Zone FAQ 1032749 –https://customers.reuters.com/a/KnowledgeCentre/Resolu tion.aspx?id=1032749https://customers.reuters.com/a/KnowledgeCentre/Resolu tion.aspx?id=1032749 –Refer to -02

21. 21 Market Specific - Australia Indices –ASX/S&P 200 Benchmark index constituents. –Refer to the chain for Constituents % Weighting. How to verify index price on ASX website http://www.asx.com.au/asx/statistics/indexInfo.do

22. 22 Market Specific - Australia ASX & SFE Futures & Options –Main Speedguide –ASX Futures & Options Speedguide –SFE Futures & Options Speedguide –Holidays: –Trading hours: refer to contract specification page E.g. for trading hours for 90 Day Bank Bills Futures –SFE Futures & Options FID list: Customer Zone FAQ ID 1087312 https://customers.reuters.com/a/KnowledgeCentre/Resolution.aspx?id=108731 2 –ASX Futures & Options FID list: Customer Zone FAQ ID: 1032749 –https://customers.reuters.com/a/KnowledgeCentre/Resolutio n.aspx?id=1032749https://customers.reuters.com/a/KnowledgeCentre/Resolutio n.aspx?id=1032749

23. 23 Market Specific - Australia SFE & ASX Futures & options Futures RIC Structure –Composite: RIC root + Month code + year Code –Evening session: 1+ RIC root + Month code + year Code –Day session: 2 + RIC root + Month code + year Code –e.g. Option RIC Structure –Evening Session: 1+ RIC Root + Strike Price + Month Code + Year Code (e.g. –Day Session: 2+ RIC Root + Strike Price + Month Code + Year Code (e.g. )

24. 24 Market Specific - Australia SFE & ASX Futures & Options Practice: 1.Please advise the chain RIC for the SFE 10 Year Treasury Bond Futures. 2.What is the RIC for S&P/ASX MINI 200 Futures Dec 10 contract ? 3.What are the trading hours of SFE NZ 30 Day Cash Rate Futures contracts?

25. 25 Market Specific - Australia –ASX & SFE derivatives closing run time (follow local time) –Settlement price updates at FID 70 –Historical close price (FID 21) is copying value from last trade price (FID 6 ) instead of FID 70 –For SFE futures (e.g. ), refer to FID 1379 for previous settlement price –For ASX futures (e.g. ), refer to TS1 for historical settlement prices

26. 26 Market Specific – Australia ASX LEPO (Low Exercise Price Option) – for Contract Specifications & Trading Hours –Chain RIC: –How to verify price on ASX website Input official code (FID 78) on ASX website: http://www.asx.com.au/http://www.asx.com.au/ E.g. input code ASXFH8 on Price Search" –Refer to below ASX website for more information about LEPO http://www.asx.com.au/products/options/lepos.htm http://www.asx.com.au/products/options/lepos.htm

27. 27 Market Specific - Australia Pricing verification for SFE & NZ futures & Options -Delayed prices http://www.asx.com.au/research/market_info/index.htm http://www.asx.com.au/sfe/delayed_sfe_futures.htm http://www.asx.com.au/sfe/delayed_sfe_options.htm -Historical prices (only five days historical data available) http://www.asx.com.au/sfe/daily_monthly_reports.htm

28. 28 Market Specific - Australia Pricing verification for ASX Futures & Options -Delayed prices http://www.asx.com.au/asx/markets/futuresPrices.do Type in up to ten ASX futures contract codes (usually a five letter code) separated by spaces and click GO. E.g, type in XJO1F (supported in FID 78) http://www.asx.com.au/asx/markets/optionPrices.do Type in up to ten ASX Options Series Codes E.g, type in XJOJE8 (FID 78) -Historical prices not available for ASX Futures & Options

29. 29 Market Specific - Australia SFE Strip Trading -SFE Strip: -6 -How to verify strip price on website: http://d-cyphatrade.com.au/market_futures#A -SFE Strip Option: -8 -How to verify strip option price on website: http://d-cyphatrade.com.au/market_options#AN