ASF NTA 12-01-2018 $8.06230

Monday, 15 January 2018 ASF NTA & Allotment Notice Smartshares Limited would like to report details of the Units on Issue for the Australian Financials Fund (ASF) as at 12 January 2018. Units on Issue: 2,937,352 Units Allotted/(Redeemed): - Net Tangible Assets (NTA): $8.06230 Tracking Difference: 1.92% The objective of the Australian Financials Fund (ASF) is to provide a return that closely matches the return on the S&P/ASX 200 Financials Ex-A-REIT Index. The S&P/ASX 200 Financials Ex-A-REIT Index provides exposure to the Financials sector of the Australian equity market. The following companies are currently held in the Fund: Code Security description AMP AMP Ltd. ANZ Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. ASX ASX Ltd. BEN Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd. BOQ Bank of Queensland Ltd. BTT BT Investment Management Ltd. CBA Commonwealth Bank of Australia CCP Credit Corp Group Ltd. CGF Challenger Ltd. CYB CYBG PLC ECX Eclipx Group Ltd. GMA Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia Ltd. IAG Insurance Australia Group Ltd. IFL Ioof Holdings Ltd. JHG Janus Henderson Group PLC MFG Magellan Financial Group Ltd. MPL Medibank Private Ltd. MQG Macquarie Group Ltd. NAB National Australia Bank Ltd. NHF NIB Holdings Ltd. PPT Perpetual Ltd. PTM Platinum Asset Management Ltd. QBE QBE Insurance Group Ltd. SDF Steadfast Group Ltd. SUN Suncorp Group Ltd. WBC Westpac Banking Corporation About Smartshares Smartshares is the pioneer of ETFs in New Zealand, launching the first ETF (TNZ - the NZ Top 10 Fund) in 1996. Smartshares is New Zealand's only issuer of ETFs listed on the NZX Main Board, with in excess of 10,000 unit holders and more than NZD $1.6 billion of funds under management. The Special Division of the New Zealand Markets Disciplinary Tribunal regulates Smartshares in a similar way to NZX Regulation's regulation of other listed issuers. Smartshares funds are listed on NZX so you can buy or sell them just like individual shares. The listed funds are designed to "track" (or, in some cases, outperform) an index. Each Smartshares ETF is designed to provide investors with similar returns to a direct investment in all the securities that make up the ETF. To learn more and obtain a copy of the Product Disclosure Statement, please visit: www.smartshares.co.nz For further information please contact: Smartshares Limited 0800 80 87 80 smartshares@smartshares.co.nz End CA:00313025 For:ASF Type:MKTUPDTE Time:2018-01-15 08:37:39