WHY JOIN THE SSX? Brochure Spread 042020.pdf · THE SSX? The SSX is a tier one licensed stock exchange in Australia. The SSX provides a fresh, flexible alternative for Asia Pacific

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W H Y J O I N TH E SS X ?The SSX is a tier one licensed stock exchange in Australia. The SSX provides a fresh, flexible alternative for Asia Pacific companies seeking the opportunities for growth that only listings can bring.

As a trading venue, the SSX offers a globally competitive platform, as well as access to products that aren’t available anywhere else. In addition to high-growth companies, we provide unique listed products in property, pooled investments and fixed interest to add diversity to both institutional and retail portfolios.

The SSX offers access to capital opportunities from a wide range of international partners, with distribution and exchange agreements in place throughout Asia Pacific and Internationally.

Our governance practices ensures both participants and listees enjoy a clean, compliant platform where the rules are applied equally, fairly and transparently to everyone. Our business model ensures that listees deal with a person, not just a queue number. Participants enjoy the benefits of an exchange that listens, engages and makes decisions based on what our members want and need.

The SSX difference

ü Broader international connectivity

ü Stronger customer focus

ü Faster time to market

ü Direct support for your business

ü Flexible fee structure

ü Better value for money

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Sydney Stock ExchangeBridging Asia Pacific and International Capital MarketsACN 080 399 220 Tier One Australian Market Licence (Sydney Stock Exchange) 2004

Head Office259 George Street,Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Tel +61 2 9217 2730Email [email protected]

ssx.com.au

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S I M P L E L I STI N G A N D B US I N E SS RU L E S

WO RLD C L A SS C O M P LI A N C E I N A SU P P O RTI V E E N V I RO N M E NT

We work hard to ensure all our participants enjoy complete confidence in the safety and efficiency of our market. By combining the personal attention of a small team with globally benchmarked business rules and practices, we have been able to minimise red tape while ensuring a world-class experience for all our participants.

We recognise the vital role that efficient financial markets play in the Australian economy. Our unique listing rules provide a smooth, fast path to market for growing Australian companies, while maintaining the highest level of accountability, disclosure and rigour. Our listees enjoy attentive, personal service, and our rules are applied transparently, equally and fairly to all our listees and market participants.

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M A R K E T L E A D I N G TE C H N O LO G Y

The SSX’s trading platform is powered by best in class technology, providing our participants with a world-class trading experience.

Transitioning to the SSX is smooth and seamless, and connecting to the SSX requires minimal implementation work. Our technology team is available to support participants as needed for a stress-free trading experience.

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Our responsive, supportive team can take listees to market in as little as six weeks assuming all requisite information is submitted for review on a timely basis. The SSX smooths the path to market for small companies with big futures, and we pride ourselves in recognising and supporting the Australian success stories of tomorrow.

We provide practical guidance on listing rules and the IPO process.

As per Corporations Act and period set out in prospectus

Your choice within the Corporations Act’s time limits

Official quotation is usually two days after admission.

The SSX Letter of Approval

Prospectus preparation and review by an SSX Sponsor, underwriters and brokers, support and review from listee management.

Prospectus lodged with ASIC and the SSX

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TH E SSX A DVA NTAG E

CAPITAL RAISING

AustralianCapital

InternationalCapital

AustralianInvestors

InternationalInvestors

AustralianCompanies

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LISTEES

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TO M O RROW ’S SU C C E SS STO RI E S, TO DAY

The SSX is a fresh alternative venue for Australian companies to list quickly and efficiently. With deep international links, we offer our listees access to both domestic and foreign investment, as well as superior customer service and a simple fee structure.

The SSX is the ideal venue for small, high growth companies, providing the right trading and operational environment to help them grow and reach their full potential. SSX Market Sponsors provide practical, tailored advice on business and governance to help our listees become successful listed companies.

To assist smaller companies to grow, the SSX offers a responsive and supportive team, streamlined regulations, and support structures with the aim of taking our new listees to market in six weeks. The SSX uses the same world-class NASDAQ X-Stream technology as other global exchanges and transition to the SSX from another exchange is efficient and seamless.

Our fee structure is simple, and specifically designed to meet the needs of growing companies. We smooth the path to market for small companies with big futures.

TECHNOLOGY

NANOCAP

MINING, OIL & GAS

ALL OTHER - SIZE / SECTOR

US OTC

REAL ESTATE(REITs)

TH E SSX FO C US SE C TO R S

At the SSX we recognise the power of the nanocap opportunity, and have positioned our business to help yours enter and succeed on the world stage.

According to the most recent Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report, the 1.6 million Australian businesses with a turnover of up to $5 million generate more than $1 trillion every year. This enormous opportunity has been largely ignored by the listed market, until now. With a diverse range of product and service areas, from healthcare to mining to agriculture, the nanocap world offers huge untapped potential for investors.

TH E N A N O C A P FO C US

(source: ABS 2018. Report 8165.0 - Counts of Australian Businesses, released 21/02/2019)

18% Construction

12% Professional, Scientific and Technical services

10% Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services

9% Healthcare and Social Assistance

8% Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing

7% Accommodation and Food Services

Breakdown of Aussie businesses with revenue up to $5 million per annum

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LO C A L F O C US, I N TE R N ATI O N A L E X P E RTI S E

The SSX opens broader markets through relationships around the world. Our listees can access domestic and foreign investors and brokers, opening more opportunities. We also offer multi-lingual services to facilitate international investment and cross border business.

Distribution channels

Exchange MOU

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8• The Amplify Board is for initial Listees who qualify directly to this board but are not large or developed enough to have listed on the Golden Board.• These companies generally have lower liquidity profiles compared with the Golden board and quarantine the risk profile within this peer group.

MARKET ENTRY / GROWTH LISTINGS

• $2m Market Cap• 50 Shareholder SpreadOR $2m NTA after deducting costs of fundraisingPLUS $300k Working Capital aftear deducting cost of fundraising and enough for immediate requirements and for projected normal operations for as least 12 months following listing

Size and Market Cap Criteria

A M P L I F Y B O A R D

50 shareholders* $100m Market Cap 150 shareholders* $60m Market Cap 300 shareholders* $15m Market Cap 400 shareholders* $5m Market Cap 500 shareholders* $2m Market Cap* Each shareholder owns 2k+25% public shares

G O L D E N B O A R D ( M A I N )MATURE LISTINGS

• The Golden board is for mature Listings that have either listed directly onto this board or those listings that have grown sufficiently to be considered for a move from the Amplify Board. • Companies on the Golden Board have a higher liquidity profile in comparison with those listed on the Amplify board.

The attraction for companies listing on the SSX is easy and cost-efficient access to the capital market as well as getting access to special peer groups with associated liquidity and transparency.

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growing companies. We offer a listing process that takes companies from pre-

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growing companies. We offer a listing process that takes companies from pre-

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The United Nations supports the SSX’s ESG listings via the UN Marketing and Media Channels (as listed below).

Profile visits

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Followers

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4 milliontwitter impressions

5,000every monthWebsite visitors

SSE Newslettersopened 25,128

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1,560Clicks

2,700Subscribers

Open rate higherthan industry average

Click rate higher than industry average

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20% Supported by the UN Council of Exchanges ESG initiative Index and ETF creation Subset of Golden and Amplify BoardsSSX is a member of UN SustainableStock Exchanges Initiative

ENVIRONMENTAL / SOCIAL / GOVERNANCE

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Size and Market Cap Criteria

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SU P P O RTI N G TE C H N O LO G Y I N D USTRY

The Australian Tech sector has grown consistently since 2007 and Australian markets have ranked ahead of the US NASDAQ by number of tech IPOs in recent years. This strong growth is forecast to continue. The SSX is the best venue for technology start-ups as its listing rules do not demand a long history of big profit or material asset holding, but instead aligns with their fast growth ambitions.

SSX SU P P O RTI N G FA ST G ROW TH A M B ITI O N S

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SU P P O RTI N G TH E R E A L E STATEI N D USTRY

Investors seek easily understandable and recognisable investments such as Property Trusts. In recent years property funds managed over $285bn in assets with less than half the assets listed by value. During the 2018 calendar year, unlisted property funds for retail investors delivered a total return of 13.8%, outperforming the cash rate and broader equities market.

LI STE D TRUSTS

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SU PP O RTI N G TH E RESO U RCE I N D USTRY

The SSX has adopted a combination of best practice rules from Australian and international markets, allowing our mining listees to report using the Australian JORC Code, the Canadian NI 43-101 Code or the South African SAMREC Code, while oil and gas companies can report under the International SPE-PRMS Code.

Our market has been developed with reference to the rules, regulations and applicable legislation of jurisdictions including Australia, Canada, South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong, Norway, the UK and the US.

A DVA N C E D, F LE X I B LE M I N I N G , O I L A N D G A S RU LE S

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Social responsibility sits at the heart of the SSX business. We aim to be the venue of choice for ESG companies to list, as well as investors interested in supporting a sustainable future.

ESG rewards the long-term health of a company as well as its positive contribution to society. A large, growing body of research supports the idea that investing with ESG principles yields not only social and environmental benefits, but long-term economic success as well. ESG fundamentals are increasingly included in strategies across the full spectrum of the investing universe.

Under the UN Principles for Responsible Investment more than 1,600 firms invest over $70 trillion of assets.

The SSX is a partner exchange of the UN’s Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative.

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Most Innovative Stock Exchange Company Australia award 2016 Global Banking and Finance Review (a UK-based leading financial portal)

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SS X S P O N S O R S

direct contact with the person managing their application and can always talk to a person, not a committee. In a true partnership model, the SSX works with listees and Sponsors in a holistic, supportive environment designed to promote success.

STRO N G E R C USTO M E R FO C US

F O R PA RTI C I PA N TSThe SSX enjoys a unique position that allows us to source, create and er a range of

opportunities that meet domestic and international demand for investment products that will

technology, property and international OTC, is growing a market designed to complement

including:

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Sydney Stock ExchangeBridging Asia Paci�c and International Capital MarketsACN 080 399 220

Tier One Australian Market Licence (Sydney Stock Exchange) 2004

Head O�ce259 George Street,Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Tel +61 2 9217 2730Email [email protected]

ssx.com.au

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