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Australian Securities Exchange Information

ASX Limited
ASX Limited Type Public (ASX: ASX)
ASX Limited Industry Securities markets
ASX Limited Founded 1987, but dating back to 1861
ASX Limited Headquarters Sydney, Australia
ASX Limited Key people David Gonski, (Chair)
Robert Elstone, (CEO and Managing Director)
Alan Bardwell, CFO
Eric Mayne, CSO
ASX Limited Revenue ▲ A$624.38 million (2008)
ASX Limited Employees 560 (30 June 2008) 
ASX Limited Website http://www.asx.com.au

Australian Securities Exchange Trading Hours

ASX Equity Market Phases (Sydney times)

7am - 10am Pre-open
10am* Open
10am - 4pm Normal Trading
4pm - 4:10pm Pre CSPA
4:10pm - 4:12pm Closing Single Price Auction
4:12pm - 5pm Adjust
5:00pm - 6:50pm  Adjust ON
6:50pm - 6:59pm Purge Orders
6:59pm - 7pm System Maintenance
7pm - 9:30pm Close 
9:30pm - 2:25am System Unavailable
2:25am - 7:00am Close

Opening Phase :

Group 1  10:00:00 am +/- 15 secs A-B, e.g. ANZ, BHP
Group 2  10:02:15 am +/- 15 secs C-F, e.g. CPU, DVT, ECP, FXJ
Group 3  10:04:30 am +/- 15 secs G-M, e.g. GHP, KYC, LIB
Group 4  10:06:45 am +/- 15 secs N-R, e.g. QAN
Group 5  10:09:00 am +/- 15 secs S-Z, e.g. TLS

ASX pre-market session timings

07:00am to 10:00am AEST 

ASX Normal trading session

10:00am to 04:00pm

Australian Securities Exchange Holidays 2011

Public Holiday Date Applies to the following States Trading Day1 Settlement Activity - ASTC (CHESS) Settlement Activity - ACH (Derivatives) Bus. Day2
New Year’s Day Monday 3 January ALL  CLOSED No Settlement  No Settlement NO
Devonport Cup Wednesday 5 January TAS3 OPEN Settlement Settlement  YES 
Australia Day Wednesday 26 January ALL CLOSED No Settlement  No Settlement NO
Royal Hobart Regatta Monday 14 February TAS4 OPEN Settlement Settlement YES
Launceston Cup Wednesday 23 February TAS5 OPEN Settlement Settlement  YES
King Island Show Tuesday 1 March TAS6 OPEN Settlement Settlement  YES
Labour Day Monday 7 March WA OPEN Settlement Settlement  YES
Labour Day / Eight Hours Day
Adelaide Cup / Canberra Day		 Monday 14 March VIC / TAS  
SA / ACT		 OPEN No Settlement  Settlement  NO
Good Friday Friday 22 April ALL CLOSED No Settlement  No Settlement NO
Easter Monday / ANZAC Day Holiday Monday 25 April ALL CLOSED No Settlement  No Settlement NO
Easter Tuesday / Public Holiday7 Tuesday 26 April ALL / NSW, VIC, SA, WA & ACT CLOSED No Settlement No Settlement  NO
Labour Day Monday 2 May QLD OPEN Settlement Settlement YES
AGFEST Friday 6 May TAS8 OPEN Settlement Settlement  YES
Foundation Day Monday 6 June WA OPEN Settlement Settlement  YES
Queen’s Birthday Monday 13 June ALL except WA CLOSED No Settlement  No Settlement NO
Bank Holiday Monday 1 August NSW9 OPEN No Settlement  Settlement  NO
Royal QLD Show Wednesday 17 August QLD10 OPEN Settlement Settlement  YES
Burnie Show Friday 30 September TAS11 OPEN Settlement Settlement  YES
Labour Day / Queen's Birthday Monday 3 October NSW, SA & ACT / WA OPEN No Settlement Settlement  NO
Royal Launceston Show Thursday 6 October TAS12 OPEN Settlement Settlement  YES
Flinders Island Show Friday 14 October TAS13 OPEN Settlement Settlement  YES
Royal Hobart Show Thursday 20 October TAS14 OPEN Settlement Settlement  YES
Melbourne Cup Day Tuesday 1 November VIC OPEN No Settlement  Settlement  NO
Devonport Show Friday 25 November TAS15 OPEN Settlement Settlement  YES
Last Business Day before Christmas Day Friday 23 December ALL CLOSE EARLY16 Settlement Settlement  YES
Christmas Day / Boxing Day Monday 26 December ALL / VIC & TAS CLOSED No Settlement  No Settlement NO
Boxing Day / Proclamation Day / Christmas Day Tuesday 27 December NSW, QLD, WA, ACT / SA / VIC & TAS CLOSED No Settlement  No Settlement NO
Last Business Day of the Year Friday 30 December ALL CLOSE EARLY 17 Settlement Settlement  YES

Australian Securities Exchange Board of Directors

David Gonski AC

Chairman of ASX Limited, Chairman of Nomination and
Remuneration Committee
Robert Elstone

Managing Director and CEO
Executive Director
Russell Aboud Director of ASX Limited
Jillian Broadbent AO

Director of ASX Clearing Corporation Limited ASX Clear Pty Limited.
Austraclear Limited and ASX Settlement Pty Limited
Austraclear Limited and ASX Settlement Pty Limited
Shane Finemore Director of ASX Limited
Rick Holliday- Smith Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Audit and Risk Committee
Peter Marriott Chairman of Audit and Risk Committee
Jillian Segal AM Member of Audit and Risk Committee and Nomination & Remuneration Committee
Peter Warne Member of Audit and Risk Committee Member of Nomination & Remuneration Committee

Australian Securities Exchange Contact Address:

Contact

Customer Service

Timings are 8:30am-6:00pm Sydney time.

131 ASX (131 279)

Phone from within Australia (cost of a local call)

+61 2 9338 0000

Phone from Overseas

02 9227 0885

Fax (Excluding company announcements)

Company Announcements Office.

Hours are 8:30am-7:30pm Sydney time (8:30am-8:30pm during Daylight Saving Time).

1300 135 638

Fax from within Australia

0800 449 707

Fax from New Zealand

+61 2 9778 0999

Fax from Overseas

+61 29347 0005

ASX Offices

Sydney - Exchange Centre, 20 Bridge Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Melbourne - Level 45, South Tower, Rialto, 525 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000
Brisbane - Riverside Centre, Level 5, 123 Eagle Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000
Adelaide - Level 25, 91 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, 5000
Perth- Exchange Plaza, 2 The Esplanade, Perth, WA, 6000
Chicago - 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 2260, Chicago 60604 USA, Ph: 312 788 3363
London - New Broad Street House, 35 New Broad Street, London, EC2M 1NH, Ph: +44 203 009 3375, Mob: +44 7799 066842
 



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