ASX Consolidated Financial Results And Dividend Announcement For The Full Year Ended 30 June 2000

An audio broadcast of the analysts briefing presentation will be available on Thursday 24 August, 2000 at 8am EST. The full year results and the analyst briefing presentation are available for download on the ASX web-site ASX.com.au.

Summary

Record market activity drives 27% increase in revenue

Profit after tax and before abnormals increases 61% to $57.8 million

Pre-abnormal earnings per share increases to 57.2c, up from 35.6c

Fully franked final dividend per share of 31.9c, up from 19.4c

Total dividend in 99/00 of 56.2c