f327c3bd-1062-4f09-8420-233cd77f8c91.pdf



MONTHLY NTA STATEMENT: DECEMBER 2015


NET TANGIBLE ASSETS

31 DEC 2015

30 NOV 2015

NTA of investments before tax

$1.151

$1.101

NTA of investments before tax on unrealised gains

$1.138

$1.054

NTA after tax

$1.078

$1.042

Month-end closing share price (CTN.ASX)

$0.950

$0.925

Month-end closing convertible note price (CTNG.ASX)

$101.55

$100.90

* Ex-dividend


ASSET COMPOSITION

31 DEC 2015

30 NOV 2015

Investment Type

$m

%

$m

%

Resources

15.83

9.2

13.11

7.8

Industrials

187.25

107.8

176.88

105.3

Equity index futures

3.55

2.0

8.43

5.0

Liquidity

4.87

2.8

4.93

2.9

Borrowings (Convertible notes)

(26.00)

-15.0

(25.99)

-15.5

Tax liability

(11.8)

-6.8

(9.42)

-5.6

Net Assets After Tax

$173.70

100.0%

$167.94

100.0%

Ordinary Shares on Issue

161.151m

161.151m

Convertible Notes on Issue

265,000

265,000



TOP 20 STOCK HOLDINGS WITHIN THE CTN INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO*


CODE

STOCK

WEIGHT

CODE

STOCK

WEIGHT

MYX

Mayne Pharma Group Limited

4.25%

VLW

Villa World Limited

2.04%

HUB

HUB24 Limited

4.07%

ORE

Orocobre Limited

2.03%

SGF

SG Fleet Group Limited

3.87%

GMF

Gpt Metro Office Fund

2.02%

SAR

Saracen Mineral Hldgs Ltd

2.98%

CAT

Catapult Group Intnl Ltd

1.96%

QMS

QMS Media Limited

2.94%

WEB

Webjet Limited

1.94%

AHG

Automotive Hldgs Group Ltd

2.79%

VRL

Village Roadshow Limited

1.92%

ALU

Altium Limited

2.52%

CKF

Collins Foods Limited

1.82%

A2M

The A2 Milk Company Ltd

2.32%

TGP

360 Capital Group

1.80%

ENN

Elanor Investors Group

2.29%

MBE

Mobile Embrace Limited

1.77%

ASB

Austal Limited

2.23%

EPD

Empired Ltd

1.72%


The investment portfolio contained 81 securities as at 31 December 2015. This excludes the investment in Contango Income Generator Limited and ownership of its investment manager, Contango Asset Management Limited, which amount to approximately 16.8% and 5.9% of the NTA value respectively.



RECENT ASX ANNOUNCEMENTS

01 December 2015 NTA for November 2015


CONVERTIBLE NOTE INTEREST PAYMENT

The next interest payment is due on 31 March 2015.


DIVIDEND PAYMENT

Since the payment of its first dividend in 2004, including this dividend, the Company has declared dividends of 87.3 cents per share with a total dividend payout exceeding $101.8m


The balance of Company's Dividend Reserve is $18.09m - sufficient to pay proposed dividends into FY17.


CTN OFFERS A FIRM DIVIDEND POLICY

The after-tax NTA announced on the 1st of July 2015 of $1.058 sets the base for FY16 dividend payments. In line with the Company's dividend policy to pay a minimum of 6% pa of the July 1 NTA value each year, CTN is able to provide investors with guidance of proposed dividend payments. This table is not a formal declaration of dividends. Shareholders and investors should only rely on the Official Declaration of Dividend for confirmation as to dividend amount and relevant dates including what level of franking may be attached to any dividends declared.


DIVIDEND GUIDANCE AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2015

AMOUNT

FY16 Interim

Payable February 2016: Minimum of

2.6 cents per share

FY16 Final

Payable October 2016: Minimum of

3.7 cents per share



Glenn Fowles

Director - CONTANGO MICROCAP LIMITED

7 January 2016



Page | 2

Contango Microcap Limited issued this content on 2016-01-07 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 2016-01-06 22:11:07 UTC

Original Document: http://www.contango.com.au/php/ic-dlAsxAnnouncement.php?id=378