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2015 Annual Report

This 2015 Aristocrat Leisure Limited Annual Report for the financial year ended 30 September 2015 complies with reporting requirements and contains statutory financial statements.

This document is not a concise report prepared under section 314 (2) of the Corporations Act. The Aristocrat Group has not prepared a concise report for the 2015 financial year.


2015 Online Business Review

The 2015 Online Business Review contains reports from the Chairman and Managing Director on the Group's business and operational highlights, an overview of Group strategy and its business initiatives.

The 2015 Online Business Review can be found on the Group's website: www.aristocratgaming.com.


2016 Annual General Meeting

The 2016 Annual General Meeting will be held at 11.00am on Wednesday, 24 February 2016 at The Aristocrat Head Office, Building A, Pinnacle Office Park, 85 Epping Road, North Ryde, 2113.

Details of the business of the meeting will be contained in the notice of Annual General Meeting, to be sent to shareholders separately.


2015 Corporate Governance Statement

The 2015 Corporate Governance Statement can be found on the Group's website: www.aristocratgaming.com.


  1. Company Profile and Key Dates

  2. Directors' Report

8 Review of Operations

24 Remuneration Report

  1. Auditor's Independence Declaration

  2. Nevada Information Statement

56 Five Year Summary

58 Financial Statements

127 Independent Auditor's Report

129 Shareholder Information

133 Corporate Directory


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Company Profile

Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL) is a leading global provider of gaming solutions. The Company is licensed by over 200 regulators and its products and services are available in over 90 countries around the world. Aristocrat offers a diverse range of products and services including Class II and Class III gaming machines and casino management systems. The Group also operates within the on-line social gaming and real money wager markets. For further information visit the Group's website at www.aristocratgaming.com.

Key Dates*


2015

Record date for Final 2015 Dividend

2 December 2015

Payment date for Final 2015 Dividend

18 December 2015

2016

2016 Annual General Meeting

24 February 2016

Interim Results Announcement (6 months ending 31 March 2016)

26 May 2016

Full Year Results Announcement (12 months ending 30 September 2016)

30 November 2016


*Dates subject to change.



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Directors' Report For the 12 months ended 30 September 2015

The Directors present their report together with the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries (the Group) for the 12 months ended 30 September 2015 (the financial year). The information in this report is current as at 25 November 2015 unless otherwise specified.

This Directors' Report has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of Division 1 of part 2M.3 of the

Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the Act).


Review and results of operations

A review of the operations of the Group for the financial year is set out in the Review of Operations which forms part of this Directors' Report.


Financial results

The reported result of the Group attributable to shareholders for the 12 months ended 30 September 2015 was a profit of $186.4 million after tax (2014: loss of $16.4 million).

Further details regarding the financial results of the Group are set out in the Review of Operations and financial statements.


Dividends

Since the end of the financial year, the Directors have authorised the payment of a final dividend of 9.0 cents (2014:

8.0 cents) per fully paid ordinary share. Details of the dividends paid and declared during the financial year are set out in Note 7 to the financial statements.


Remuneration Report

Details of the remuneration policies in respect of the Group's Key Management Personnel are detailed in the Remuneration Report which forms part of this Directors' Report.


Sustainability

The sustainability section contained within the 2015 Online Business Review forms part of this Directors' Report and integrates a wider range of non-financial management issues as the Group moves to improve its sustainable reporting standards.


Directors' particulars, experience and special responsibilities

Current Directors

The Directors of the Company throughout the financial year and up to the date of this report are:


Director

Experience and other directorships

Special responsibilities

ID Blackburne

BSc (Hons), MBA, PhD

Age 69

Nominated December 2009.

Appointed 17 September 2010.

  • Chairman, Recall Holdings Limited

  • Director, Teekay Corporation (listed on the NYSE)

  • Former Chairman, CSR Limited and Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

  • Former Director, Suncorp-Metway Limited and Symbion Health Limited

  • Former Managing Director, Caltex Australia Limited

Non-Executive Chairman

Member of each Board Committee

JR Odell

MBA

Age 57

Nominated December 2008. Appointed May 2009.

  • Former Managing Director, Australia, Asia and Pacific, Foster's Group Limited

  • Former Executive, Allied Domecq in the UK and Asia Pacific

  • Former Managing Director, Lyons Tetley Australia

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer



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