RESULTS PRESENTATION

Y E A R E N D E D 3 0 J U N E 2 0 1 9

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RESULTS OVERVIEW

G R O U P

G R O U P

R E V E N U E

E B I T D A *

$998m 2%

$229m 3%

Fully franked final dividend of 31 cents per share.

Y E A R E N D E D

2 0 1 8

2 0 1 9

V A R

3 0 J U N E

$ ' 0 0 0

$ ' 0 0 0

%

Entertainment

Australia

68,600

60,198

(12.2)%

New Zealand

11,150

10,015

(10.2)%

Hospitality

Hotels and Resorts

69,270

69,502

0.3%

Leisure

Thredbo Alpine Resort

21,838

25,017

14.6%

Property

Property and Other Investments

16,528

13,436

(18.7)%

Unallocated expenses

(17,034)

(19,223)

12.9%

Normalised profit (before interest and tax)

170,352

158,945

(6.7)%

Net interest costs

(5,874)

(9,355)

Income tax expense

(52,821)

(45,319)

Profit from continuing operations

111,657

104,271

(6.6)%

Individually significant items - net of tax

(10,198)

2,808

Discontinued operations -

10,451

4,810

Entertainment Germany

Total reported profit

111,910

111,889

(0.0)%

Hotels, Thredbo and underlying Entertainment NZ delivered earnings growth. Entertainment Australia impacted by genre mix of films, less screen advertising, new sites yet to mature and new revenue accounting standard (AASB 15).

Record Event NZ box office achieved and underlying NZ earnings up 9.6%.**

Record Hotels group PBIT result despite a more competitive market . Group like for like growth across all key metrics - occupancy, average room rate and

revpar.

Another record Thredbo result with PBIT + 14.6%.

Valuation of investment properties increased +$1.931m, but lower than the prior year increase. Rental incomes increased 6% on prior year.

Underlying unallocated expenses flat with prior year - impacted by bonus payments related to record prior year performance.

Normalised profit before interest, tax from continuing operations down 6.7% and total reported profit flat with prior year.

Strong results emerging from new initiatives and gaining momentum.

interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation, individually significant items and discontinued operations. The normalised profit and Group EBITDA are unaudited non-

*Normalised profit is profit for the year before interest, tax, individually significant items and discontinued operations. Group EBITDA is normalised earnings before

International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") measures.

** Adjusted for the impact of the Queensgate insurance proceeds

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E V E N T H O S P I T A L I T Y & E N T E R T A I N M E N T

ENTERTAINMENT

AUSTRALIA

Y E A R E N D E D

2 0 1 8

2 0 1 9

VA R I A N C E

A D J U S T E D

S C R E E N S

C I N E M A S

3 0 J U N E

( A A S B 1 5 )

75 2

701 2

Revenue ($000)

453,787

451,186

(0.6)%

(0.3)%

EBITDA ($000)

95,830

89,463

(6.6)%

(5.5)%

Normalised PBIT ($000)

68,600

60,198

(12.2)%

(10.7)%

Revenue relatively flat despite a less desirable genre mix of films for our audiences.

Market share relatively stable with growth in share of blockbuster and family films.

AAP growth due to success of variable pricing and growth in percentage of customers choosing a premium experience.

Record merchandising spend per head in the second half - new initiatives gaining momentum with 5 record months of spend.

Cinebuzz growth with almost 2.2m active members representing more than 67% of visits.

Earnings impacts: $1.7m decline in screen advertising, $5.6m increase in rent and depreciation related to a few of the new cinema openings in last 5 years taking longer to mature, and $1.1m impact of AASB15.

4 cinemas closed and 2 cinemas opened; Coomera, positioned in a growth corridor and Kawana delivered a positive result in the first month of trading including new concepts.

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ENTERTAINMENT NEW ZEALAND

C I N E M A S

S C R E E N S

20

1

135

6

Y E A R E N D E D

2 0 1 8

2 0 1 9

VA R I A N C E

A D J U S T E D *

3 0 J U N E

Revenue ($000)

85,268

89,822

5.3%

5.3%

EBITDA ($000)

17,018

15,575

(8.5)%

3.8%

Normalised PBIT ($000)

11,150

10,015

(10.2)%

9.6%

* Adjusted for the impact of the Queensgate insurance proceeds

Outperformed the market with market share growth due to new initiatives and new cinema (opened in April). Average admission price growth +4.8% driven by variable pricing strategy.

Record merchandising spend per head; focus on core product range, introduction of owned brand Parlour Lane, new family value deals and sales programs.

Strong growth in active memberships (+47%) and members now close to 50% of all transactions.

Normalised PBIT up 9.6% adjusted for the impact of $2.0m loss of profits booked prior year for the closure of Queensgate cinema (earthquake related, due to reopen in 2021).

New Tauranga cinema a success with new concepts generating positive earnings from first month.

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