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Anavex Life Sciences Corp. – ‘10-K’ for 9/30/15 – ‘XML’

On:  Tuesday, 12/29/15, at 8:11am ET   ·   For:  9/30/15   ·   Accession #:  1615774-15-3756   ·   File #:  1-37606

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

12/29/15  Anavex Life Sciences Corp.        10-K        9/30/15   73:5M                                     S2 Filings LLC/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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15: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML     68K 
16: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     30K 
17: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     68K 
18: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     93K 
19: R6          Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders'  HTML    112K 
                Equity                                                           
20: R7          Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders'  HTML     33K 
                Equity (Parenthetical)                                           
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22: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     95K 
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25: R12         Deferred Grant Income                               HTML     25K 
26: R13         Non-interest Bearing Liabilities                    HTML     86K 
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28: R15         Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement                     HTML     33K 
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30: R17         Commitments                                         HTML    105K 
31: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML     54K 
32: R19         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     29K 
33: R20         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     27K 
34: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    123K 
                (Policies)                                                       
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                (Tables)                                                         
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37: R24         Promissory Notes Payable (Tables)                   HTML     30K 
38: R25         Non-interest Bearing Liabilities (Tables)           HTML     76K 
39: R26         Commitments (Tables)                                HTML    103K 
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41: R28         Business Description and Basis of Presentation      HTML     28K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
42: R29         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     31K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
43: R30         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details 1)                                                      
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58: R45         Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement (Details            HTML     48K 
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61: R48         Commitments (Details Narrative 1)                   HTML     50K 
62: R49         Commitments (Details)                               HTML     44K 
63: R50         Commitments (Details 1)                             HTML     40K 
64: R51         Commitments (Details 2)                             HTML     47K 
65: R52         Commitments (Details 3)                             HTML     78K 
66: R53         Income Taxes (Details Narrative)                    HTML     24K 
67: R54         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     43K 
68: R55         Income Taxes (Details 1)                            HTML     50K 
69: R56         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details         HTML     40K 
                Narrative)                                                       
70: R57         Subsequent Events (Details Narrative)               HTML     32K 
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