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Anavex Life Sciences Corp. – ‘10-K’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Monday, 12/16/19, at 5:16pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/19   ·   Accession #:  1731122-19-784   ·   File #:  1-37606

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

12/16/19  Anavex Life Sciences Corp.        10-K        9/30/19   45:3.2M                                   Electro Filings LLC/FA

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML    583K 
 2: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     13K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     14K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     16K 
41: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     54K 
22: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML     65K 
17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     29K 
29: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     58K 
42: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     59K 
23: R6          Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders'  HTML     61K 
                Equity                                                           
18: R7          Business Description and Basis of Presentation      HTML     44K 
30: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     57K 
40: R9          Other Income                                        HTML     21K 
33: R10         Equity Offering Agreements                          HTML     29K 
44: R11         Commitments                                         HTML     68K 
25: R12         Income Taxes                                        HTML     45K 
21: R13         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     98K 
                (Policies)                                                       
32: R14         Business Description and Basis of Presentation      HTML     34K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R15         Commitments (Tables)                                HTML     62K 
24: R16         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     41K 
20: R17         Business Description and Basis of Presentation      HTML     64K 
                (Details)                                                        
31: R18         Business Description and Basis of Presentation      HTML     23K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
45: R19         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     17K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
27: R20         Other Income (Details Narrative)                    HTML     26K 
16: R21         Equity Offering Agreements (Details Narrative)      HTML     55K 
35: R22         Commitments (Details)                               HTML     37K 
38: R23         Commitments (Details 1)                             HTML     56K 
26: R24         Commitments (Details 2)                             HTML     20K 
14: R25         Commitments (Details 3)                             HTML     25K 
34: R26         Commitments (Details Narrative)                     HTML     62K 
37: R27         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     22K 
28: R28         Income Taxes (Details 1)                            HTML     36K 
13: R29         Income Taxes (Details 2)                            HTML     40K 
19: R30         Income Taxes (Details Narrative)                    HTML     37K 
15: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     71K 
36: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     51K 
 7: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- avxl-20190930                       XML    642K 
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- avxl-20190930_cal               XML     81K 
10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- avxl-20190930_def                XML    244K 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- avxl-20190930_lab                     XML    571K 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- avxl-20190930_pre              XML    405K 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- avxl-20190930                         XSD     92K 
39: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001731122-19-000784-xbrl      Zip     79K

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