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Your Board
  • Roger Withers Chairman
  • Ian Penrose Group Managing Director
  • Ian Hogg Director of Gaming Systems
  • John Barnes Non-Executive Director
  • Andrew Parker Bowles Non-Executive Director
  • Graham Parr Non-Executive Director

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Group Financial Results
  • Increase in turnover to 26.6m (Nine months to
    end 2000 15.7m)
  • Second half operating profit of 593,000
  • Loss after tax of 6.2m (Nine months to end 2000
    loss of 6.2m)
  • Net cash on 31 December 2001 of 27.6m

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Review Of The Year
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A Year Of Fundamental Change
  • Your Company has been transformed
  • Racecourse Operator
  • Media Rights Owner
  • Technology Provider

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Racecourses
  • New management structure started to deliver
    results
  • Operating profit for year ended 31 Dec 2001 of
    2.06m, up from 1.66m for 9 months to 31 Dec
    2000
  • 4,000 per race deal concluded for Betting Shop
    picture rights set to generate additional 4m per
    annum
  • Two new advertising deals announced
  • 1m, three season sponsorship by Littlewoods Bet
    Direct
  • 90,000 per year, up to three year Royal Windsor
    Festival sponsorship by Gala Group

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Racecourses
  • 3m new Polytrack surface at Lingfield Park
    opened to great acclaim last November
  • Fosters International Trial Stakes on April 6
    2002, attracted probably the best ever field on
    an all-weather surface to date
  • Positive outlook
  • Office of Fair Trading announcement expected in
    August
  • 41st Levy agreement likely to benefit Arena
  • Exciting opportunities for casino, gaming halls
    and hotel developments

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attheraces
  • Successful start to attheraces - performing
    in-line with our expectations
  • attheraces.co.uk website launched, 12 December
    2001
  • 32,000 registrations on our website to date
  • 143,000 bets placed so far
  • attheraces TV channel launched on Sky, 01 May
    2002
  • 1.2m viewers in first 4 weeks on air
  • 237,351 peak viewers, 06 May 2002
  • Telephone betting now live, 0800 083 83 83

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attheraces
  • Series of wholesale media rights transactions
    concluded, netting attheraces minimum 18m per
    annum
  • 80 of the 22m rights payment due to the racing
    industry for 2002/3 now covered
  • Further rights deals pending with radio
    broadcasters and premium rate (telephone service)
    operators
  • Pioneering Interactive betting due on channel
    next month
  • International content next, starting with USA

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Capturing The Market Video
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Arena Online
  • Turnover in 2001 of 3.65m
  • Secured service contract to supply technical
    services to attheraces for Internet, iDTV, Mobile
    and all future platforms
  • Developed technology at the heart of
    attheraces.co.uk and the attheraces digital
    television channel on Sky
  • Moved from loss-making to being profitable in
    second half of 2001
  • All development costs now written off

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Arena Online
  • Progressed Trackplay joint venture with
    Scientific Games Corporation of USA
  • Completion of technology provision agreements
  • Fgnetbet.com Launched in US Jul 2000
  • attheraces.co.uk Launched in UK Dec 2001
  • Xpressbet.com Launched in US Jan 2002
  • Fintoto Launches Summer 2002
  • Going forward Other opportunities expected

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Arenas Key Dates
  • Summer launch of interactive betting on
    attheraces Sky channel 418
  • 04 September Interim Results
  • November start of second all-weather
    Championships, sponsored by Littlewoods Bet
    Direct
  • By end of 2002 launch of international racing
    content on attheraces Sky channel

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Outlook
  • Increasingly favourable landscape for Arena
    Leisure
  • Racing Division likely to benefit from 41st Levy
    and governmental reform of gambling major plans
    for racecourses
  • attheraces on track - will be boosted by
    interactive betting on Sky
  • Continuing success in reselling of media rights
    international expansion planned
  • Arena Online and Trackplay to supply technology
    to further gaming corporations internationally

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Shareholder Resolutions
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Questions?
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