1、 “Creativityhas got tostartwithhumanity”Marilyn Monroe ANNUAL REPORTFOR THE 52-WEEK PERIOD ENDED MARCH 28,2015 The Indigo MissionTo provide our customers with the most inspiring retail and digital environments in the world for books and life-enriching products and experiences.Indigo operates under t
2、he following banners:IndigoBooks&Music,Chapters,Coles,SmithBooks,Indigospirit,The Book Company,and indigo.ca.The Company employs approximately 6,200 people across the country.!ndigo EnrichYour Life,Chapters,!ndigo,Coles and indigo.ca are trade marks of Indigo Books&Music Inc.Table of Contents2.Repor
3、t of the CEO4.Managements Responsibility for Financial Reporting5.Managements Discussion and Analysis25.Independent Auditors Report26.Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes55.Corporate Governance Policies56.Executive Management and Board of Directors57.FiveYear Summary of Financial Information5
4、8.Investor Information59.Indigos Commitment to Communities Across Canada2Report of the CEOReport of the CEODear Shareholder,As always it is a pleasure to be writing to you about activities at Indigo.2014/15 was a year of advancement for our Company.Sales grew across all banners Indigo,Chapters,Coles
5、and Indigo.ca.In addition,we are pleased to report that EBITDA also saw satisfying growth.This year we continued with the strategy we put in place three years ago further positioning ourselves in theminds of our consumers as the worlds first cultural department store a brand rooted deeply in books a
6、ndstories but with a well curated array of lifestyle product.Our core book business showed growth for the first time since the advent of e-Reading;our lifestyle businessesgrew meaningfully,as did our Indigo kids business.This trend reinforces that our efforts to transform Indigo and ensure its stron