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Brown Forman — Shareholder Meeting (July 2021)

28 slides from Brown Forman's shareholder meeting presentation, Jul 22, 2021

  1. Slide 1: Reimagining Our Future

    REIMAGINING OUR FUTURE 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Lawson E. Whiting, President and Chief Executive Officer July 22, 2021

  2. Slide 2: Forward-Looking Statements

    Forward-Looking Statements This presentation contains statements, estimates, and projections that are “forward-looking statements” as defined under U.S. federal securities laws. Words such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “aspire,” “believe,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “envision,” “estimate,” “expect,” “exp

  3. Slide 3: Accelerated Top-Line Growth

    Accelerated Top-Line Growth FY16 – FY20 FY21 Underlying Net Sales 4% 6% Underlying Operating Income 4% 4% 3 Please see appendix for reconciliation.

  4. Slide 4: Gross Margin Pressure is our Biggest Challenge

    Gross Margin Pressure is our Biggest Challenge 0.7% -5.5% 69.4% -2.5% -0.5% -1.1% 60.5% FY16 Price/Mix Costs Tariffs F/X Other FY21 4 GM – on a reported basis.

  5. Slide 5: Financial Stewardship Remains Strong

    Financial Stewardship Remains Strong 30% ROIC 15% CONSUMER STAPLES COMPETITIVE SET S&P 500 0% 0% 20% 40% Operating Margin Source: Factset and Company information for the competitive set which includes Diageo, Pernod, Campari, and Remy Cointreau. ROIC is defined as the sum of net income and after-tax

  6. Slide 6: Brown-Forman Strategic Framework

    PORTFOLIO BROWN-FORMAN INVESTMENT GEOGRAPHY STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK PEOPLE 6

  7. Slide 7: Portfolio

    PORTFOLIO BROWN-FORMAN ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS JULY 22, 2021

  8. Slide 8: The Jack Daniel's Family Is Now the Largest Global Premium Spirits Trademark

    THE JACK DANIEL’S FAMILY IS NOW THE LARGEST GLOBAL PREMIUM SPIRITS TRADEMARK IN THE WORLD Source: IWSR 2020 8

  9. Slide 9: Delivering Double-Digit Underlying Net Sales Growth in FY21

    Delivering Double-Digit Underlying Net Sales Growth in FY21 9

  10. Slide 10: Portfolio Evolution Through Garvin Brown's Tenure

    Portfolio Evolution Through Garvin Brown’s Tenure ACQUISITIONS DIVESTITURES FY96 2000 2005 2010 2015 FY21 10

  11. Slide 11: Premiumization Trends Accelerated

    PREMIUMIZATION TRENDS ACCELERATED 11

  12. Slide 12: Convenience and At-Home Consumption Drive Growth

    CONVENIENCE AND AT-HOME CONSUMPTION DRIVE GROWTH 12

  13. Slide 13: Geography

    GEOGRAPHY 13

  14. Slide 14: Global Expansion

    US International GLOBAL EXPANSION % of Net Sales on a Reported basis 18% 1996 82% 2021 50% 50% 14

  15. Slide 15: Geographic Performance During the Pandemic

    Geographic Performance During the Pandemic FY20 Change FY21 Change Underlying Net Sales Underlying Net Sales US 5% 10% Developed International (1)% 10% Emerging (1)% 6% Travel Retail (10)% (48)% 15 Note – Change versus prior-year period | See appendix for non-GAAP to GAAP reconciliations, definition

  16. Slide 16: Investment

    BROWN-FORMAN ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS JULY 22, 2021

  17. Slide 17: Top-Tier Shareholder Return

    Top-Tier Shareholder Return $800 14% Brown-Forman 11% S&P 500 10% Comp Set $0 2006 2021 $8.3B Cash returned to shareholders 17

  18. Slide 18: Investing for the Next Generation

    INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS INVESTING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION 18

  19. Slide 19: People

    hill BROWN-FORMAN ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS JULY 22, 2021

  20. Slide 20: Reimagining the Future of Work

    REIMAGINING THE FUTURE OF WORK 20

  21. Slide 21: Environmental Social Governance

    ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL GOVERNANCE 21

  22. Slide 22: Brown-Forman Annual Meeting of Stockholders

    BROWN-FORMAN ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

  23. Slide 23: Reimagining Our Future - Thank you!

    REIMAGINING OUR FUTURE Thank you! Lawson E. Whiting, President and Chief Executive Officer

  24. Slide 24: Appendix

    REIMAGINING OUR FUTURE Appendix

  25. Slide 25: Non-GAAP Financial Measures

    NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES We use some financial measures in this Proxy Statement that are not measures of financial performance under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). These non-GAAP measures, defined below, should be viewed as supplements to (not substitutes for) our results o

  26. Slide 26: Reconciliation - P&L

    Reconciliation - P&L Twelve months ended April 30, 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Change in reported net sales (%) -1% -3% 8% 2% 1% 3% Acquisitions and Divestitures (+/-) 1% 3% —% —% —% —% Foundation (+/-) —% —% —% —% —% —% New accounting standard —% —% —% 1% —% —% Chambord Impairment (+/-) —% —% —%

  27. Slide 27: Reconciliation - Fiscal 2021 Net Sales Growth by Brand

    Reconciliation - Fiscal 2021 Net Sales Growth by Brand Twelve months ended April 30, 2021 Estimated Acquisitions Foreign Net Change Reported Underlying and Exchange In Change Change Brand Divestitures Impact Distributor (%) (%) (+/-) (+/-) Inventories (+/-) JDTW -8% —% -1% 4% -4% 27 Note - Totals ma

  28. Slide 28: Reconciliation - Fiscal 2021 and 2020 Net Sales Growth by Geographic Area

    Reconciliation - Fiscal 2021 and 2020 Net Sales Growth by Geographic Area Twelve months ended April 30, 2021 Foreign Estimated Reported Underlying Acquisitions and Exchange Net Change In Change Change Geographic Area Divestitures (+/-) Impact Distributor (%) (%) (+/-) Inventories (+/-) United States

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