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British American Tobacco P.l.c — Evolution Consumer Conference 2011

18 slides from British American Tobacco P.l.c's conference presentation, Mar 10, 2011

  1. Slide 1: Evolution Consumer Conference 2011

    Evolution Consumer Conference 2011 10th March 2011 Ralph Edmondson, Head of Investor Relations, & Brian Fleming, Tobacco Utilization Manager Evolution Consumer Conference, Edinburgh March 2011

  2. Slide 2: Delivering growth in challenging times

    Delivering growth in challenging times Volume -2% GDBs 7% Revenue 5% Adjusted Profit 12% Operating margin ppts +2.1 Adj EPS 15% DPS 15% -5% 0% 5% 10% 15% Evolution Consumer Conference, Edinburgh March 2011

  3. Slide 3: Delivering growth in challenging times

    Delivering growth in challenging times ƒCAGR 2004 to 2010: ƒAdjusted EPS 15% 175.7 ƒDividends per share 18% 153.0 128.8 114.2 108.5 98.1 99.5 89.3 83.7 76.6 66.2 55.9 47 41.9 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Adj EPS (pence) Div per share (pence) Evolution Consumer Conference, Edinburgh March 2011

  4. Slide 4: Contents

    Contents ƒ Leaf Supply Chain Scope ƒ Leaf Industry Dynamics ƒ Leaf Supply Chain Capabilities ƒ Sustainability Agenda ƒ Innovation Agenda Brian Fleming, Tobacco Utilization Manager

  5. Slide 5: Leaf supply chain scope

    Leaf supply chain scope Research Grow Purchase Pack Deploy + 200,000 farmers + 50 source markets 450,000 tons sourced Leaf + 50 ports going + 300 different grades to 45 factories 1000 containers at sea + £1.0bn annual spend at any one time Evolution Consumer Conference, Edinburgh March 2011

  6. Slide 6: BAT leaf operations

    BAT leaf operations Uzbekistan USA China Mexico Vietnam Pakistan Venezuela Bangladesh Malaysia India Kenya Cambodia Nigeria Uganda Sri Lanka Peru Congo Brazil Indonesia Fiji Chile Zimbabwe BAT Subsidiaries Associates 17 BAT & 3 Associates Leaf Operation accounting for circa 80% of the Group requirem

  7. Slide 7: Leaf: Vertical integration

    Leaf: Vertical integration Vertical integration (% Volume) ƒ BAT has a higher percentage of vertical integration amongst industry competitors BAT PMI JTI ƒ Competitors have changed position from 2008 with vertical 2008 2010 2008 2010 2008 2010 integration in countries such as Brazil Purchase by Type

  8. Slide 8: Flue Cured Virginia – Supply Trend

    Flue Cured Virginia – Supply Trend Excluding -China Unsold Stocks Supply Est. Demand 10 yr Av. Supply. 2,300 200 2,250 180 Supply - Millions of Kilos green 2,200 WUS - Millions of Kilos strip 160 2,150 2,100 140 2,050 120 2,000 100 1,950 80 1,900 60 1,850 1,800 40 1,750 20 1,700 0 2004 2005 2006 200

  9. Slide 9: Burley – Supply Trend

    Burley – Supply Trend Excluding -China Unsold Stocks Supply Est. Demand 10 yr Av. Supply. WUS - Millions of Kilos strip Supply - Millions of Kilos green 900 100 90 850 80 800 70 750 60 50 700 40 650 30 20 600 10 550 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010LE 2011LE Crop Year Source: Universal Leaf Tobac

  10. Slide 10: Industry dynamics – Food & Tobacco

    Industry dynamics – Food & Tobacco Price Index - Food and Tobacco 10 yr Av. Supply. 160 Supply - Millions of Kilos green 150 WUS - Millions of Kilos strip 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Food Price Index 100 90 82 78 78 78 78 79

  11. Slide 11: Leaf Research and Technology

    Leaf Research and Technology ƒ Established in 1974 for agronomy ƒ Recognised Centre of Excellence for research in tobacco, for Souza the BAT Group and established as a Cruz's (Brazil) to develop global capability in 2010. technology packages. ƒ Linked to Global Research & Development and Blending In

  12. Slide 12: Leaf growing

    Leaf growing ƒ Global Leaf Research & Technology provide technology platform and seed breeding capability. ƒ Good Agricultural Practices cascaded to farmers utilising dedicated leaf technical staff Research and Technology Seedlings Inputs Seed Breeding Growing Harvesting Curing Grading ƒ Farmer base

  13. Slide 13: Leaf purchasing

    Leaf purchasing Management of suppliers Leaf purchasing capability embedded in Global Leaf Pooling organisation (internal and external) is essential to ensure effectiveness UK USA Turkey Malaysia Geographically spread All purchase plans team with experience and optimised through specific tobacco exp

  14. Slide 14: Global Leaf Pooling

    Global Leaf Pooling Capabilities Delivering ƒ End to End Planning ƒ Improved speed to market ƒ Stock Management ƒ Lower durations ƒ Cost Optimisation ƒ Complexity reduction ƒ Leaf Quality & Integrity ƒ Optimal leaf & blend cost. ƒ Deployment ƒ Guaranteed product quality Master Global Crop Plans Tran

  15. Slide 15: Leaf sustainability

    Leaf sustainability ƒ Regulation ƒ Agricultural Landscape Article 9: Regulation of contents Socio-economic: Social of tobacco products Responsibility in Tobacco Production Article 10: Regulation of tobacco product disclosures Soil & water: Degradation of soil structure and water management- Article

  16. Slide 16: Leaf innovation

    Leaf innovation Leaf a consumer differentiation opportunity? - 4 different major types of tobacco - 300 different grades of tobacco - +50 different sourcing locations - Decades of experience. Evolution Consumer Conference, Edinburgh March 2011

  17. Slide 17: Summary

    Summary ƒ Vertical integration is still a point of difference even though major competitors are adopting a similar model ƒ Core capabilities through the leaf supply chain provide competitive advantage ƒ Decades of operating in the leaf business provides experience and knowledge ƒ Major future challe

  18. Slide 18: Evolution Consumer Conference 2011

    Evolution Consumer Conference 2011 10th March 2011 Ralph Edmondson, Head of Investor Relations, & Brian Fleming, Tobacco Utilization Manager Evolution Consumer Conference, Edinburgh March 2011

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