Transcript Our Company at a glance

JTI at a glance
The JT Group
Our parent company
• JT was established in 1985
Japanese domestic tobacco
• In 1999 JT becomes global with the
purchase of the international operations
of R.J. Reynolds
Beverages
• JT Group includes Japan’s domestic
tobacco market, as well as beverages,
seasonings, processed foods and
pharmaceutical businesses
Processed foods
• A global Fortune 500 company*
• Over 51,000 employees worldwide,
including JTI
Pharmaceuticals
• 33.3% owned by the Japanese government,
making it the largest shareholder
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JTI today
• JTI is the JT Group’s
international tobacco
business
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• We employ people in 73
countries around the world
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• We are a leading
international tobacco product
company created in 1999
• We sold 416.4 billion
cigarettes
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• The Company’s core
revenue is USD 12,273
million
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offices
27,000
employees (approx.)
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factories
8
research &
development centers
5
tobacco processing
facilities
1 As of December 2013
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Our Global Flagship Brand portfolio
A portfolio strongly represented across most price segments
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Our ‘Other Tobacco Products’ and ‘Emerging Products’
Roll-your-own, make-your-own
Cigars
Snus
Ploom
Shisha
Electronically heated tobacco
product that heats tobacco
pods to create vapor
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JTI in Serbia
Investment case
JTI: the first and biggest Japanese investor in Serbia
2003
2006
- JTI opens the
marketing and sales office in Belgrade
- JTI acquires
Tobacco Industry Senta - today
JT International a.d. Senta
Initial investment of USD 45 million
USD 169
million JTI invested so far in Serbia.
Why investing in Serbia?
Key rationale
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Supplying promising markets of Serbia and West Balkans
Importance of CEFTA
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Free-trade agreement between Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Albania, (UN Mission in)
Kosovo, Macedonia, and Moldova
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Provides 0% customs duty for our exports to Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina
EU trade liberalization
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Preferable customs rates for import of various goods from Serbia envisaged in Stabilization and
Association Agreement
JTI exports from Serbia
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Cigarettes to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia and Albania
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Serbian-grown tobacco to the EU
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Total export of cigarettes and tobacco in 2013 worth USD
23,4 million
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JTI in Serbia production base for the Western Balkans
7 markets – one EU member and 6 CEFTA parties
Senta
factory
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Factory in Senta
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West Balkan’s headquarters in Belgrade
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Offices in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Croatia, Albania and Kosovo
*The map is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSC 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
JTI: tax contributor in Serbia
JTI is the
13.6
th
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largest taxpayer in the country
billion dinars contributed to the state budget in 2013.
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JTI growth story
50% despite significant market contraction
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Sales volume in Serbia increased by
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JTI’s share of market in Serbia increased by over
25.0
100% since 2006
JTI Senta export growth
21.2
20.0
17.6
23.4
21.8
18.5
15.0
9.8
10.0
5.0
3.8
2.3
0.0
2006
2007
2008
Leaf
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Cigarettes
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Total
2011
2012
2013 Expected
Tobacco growing operations in Serbia
• JTI - a leader in tobacco production in Serbia with market share of
43% in ’12
• JTI cooperates in Serbia with 250 seasonal workers and 180 farmers
• Continuous growth of tobacco production and total yield per hectare
50% increased tobacco purchase
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Over
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80% increase in contracted tobacco
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Employees – Wheel of our Growth
• Today JTI in Serbia employs over 300
people
• From 2006-2013 JTI generated 200 new jobs
• Engages over 250
seasonal workers
• Internships programs for graduated students (2010 – 2014) - 34 interns
• Skillful and well educated (mostly English-speaking) workforce
Kaizen
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Senta factory is first in Serbia to implement Kaizen management process
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Fully accepted by the employees
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Productivity increased by 52%
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Reject ratio reduced by 66%.
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Factory certificated: ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:2007
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Business Environment in Serbia
• Continuous dialog with the Government
• Communication maintained on all key aspects of economic legislation development
• Investor-friendly tax regime
• Salary tax rate -10% and corporate profit tax rate – 15%, among the lowest in the
Europe
• National treatment of foreign investors
• Serbia’s EU aspirations influencing regulatory environment that is heading towards
alignment with EU
• Predictable development of operating environment (e.g. excise calendar in tobacco
industry)
Conclusion
• The investment in Serbia proved to be good platform for business expansion of JTI in
Serbia and Adriatica region
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Enterprising
Open
Challenging