Japan Tobacco International
Japan Tobacco International was formed in 1999 when the parent company JT Group acquired the non US operations of R.J. Reynolds. In 2007, Japan Tobacco International acquired UK based Gallaher, doubling in size and adding 11,000 new employees. [1] According to company's website, 2017 marked 19th consecutive year of profit growth for the company. [2]
Contents
Company Overview
Key Executives
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Name | Postition | Bio From Source |
Board Members
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Name | Position | Bio from source. |
Investments in Unconsolidated Subsidiaries ("significant" > 20 percent management control):
An unconsolidated subsidiary is a company that is owned by a parent company, but whose individual financial statements are not included in the consolidated or combined financial statements of the parent company to which it belongs. Instead, this type of company appears in the combined financial statement as an investment.[5]
(Associated undertakings and joint ventures)
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List of Significant Subsidiaries
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2018 Forecast
2018 forecast text
Profitability
Annual Trends
Fiscal year
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2017 [6] | 2016 [7] | 2015 [8] | 2014 [9] | 2013 [10] |
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Net Revenue | x.x | x.x | x.x | x.x | x.x |
Reported Profit | x.x | x.x | x.x | x.x | x.x |
Profits per Region (in xx yy)
Region 1
Geographic region covers: aa, bb, cc, dd [11]
in xx yy | 2017 [12] | 2016 [12] | 2015 [12] | 2014 [12] | 2013 [12] |
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Net Revenues | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx |
Adjusted profit | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx |
Acquisitions
Recent acquisitions [13] | Acquired Organization Name | Acquiring Organization Name | Announced Date | Value |
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Ente Tabacchi Italiani S.p.A acquired by British American Tobacco | Ente Tabacchi Italiani S.p.A | British American Tobacco | 1/1/2003 | - |
British American Tobacco Denmark A/S acquired by British American Tobacco | British American Tobacco Denmark A/S | British American Tobacco | 7/2/2008 | - |
Tekel AS acquired by British American Tobacco | Tekel AS | British American Tobacco | 6/24/2008 | - |
Bentoel Group acquired by British American Tobacco | Bentoel Group | British American Tobacco | 6/17/2009 | $494M |
Productora Tabacalera de Colombia acquired by British American Tobacco | Productora Tabacalera de Colombia | British American Tobacco | 5/26/2011 | $452M |
Reynolds American acquired by British American Tobacco | Reynolds American | British American Tobacco | 1/17/2017 | $54.5B |
CN Creative acquired by British American Tobacco | CN Creative | British American Tobacco | 12/1/2012 | £50M |
TDR acquired by British American Tobacco | TDR | British American Tobacco | 6/1/2015 | €550M |
Ten Motives acquired by British American Tobacco | Ten Motives | British American Tobacco | 4/29/2016 | - |
Investments
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Investments | Organizational Name | Funding Type | Money Raised | Announced Date |
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a | b | c | d | zz/zz/zzzz |
In August 2018, Guardian reported more than GBP 1.7 billion has been directly invested in tobacco company stocks by healthcare providers, fire authorities and schools via UK council pension funds. Council retirement schemes in the UK are major investors in firms including British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands and Philip Morris, according to data compiled from more than 100 freedom of information requests. [14]
"The Group’s cigarette market share in its Key Markets continued to grow strongly (up 40 bps). This was powered by another excellent performance by our GDBs, which grew 110 bps (ex US) and now account for more than 50% of Group cigarette and THP volume outside the US. Over the year, market share in the US also grew strongly and was up 20 bps, with the RAI Strategic Brands growing 40 bps. Total Group cigarette and THP volume grew 3.2% to 686 billion, or on an organic basis fell 2.6%, outperforming the industry, which was estimated to have declined by around 3.5%. In 2017, we also made excellent progress with our NGP business. Our fagship THP, glo, frst launched in Japan in December 2016, reached 3.6% market share by the end of 2017 – having been rolled out nationally from October 2017. Since then, 50% of the overall category growth in Japan has been from glo – demonstrating its strong consumer appeal in a very short period. Good initial progress is also being made in our other launch markets of South Korea, Russia, Canada, Romania and Switzerland." - Page 13, BAT Annual Report
Emerging Markets
British American Tobacco has a significant presence in emerging markets across South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. According to the company's website emerging markets will account for 60 percent of volume in the enlarged group. Over the last 5 years, revenue per pack in emerging markets has grown at more than twice the rate compared to developed markets. With generally low cigarette pack prices and expectations of continued growth in consumer disposable income over the long term, the future profit growth opportunity remains strong. [16] Nik Oliver, consumer goods analyst at UBS said in a March 2017 interview with Financial Times, British American Tobacco derives more than 50 per cent of its total revenues from emerging markets with the strongest emerging market portfolio of the company's peers. [17]
Factory Openings and Closures
In June 2018, British American Tobacco announced it will invest €800 million over the next five years in its factory in Ploiești, Romania. The investment, which will generate 200 new jobs in Romania, will support the expansion of innovative tobacco heating product – glo – in countries across Europe during the second half of 2018. [18] The unit in Ploiesti will be the third in the world (after South Korea and Russia) to produce Neosticks for glo and the first in Europe. [19]
Dividends
"Quarterly dividends The dividend in respect of 2017 is 195.2p, being an increase over 2016 of 15.2% (2016: 169.4p).
As announced in April 2017, the Group has moved to quarterly dividends with effect from 1 January 2018. In order to effect the transition to quarterly dividends, we committed to ensuring shareholders would receive an equivalent cash amount in 2018 under the quarterly dividend approach as they would have done under the previous methodology.
As part of this process, a second interim dividend of 43.6p (equivalent to 25% of the cash dividend paid in 2017) was declared in December 2017 and paid in February 2018. The Board has declared an interim dividend of 195.2p per ordinary share, payable in four equal dividend payments of 48.8p per ordinary share, to shareholders registered on the UK main register or the South Africa branch register and to ADS holders, each on the applicable record dates. The dividends receivable by ADS holders in US dollars will be calculated based on the exchange rate on the applicable payment dates." - Page 37, BAT Annual Report
Products
Key Portfolio
Japan Tobacco International is a maker of some of the world’s best-known tobacco brands, including Winston, Mevius, Camel and LD. In 2017, the comapany's flagship brands accounted for more than 72 percent of Japan Tobacco International's sales. According to the company's website, Japan Tobacco International have approximately 14 percent global market share. [21]
Innovative Product Portfolio
Volumes
Volume of Cigarettes by Region
Region | 2017 (Billions) | 2016 (Billions) | 2015 (Billions) | 2014 (Billions) | 2013 (Billions) |
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Asia-Pacific | 193 | 196 | 198 | - | 197 |
Americas | 36 | - | - | - | 134 |
Western Europe | 122 | 120 | 112 | - | 119 |
Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) | 228 | 236 | 229 | - | 226 |
Total | 686 | 665 | 663 | 667 | 676 |
Product Unit Volume
Product Category | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Tobacco Units (in billions) | - | - | - | - | - |
Heated tobacco (in billions) | -.- | -.- | -.- | -.- | -.- |
Total | 686 | 665 | 663 | 667 | 676 |
Percentage | 3.2 | 0.2 | (0.5) | (1.3) | - |
Marketing and External Relations
Global Campaigns
Corporate Social Responsibility
The organisation’s sustainability focus is on three key areas: harm reduction, sustainable agriculture and farmer livelihoods and corporate behaviour: We are committed to operating to the highest standards of corporate conduct and transparency. [22]
Research and Development
Marketing to Kids
Advertisements and Bad Acts Review
{{quote |"With respect to plain packaging, we have always believed that the policy is not proportionate, will not deliver the intended results and will significantly erode our Intellectual Property Rights. Consequently, we have reluctantly taken legal action to protect shareholders’ interests." |Nicandro Durante, 2018" [23]
Political Spending
For a list of political contributions in the United States look here.
Reporting and Regulation
Tobacco Litigation
Partners and Allies
Audit and Accounting
Banking and Finance
Consultancies
Marketing, Communications and PR Companies
Name | Contract Status | Notes | Other Clients |
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FTI (2017) | Active | FTI Consulting is an independent global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change, mitigate risk and resolve disputes: financial, legal, operational, political & regulatory, reputational and transactional. Individually, each practice is a leader in its specific field, staffed with experts recognized for the depth of their knowledge and a track record of making an impact. UK PR Agency for BAT |
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Sard Verbinnen (2017) | Active | Sard Verbinnen & Co., LLC provides strategic communications advice and services that help clients in managing their position and specific events affecting their reputation, business, and market value. The company also provides services in the areas of corporate positioning that include development of strategies and initiatives based on research, judgment, and thinking for individuals and institutions; and offers communication advisory services to boards and senior management of public and private organizations, as well as small and mid-cap companies. US PR agency for BAT |
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EUK Consulting (2017) | Active | EUK Westminster and Brussels based consultancy, bespoke public affairs, lobbying and issues-management services, political consultants, politics, british politics, london parliament. |
Full list: http://www.eukconsulting.com/our-clients/ |
Red Flag (2017) | Active | Red Flag is an international consultancy specialising in strategic communications, government relations, crisis management and regulatory engagement. (listed as lobbyists for BAT in 2016 EU talks regarding implementation of FCTC |
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References
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- ↑ https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/british-american-tobacco#section-acquisitions, Accessed 5th August, 2018
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/13/council-pension-funds-major-investors-tobacco-companies
- ↑ British American Tobacco Annual Report and Form 20-F 2017, p.13
- ↑ http://www.bat.com/group/sites/uk__9d9kcy.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOAHNL68
- ↑ https://www.ft.com/content/23b177f8-f8f7-11e6-bd4e-68d53499ed71
- ↑ http://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOAZJL24
- ↑ http://business-review.eu/investments/bats-factory-in-ploiesti-will-be-the-third-in-the-world-and-the-first-in-europe-to-produce-neosticks-for-glo-172799
- ↑ British American Tobacco Annual Report and Form 20-F 2017, p.37
- ↑ https://www.jti.com/about-us/what-we-do/our-brands
- ↑ http://www.bat.com/group/sites/uk__9d9kcy.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO9DCL3B/$FILE/medMDA87PVT.pdf, p.3
- ↑ http://www.bat.com/group/sites/uk__9d9kcy.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO9DCL3B/$FILE/medMDA87PVT.pdf, p.15