Carlsberg A/S : H1 2021 Financial Statement and Earnings Upgrade

FINANCIAL

STATEMENT

H1 2021

18 August 2021

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H1 2021 INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION

Disclaimer

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This presentation contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the Group's sales, revenues, earnings, spending, margins, cash flow, inventory, products, actions, plans, strategies, objectives and guidance with respect to the Group's future operating results. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements, and may contain the words "believe", "anticipate", "expect", "estimate", "intend", "plan", "project", "will be", "will continue", "will result", "could", "may", "might", or any variations of such words or other words with similar meanings. Any such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the Group's actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in such forward-

looking statements. Prospective information is based on management's then current expectations or forecasts. Such information is subject to the risk that such

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A strong set of results

TOTAL VOLUMES

70.3 m.hl

+10.0%¹

OPERATING PROFIT

DKK 5.1bn

+15.6%¹

FREE CASH FLOW

DKK 5.3bn

REVENUE

DKK 31.7bn

+9.6%¹

OPERATING MARGIN

16.1%

+10bp

CASH RETURNS

DKK 4.9bn²

¹ Organic growth ² Share buy-back carried out January-August and dividend paid in March

H1 2021 INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION

Good execution of SAIL'22 core priorities

Core beer	E-commerce
+8% volume growth		+30%
	+25%	eCommerce revenue growth
	+130%
	Carl's Shop - # of
	active customers	China O2O revenue growth

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H1 2021 INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION

Continued progress for SAIL'22 growth priorities

Craft & speciality

29%

26%

21%

16%

1%

2017

2018

2019

2020

H1 2021

Q2 2021 +27%

Alcohol-free brews

33%

26%

15%

11%

7%

2017¹

2018¹

2019

2020

H1 2021

Q2 2021 +26%

Asia²

				29%
		Revenue
		Operating profit	24%	24%

16%

13% 12%

8%

5%	5%

			-5%
2017	2018	2019	2020	H1 2021

Q2 2021³ +19%

¹ Western Europe. ² Organic growth. ³ Organic revenue growth.

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