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oya s S a e o de s 8.9% o o a Ow e s p
Source: FactSet as of 1/13/17, Wall Street research.
Note: Braves and S&P 500 are indexed to Royals as of 10/20/16.
1 Based on Braves ADR closing price of $115.21 as of 1/13/17 (each ADR represents 2 Braves ordinary shares); based on 1,433m fully diluted shares (1,426m basic shares outstanding and 7.1m dilutive securities) as per Royals Management as of 1/15/17 and 601.4m shares owned by Braves, as per 13D filing dated 10/20/16.
2 Includes adjustments for run-rate Lantern synergies in the amount of $113.6m.
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Note: Both Braves and Royals FDSO count and enterprise value bridge as of 12/31/16 (except for data as of 10/20, which is based on the latest public information available (September 30, 2016 for Royals and June 30, 2016 for Braves)), as per Royals Management; exchange rate of 1.2186 £/$ as of 1/13/17, as per Bloomberg; based on 1,433m fully diluted shares (1,426m basic shares outstanding and 7.1m dilutive securities) as per Royals Management as of 1/15/17 and 601.4m shares owned by Braves, as per 13D filing dated 10/20/16.
1 Refers to 52-week high intraday price as of 10/20/2016, per Bloomberg.
2 Includes adjustments for run-rate Lantern synergies in the amount of $113.6m.
3 Based on Braves GBP share price (ordinary shares).
4 Based on Braves ADR price.
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3 Based on Braves ADR price of $115.21 as of 1/13/17, exchange ratio of 0.2630x (0.5260x for Braves ordinary share price) and $29.44 cash per share.
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W CC (0.5%) 0.0% 0.5% (0.5%) 0.0% 0.5% (0.5%) 0.0% 0.5%
5.00% $60.64 $66.38 $73.38 80% 81% 83% 11.4x 12.6x 14.1x
5.50% 54.89 59.59 65.23 78% 80% 81% 10.5 11.5 12.7
6.00% 50.03 53.94 58.56 76% 78% 79% 9.7 10.6 11.6
Source: Royals Management projections. Note: Analysis based on December 31, 2016 net debt of $10.9bn and FDSO of 1,433m as per Royals Management guidance; assumes midyear convention.
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Source: Company filings, FactSet as of 1/13/17; refer to page 50 for detailed footnotes.
Note: Financials calendarized to December year-end; net leverage calculated as current net debt divided by 2016E EBITDA; all Royals and Braves figures shown in this analysis based on market values and consensus data as per FactSet and latest publicly available share count and capital structure per company filings (Royals balance sheet as of Q3 2016 and Braves balance sheet as of 1H 2016). LAZARD 10
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Comments
Based on Royals Management projections of Braves financials DCF valuation as of December 31, 2016 WACC of 6.00% – 7.00% PGR of (0.5%) – 0.5% Does not include value of potential combination synergies Based on December 31, 2016 net debt of £16.2bn and FDSO of 1,874m as per Royals Management guidance
10.0x – 13.0x 2017E EBITDA and 16.0x – 19.0x P/E valuation ranges based on relevant peer sample Applied to Braves 2017E EBITDA and EPS of £6.4bn and
£2.80, respectively, as per Royals Management projections Based on December 31, 2016 net debt of £16.2bn and FDSO of 1,874m as per Royals Management guidance
Intraday 52-week high and low prices as per Bloomberg as of October 20, 2016 Low: January 15, 2016 High: July 6, 2016
Price target range as per Bloomberg as of October 20, 2016 Includes forward price targets (not discounted back)
Source: Royals Management projections.
Note: Figures based on Royals Management projections of Braves financials; Royals Management has provided five-year projections for Braves, which projections were based in part on certain financial information for Braves prepared by Braves Management and provided to Royals; exchange rate of 1.2186 £/$ as of 1/13/17; analysis based on December 31, 2016 net debt of £16.2bn and FDSO of 1,874m as per Royals Management guidance.
1 As of October 20, 2016.
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7.00% 16.7 44.7 48.1 52.1 61.3 64.8 68.7 82.6 86.1 90.0
Implied Equity Value/Share Terminal Value as % of EV Implied TV EBITDA Multiple
at TVGR of at TVGR of at TVGR of
WACC (0.5%) 0.0% 0.5% (0.5%) 0.0% 0.5% (0.5%) 0.0% 0.5%
6.00% £49.16 £51.71 £54.72 76% 77% 79% 9.1x 9.9x 10.9x
6.50% 46.45 48.59 51.10 74% 76% 77% 8.5 9.2 10.0
7.00% 44.09 45.92 48.04 73% 74% 76% 7.9 8.5 9.2
Source: Royals Management projections.
Note: Figures based on Royals Management projections of Braves financials; Royals Management has provided five-year projections for Braves, which projections were based in part on certain financial information for Braves prepared by Braves Management and provided to Royals; analysis based on December 31, 2016 net debt of £16.2bn and FDSO of 1,874m as per Royals Management guidance; stake in ITC valued at £10.9bn (30% of market value as of 1/13/17); stake in Royals valued at £29.4bn (using midpoint DCF of $85.4bn, at WACC of 5.5%, PGR of 0% and exchange rate of 1.2186 £/$ as of 1/13/17).
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Sou ce: Co pa y gs, actSet as o / 3/ 7; e e to page 50 o deta ed oot otes.
Note: Financials calendarized to December year-end; net leverage calculated as current net debt divided by 2016E EBITDA; all Royals and Braves figures shown in this analysis based on market values and consensus data as per FactSet and latest publicly available share count and capital structure per company filings (Royals balance sheet as of Q3 2016 and Braves balance sheet as of 1H 2016).
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CONFIDENTIAL
PROJECT BASEBALL
IV Pro Forma Financial Analysis
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Combined portfolio of Next Generation Products
(vapor, Heat-not-burn, Niconovum AB)
No U.S. withholding tax on (i) Royals dividends received
by Braves and (ii) shares subject to share buyback Present Present
program (~$80 million savings per year) WACC2 Value ($bn) Value / Share
$135
Guarantee fee on transaction debt $55 million 5.50% $2.5 $1.09
million
Corporate overhead allocated in the U.S. efficiency annual 6.00% 2.3 1.00
efficiencies 6.50% 2.1 0.93
Potential upside to tax efficiencies could exist, subject to
structuring and other factors (e.g. intercompany debt
structuring, transfer pricing, etc.)
Source: Royals Management.
1 Present value per share based on pro forma Braves share count of 2,312m shares.
2 WACC range corresponds to blended standalone Braves and Royals WACC, weighted based on 2017E EBITDA.
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Sta da o e equ ty va ue pe s a e p ed by app ed to Ne t o t s S as o 6/30/ 0 7 adjusted to
current 2017 P/E multiple valuation range include full run-rate synergies
applied to Royals 2017E EPS Implied multiple range of 16.4x-9.4x
Multiple range of 17.0x-20.0x Discounted to 12/31/2016 using implied blended cost of
equity plus value of interim dividends ($0.46 per share in Q1
of 2017 and $0.46 per share in Q2 of 2017)
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Pro Forma DCF Sensitivity of Stock Consideration/Share
Stock Consideration Value/Share
Terminal Value Grow th Rate
WACC (0.5%) 0.0% 0.5%
5.50% $33.38 $36.68 $40.65
6.00% 29.93 32.67 35.92
6.50% 26.97 29.29 31.99
Note: Chart indicates the midpoint of the DCF sensitivity range.
WACC for the pro forma “Gets” calculated as the weighted average of Braves and Royals standalone WACCs, based on 2017E EBITDA
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Multiple 11.7x $28.52 $28.52 $28.52
13.0x $32.77 $32.77 $32.77
Has-Gets % Increase/(Decrease)
“HAS” Multiple
11.0x 12.0x 13.0x
10.5x 31.4% 18.6% 8.1%
“GETS”
Multiple 11.7x 41.8% 28.0% 16.7%
13.0x 52.2% 37.4% 25.2%
Note: Chart indicates the midpoint of the multiple range.
Gets multiples calculated as weighted average of Royals multiples (11.0x – 13.0x) and Braves multiples (10.0x – 13.0x), based on 2017E EBITDA.
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u t p e 7.9 $3 . 7 $3 . 7 $3 . 7
19.4x $37.38 $37.38 $37.38
Has-Gets % Increase/(Decrease)
“HAS” Multiple
17.0x 18.5x 20.0x
16.4x 41.6% 30.1% 20.4%
“GETS”
Multiple 17.9x 48.4% 36.3% 26.1%
19.4x 55.1% 42.5% 31.8%
Note: Chart indicates the midpoint of the multiple range.
Gets multiples calculated as weighted average of Royals multiples (17.0x – 20.0x) and Braves multiples (16.0x – 19.0x), based on 2017E Net Income.
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Note: a ys s assu es t a sact o c oses o 6/30/ 0 7; assu es U.S. debt ate o . 8%, U. . debt ate o .8%, a d a c g ee o % o t a sact o debt. gu es o aves based o oya s a age e t p oject o s; debt p ojected o 6/30/ 7; oya s debt o ed ove .
50% of run-rate synergies realized in 2018 ($250m) and 100% of run-rate synergies realized in 2019 ($500m); assumes 50% of implementation costs ($250m) take place in 2017 and 50% ($250m) in 2018.
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Vo e a Va ue ($b ) te p se Va ue ($b ) p ed qu ty Va ue ($b )
PV of Tax PV of FCF’s at TVGR of at TVGR of at TVGR of
WACC Efficiencies Q2’17E-’21E (0.5%) 0.0% 0.5% (0.5%) 0.0% 0.5% (0.5%) 0.0% 0.5%
5.50% $2.5 $39.6 $155.2 $170.1 $188.1 $197.3 $212.3 $230.2 $151.1 $166.0 $184.0
6.00% 2.3 39.2 140.5 153.0 167.8 182.1 194.5 209.3 135.8 148.3 163.1
6.50% 2.1 38.8 128.1 138.6 150.9 169.0 179.6 191.9 122.8 133.3 145.6
‘Implied Equity Value/Share Terminal Value as % of EV Implied TV EBITDA Multiple
at TVGR of at TVGR of at TVGR of
WACC for the pro forma company WACC (0.5%) 0.0% 0.5% (0.5%) 0.0% 0.5% (0.5%) 0.0% 0.5%
calculated as the weighted average of 5.50% $65.36 $71.83 $79.59 80% 81% 83% 10.5x 11.5x 12.7x
Braves and Royals standalone 6.00% 58.76 64.16 70.54 78% 80% 81% 9.7 10.6 11.6
WACCs, based on 2017E EBITDA 6.50% 53.11 57.67 62.99 77% 78% 80% 9.0 9.8 10.6
Implied Equity Value/Share
at TVGR of
Implied cost of equity of the pro forma Cost of Equity (0.5%) 0.0% 0.5%
company WACC. 6.09% $63.45 $69.73 $77.27
Assumes net debt/cap of 15% and
after-tax cost of debt of 2.1%. 6.68% 56.89 62.12 68.29
7.27% 51.28 55.68 60.82
Share price on 6/30/2017 discounted back to 12/31/2016 at cost of equity
Source: Royals Management projections.
Note: Figures based on Royals Management forecasts of Braves financials; Royals Management has provided five-year projections for Braves, which projections were based in part on certain financial information for Braves prepared by Braves Management and provided to Royals; analysis based on pro forma June 30, 2017 total net debt of $56.1bn (sum of Royals and Braves existing debt balances and acquisition debt), FDSO of 2,312m (based on 1,874 Braves FDSO and 0.5260x exchange ratio), equity investments of $13.5bn and minority interests of $3.6bn.
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15.00
Jan-13 Oct-13 Jul-14 Apr-15 Jan-16 Oct-16
ROYALS/BRAVES RELATIVE VALUE EVOLUTION
Better
for Royals/Braves
Royals
1.00x
0.90
Unaffected
10/20/16 1/13/17
0.83x 0.87x 1-Year Avg.
0.80 0.80x 0.97x In USD
0.79x 0.87x Since Brexit
Avg.
0.72x 0.74x Since Lantern
0.70 Avg
Since Jan
0.62x 0.64x 2013 Avg
0.60 0.60x 0.73x Local Currency
0.50
0.43x
0.40
Better
for
Braves 0.30
Jan-13 Oct-13 Jul-14 Apr-15 Jan-16 Oct-16
Source: FactSet as of 1/13/17.
Note: Royals share price divided by Braves share price at the historical £/$ exchange rate; Local currency assumes constant exchange rate of 1.6284 £/$ as of beginning of time series 1/2/13.
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18x Braves Braves
17.8x 16.7x
S&P500 S&P500
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16x
14x
12x
Jan-13 Oct-13 Jul-14 Apr-15 Jan-16 Oct-16
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3 Years 11.8x 10.2x 9.7x 12.1x 12.5x
5 Years 10.6x 9.7x 8.9x 11.1x 11.5x
10 Years 8.9x 9.1x 8.2x 10.3x 9.0x
Source: FactSet as of 1/13/17.
Note: Global Peers index is market-weighted average of Braves, Imperial Brands, Japan Tobacco and Philip Morris. US/Euro Peers index is a market-weighted average of Altria, Royals, Scandinavian Tobacco and Swedish Match.
US/Euro Peers index starts in March 2008, after Philip Morris was spun off from Altria.
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Scandinavian Scandinavian
Tobacco Tobacco
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Income Taxes 85 (55) (11) (46) (19) —
All Other, net 62 (63) (86) 26 68 72
Unlevered FCF $2,777 $3,793 $4,050 $4,482 $4,958 $5,406
Share Repurchase (789) (852) (1,000) (1,000) (1,000)
Dividends (2,810) (3,030) (3,272) (3,549) (3,867)
DPS ($1.99) ($2.16) ($2.36) ($2.59) ($2.85)
Debt $12,666 $13,868 $14,172 $13,500 $13,364
Cash (600) (1,585) (1,687) (1,000) (1,000)
Net Debt / EBITDA 1.9x 1.8x 1.7x 1.6x 1.4x
Source: Royals Management projections.
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Unlevered FCF (ex. income from Ass .) 1,654 3,307 3,684 4,017 4,284 4,565
Share Repurchase — — — 523 1,868 1,995
Dividends (1,703) (3,406) (3,674) (3,912) (4,189) (4,463)
DPS ($1.82) ($1.96) ($2.11) ($2.29) ($2.48)
Debt 18,997 18,195 17,683 18,437 19,227
Cash (3,427) (3,427) (3,427) (3,427) (3,427)
Net Debt / EBITDA 2.4x 2.2x 2.0x 2.0x 2.0x
Memo:
Income from Associates 743 1,485 1,612 1,715 1,877 2,040
of which Royals comprises 1 569 1,137 1,243 1,324 1,463 1,601
Source: Royals Management projections.
Note: Figures based on Royals Management projections of Braves financials; Royals Management has provided five-year projections for Braves, which projections were based in part on certain financial information for Braves prepared by Braves Management and provided to Royals.
1 Based on 42% of Royals Management projected net income including $100m IFRS pension adjustments, net of 6.5% tax on dividends.
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%O/S in Braves %O/S in Royals %O/S of Royals Float3
Top 25 31.2% 33.4% 57.7% All Institutional 59.1% 45.0% 77.8% Braves Rank Investor2 % O/S
1 BlackRock 8.3% 2 Capital Group 5.9% 3 Reinet Investments S.C.A. 2.9% 4 Invesco 2.8% 5 Standard Bank Of South Africa 2.7%
6 Legal & General 2.5%
7 Vanguard 2.4%
8 Public Investment Corp. 2.3%
9 Credit Suisse 2.1%
10 UBS 1.7%
11 Prudential PLC 1.4%
12 Barclays 1.4%
13 BNY Mellon 1.3%
14 State Street 1.3%
15 Fidelity Management & Research 1.3%
16 Wellington Management 1.3%
17 Woodford Investment Mgmt. 1.1%
18 Allianz 1.1%
19 Vontobel Holding 1.1%
20 Aberdeen 1.1%
21 Cedar Rock Capital 1.0%
22 Nedbank 1.0%
23 Morgan Stanley 0.9%
24 Capita 0.8%
25 MFS 0.8% Braves Cross Holders
%O/S in Royals %O/S in Braves Top 25 25.6% 39.6% All Institutional 45.0% 59.1%
Source: Bloomberg, FactSet and public filings. Note: Market data as of 1/13/2017.
1 Excludes Braves’ holding in Royals (~42.2% / 601,368,171 shares).
2 Ownership stake based on basic shares outstanding and ADRs, consolidated across funds.
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9 Geode Cap a a age e 0.5% 73.3% 373 6,657
20 Goldman Sachs 0.5% Top 20 73.8% 361 6,452 +0.2%
21 Wells Fargo 0.4% 74.2% 349 6,231 +0.1%
22 TIAA 0.4% 74.6% 339 6,063 —
23 Eaton Vance 0.4% 75.0% 336 6,010 —
24 Epoch Investment Partners 0.4% 75.4% 320 5,715 (0.1%)
25 UBS 0.4% Top 25 75.8% 305 5,450 —
Total Ownership Breakdown1
Institutional
46.9%
Retail
10.8%
Other Insiders
Braves 0.1%
42.2%
Source: Bloomberg, FactSet, public filings and SharkWatch.
Note: Market data as of 1/13/2017. Ownership stake based on basic shares outstanding, consolidated across funds. Red, orange and yellow circles denote high, medium and low activism threats, respectively.
1 Reflects entire shareholder base, not just top 25 shareholders, as per FactSet holdings information.
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9 Vo tobe sset a age e t . % .7% , 59 0, 7 0. %
20 Aberdeen 1.1% Top 20 45.8% 1,137 19,733 +0.1%
21 Cedar Rock Capital 1.0% 46.8% 1,067 18,529 —
22 Nedbank 1.0% 47.7% 1,028 17,850 +1.0%
23 Morgan Stanley 0.9% 48.6% 945 16,412 (0.3%)
24 Capita 0.8% 49.4% 863 14,975 +0.1%
25 MFS 0.8% Top 25 50.2% 854 14,819 —
Total Ownership Breakdown1
Institutional
70.5%
Retail
23.8%
Insider
5.6%
Source: Bloomberg, FactSet, public filings and SharkWatch.
Note: Market data as of 1/13/2017. Ownership stake based on basic shares outstanding and ADRs, consolidated across funds. Red, orange and yellow circles denote high, medium and low activism threats, respectively.
1 Reflects entire shareholder base, not just top 25 shareholders, as per FactSet holdings information.
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2 Also includes transactions with consideration structure classified as “unknown” and “other”.
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Apr 09 PepsiCo Inc PepsiAmericas Inc 4,279 43% 43.4% 44.6%
Apr-09 Atlas America Inc Atlas Energy Resources LLC 1,268 48% 0.3% 7.5%
Sep-09 Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd Odyssey Re Holdings Corp 1,050 72% 29.4% 29.7%
Sep-09 SkyTerra Commun Inc SPV SkyTerra Communications Inc 1,232 44% 47.1% 72.4%
Nov-09 Berkshire Hathaw ay Inc Burlington Northern Santa Fe 35,948 22% 31.5% 30.5%
Jun-10 Jmc Communications LLC Mediacom Communications Corp 3,613 39% 64.2% 71.2%
Jun-10 Gerdau Steel North America Inc Gerdau Ameristeel Corp 1,607 66% 52.6% 55.9%
Feb-11 DEP Holdings LLC Duncan Energy Partners LP 1,045 59% 34.6% 34.7%
Jun-11 MacAndrew s & Forbes Hldg Inc M&F Worldw ide Corp 2,289 43% 47.4% 31.8%
Nov-12 Leucadia National Corp Jefferies Group Inc 2,561 29% 23.7% 17.0%
Dec-12 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold McMoRan Exploration Co 3,177 36% 0.0% 0.0%
Dec-12 Sprint Nextel Corp Clearw ire Corp 3,330 50% 108.3% 102.4%
Jun-13 Investor Group Dole Food Co Inc 1,018 38% 32.4% 45.6%
Aug-14 Kinder Morgan Inc El Paso Pipeline Partners LP 10,022 42% 15.4% 17.4%
Apr-15 Brookfield Asset Mgmt Inc GrafTech International Ltd 1,054 22% 14.3% 29.2%
Oct-15 Western Refining Inc Northern Tier Energy LP 1,737 38% 7.6% 5.6%
Jan-16 Brookfield Asset Mgmt Inc Rouse Properties Inc 2,378 32% 35.3% 29.3%
Jun-16 Riverstone Holdings LLC Talen Energy Corp 4,293 35% 17.3% 25.2%
Median 26.3% 29.2%
Mean 27.3% 30.4%
Source: Thomson SDC as of 1/13/17.
Note: Based on public targets, where significant shareholders with >20% ownership of the target acquires the remaining shares of the company.
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C 0/ 0 $5 .00 uy / 3/ 7 $5 .00 uy
BERENBERG 10/20 $54.00 Buy 1/3/17 $54.00 Buy —
Goldman Sachs 9/12 $53.00 Hold Rating Suspended
BARCLAYS 10/20 $52.00 Buy 11/15/16 $52.00 Buy —
Morgan Stanley 10/19 $52.00 Hold 11/14/16 $52.00 Hold —
UBS 10/20 $49.00 Hold 10/20/16 $49.00 Hold —
STIFEL 10/19 $47.00 Hold 10/21/16 $57.00 Hold +$10.00
Sell Neutral Buy Target Price Royals # of Brokers Covering Royals
1 Source: FactSet as of 1/13/17.
2 Source: Bloomberg.
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Jefferies 10/11 60.00 Buy 11/15 57.00 Buy (3.00)
Goldman Sachs 10/13 55.00 Buy Rating Suspended
J.P.Morgan 10/19 54.20 Buy Rating Suspended
CREDIT SUISSE 10/11 53.50 Buy 12/16 49.50 Buy (4.00)
UBS 7/5 53.00 Buy 7/5 53.00 Buy —
Investec 9/8 52.00 Buy 12/13 49.00 Buy (3.00)
SOCIETE GENERALE 10/6 52.00 Hold 11/18 54.00 Buy +2.00
BERENBERG 10/13 51.50 Hold 1/3/17 51.50 Hold —
Morgan Stanley 7/29 51.00 Hold 11/2 54.00 Buy +3.00
BARCLAYS 10/7 49.75 Hold 11/15 51.00 Hold +1.25
EXANE BNP PARIBAS 10/7 49.00 Hold 1/5 51.00 Hold +2.00
COWEN AND COMPANY 10/14 48.40 Hold 1/13 46.20 Hold (2.20)
RBC 10/14 43.00 Sell 1/13 44.00 Hold +1.00
1 Source: FactSet as of 1/13/17.
2 Source: Bloomberg.
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aves ,87 8 . %
Royals 437 18.9%
Total 2,312 100.0%
Consideration Mix
Stock 49.8%
Cash 50.2%
Cash per share $29.44
Braves Stock per Royals Share 0.5260x
Braves ADR per Royals Share 0.2630x
Illustrative Acquisition Debt Structure
$ (m) Est. Cost
U.K. 5.0 1.80%
U.S. 20.0 4.18%
Total $25.0 3.70%
1 Based on Braves’ ADR price of $115.21 as of the close of business on January 13, 2017.
2 1% of financing fees and ~$270m of other transaction costs.
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1 Source: Barra Beta (Predicted Global) as of December 31, 2016.
2 Unaffected equity values as of 10/20/16.
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Effective Tax Rate 29.0%
Risk-Free Rate of Return4 1.4%
Country Risk Premium 0.0%
Equity Risk Premium5 6.9%
Total Market Risk Premium 6.9%
Cost of Equity6 6.9%
Pre-Tax Cost of Debt7 2.6%
After-Tax Cost of Debt 1.8%
Implied WACC8 6.2%
Note: Please refer to page 49 for footnotes.
Sensitivity Range Implied Cost of Equity Implied WACC
Low High Low High Low High
25.0% 5.0% 5.1% 5.8%
0.400 0.700 5.2% 7.2% 4.7% 6.5%
5.0% 6.9% 5.0% 6.0% 4.6% 5.5%
3.0% 5.0% 5.4% 5.6%
Selected Range: 5.0% 6.0%
Sensitivity Range Implied Cost of Equity Implied WACC
Low High Low High Low High
25.0% 5.0% 5.7% 6.7%
0.600 1.000 5.5% 8.3% 5.0% 7.3%
0.0% 2.0% 6.9% 8.5% 6.2% 7.5%
5.0% 6.9% 5.4% 6.9% 4.9% 6.2%
1.0% 3.0% 6.0% 6.2%
Selected Range: 6.0% 7.0%
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Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Peer Median Royals Braves
Source: Barra as of December 31, 2016.
Note: Global Majors Peers index includes Braves, Imperial Brands, Japan Tobacco and Philip Morris.
U.S./European Peers index includes Altria, Royals, Scandinavian Tobacco Group and Swedish Match.
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Peer Median Royals Braves
Source: Barra as of December 31, 2016.
Note: Global Majors Peers index includes Braves, Imperial Brands, Japan Tobacco and Philip Morris.
U.S./European Peers index includes Altria, Royals, Scandinavian Tobacco Group and Swedish Match.
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