What Is Single Malt Whisky? Single Malt Whisky Is Whisky Produced from Only Water and Malted Barley at a Single Distillery by Batch Distillation in Pot Stills

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What Is Single Malt Whisky? Single Malt Whisky Is Whisky Produced from Only Water and Malted Barley at a Single Distillery by Batch Distillation in Pot Stills ALL THINGS WONDERFUL IN TASMANIAN SINGLE MALT WHISKY Business Update March 2018 1 CAPITAL STRUCTURE Capital Structure 12 Month Share Price Chart(3) (as at 5 February 2018) (A$'000) Shares outstanding(1) 426,295 0.041 2,500 Performance rights and options(1) 20,571 0.039 2,000 Cash balance, at 31 December 2017(2) 466 0.037 Share price $0.035 per share 0.035 1,500 Undiluted market capitalisation 14,920 0.033 Convertible notes c.$5,000 1,000 Fully diluted market capitalization 19,920 0.031 52 week share price range: 0.029 500 …Low 0.026 0.027 …High 0.040 0.025 0 Substantial Shareholders(3) AWY volume (000's) (RHS) AWY share price ($/share) Bruce Neill 16.8% Chris Malcolm 14.7% Terry Cuthbertson 11.9% Elvington Investments Pty Ltd 7.9% Source (1) Appendix 3B, 22 December 2017 (2) Appendix 4C, 31 December 2017 (3) IRESS market data, 1 March 2018 2 OUR VISION & BACKGROUND At Australian Whisky Holdings, our vision is to commercialise the Tasmanian artisan, single malt whisky industry to capitalise on the rapidly growing worldwide demand for premium single malt whisky. Australian Whisky production started in 1992 by Bill Lark in Hobart. Bill was inducted into the whisky magazines hall of fame in March 2015 for services to Australian whisky. Bill Lark helped establish a number of distilleries in Tasmania which remains the heart of the Australian whisky industry. Tasmanian-based Lark won the World Whisky Awards London 2009 followed by a number of subsequent wins for Tasmanian whisky at whisky competitions around the world it became clear that Tasmania is a serious player in the world whisky market. 3 AWH – HOW WE ADD VALUE INVESTMENT CAPEX TO SCALE PRODUCTION Award Winning Single Malt Whisky MANAGEMENT MANAGE BUSINESS & CASHFLOW PRODUCE CONSISTENT PRODUCTION MARKETING TYPICAL DISTILLERY OPERATIONS DIGITAL & TRADITIONAL MARKETING Global Market • Poor cash flow • No capital to scale SALES • Variable output E-COMMERCE PLATFORMS • Limited sales & marketing • Limited management DISTRIBUTION • Limited access to global markets GEO HUBS & PREMIUM PARTNERS 4 AWH ACHIEVEMENTS SO FAR Feb 2014 - Acquired 32% of Lark Distillery ― Expanded whisky production ― Advise on financial management and put in place financial controls and costing systems ― Secretarial services ― Re-launched the Lark Gin with a new name ‘Forty Spotted’ ― Provided funding to meet the majority of Lark and Overeem expansion plans ― Moved Lark into a position of generating profits from operations Mar 2016 - Acquired 12% Redlands Distillery, the only paddock to bottle single malt whisky distiller in Australia Apr 2016 - Commenced implementation of the strategy to established independent bottling operation through the purchase of 32 barrels of “new make” from Archie Rose Distilling Co. Aug 2016 - Increased holdings in Lark Distillery from 32.8% to 48.1% Feb 2017 - AWH Acquired the Nant Estate Jul 2017 - Acquired brand and distillery assets of Nant Established plan to upgrade the Nant Estate Distillery production from 8 barrel per week to 14 barrels per week; 5 WHERE IS AWH Location: Bothwell Location: Kempton AWH Sydney Head Office AWH interests Location: Cambridge Nant Distillery ( Redlands Distillery Overeem Distillery Lark Distillery Location: Sydney AWH Sydney Head Office Hobart Location: Hobart 6 AWH GROUP STRUCTURE AWH Asia and China distribution hubs Australian Whisky Holdings Ltd facilitated via 100% owned subsidiaries (ASX Code AWY) 100% 48.12% 12% 100% 100% Nant Business & Assets Lark Distillery Pty Ltd Redlands Estate Distiller Pty Ltd Barrel Management & Buyback Montec International (HK) Ltd 100% 100% 100% Beijing Montec Commercial Ltd Overeem Whisky Pty Ltd Nant held via 100% owned subsidiary AWH Bothwell Pty Ltd Barrel management held via 100% owned subsidiary AWH Management Pty Ltd 7 OUR WHISKY BRANDS 8 FORTY SPOTTED GIN Gin Production – 5 fold increase in production with new still 3 month to commission Improved quality – due to ‘steam jacketed’ still 9 NANT ESTATE AWARDS Between 2013 and 2018 Nant has received more than 10 Gold and Silver awards for its whisky varieties from the World Spirit Awards & China Wine and Spirit Awards Port Cask 43% Pinot Noir Cask 63% Double Gold – 2018 CWSA Double Gold – 2016 CWSA Silver – 2016 CWSA Port Cask 63% Silver – 2015 World Spirit Awards 94 Points ‘Liquid Gold’ – Jim Murray’s Whisky Silver – 2013 China Wine & Spirit Awards Bible 92.5 Points – Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible Silver – 2013 CWSA Sherry Cask 43% Sherry Cask 63% Gold – 2018 CWSA Double Gold – 2016 CWSA Gold – 2016 CWSA Gold – 2013 CWSA Gold – 2015 World Spirit Awards 86.5 Points – Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible Bourbon Cask 43% Pinot Noir Cask 43% Double Gold – 2018 CWSA Gold – 2016 CWSA Double Gold – 2016 CWSA Silver – 2015 World Spirit Awards 10 LARK, OVEREEM & REDLANDS DISTILLERY AWARDS Overeem Distillery Lark Distillery Redlands Distillery 2017 World Whisky Awards 2014 Best Australian Distiller 2017 Australian Distilled Spirits Category Single Malt - Gold Medal Small Cask Aged, Sherry Cask, Cask 412 Awards Port Cask Matured 43% (OHD-099) 2014 National Champion Whisky Trophy 2017 World Whisky Awards Royal Melbourne Fine Spirits/Foods Awards Redlands Distillery Cask Category Single Malt - Gold Medal Small Cask Aged, Sherry Cask, Cask 412 Lark Strength Single Malt Whisky – Limited Release (OHD-100) - Red Wine Cask 43% 2014 Winners of the Telstra Tasmanian Bronze Medal Small Business Award 2017 Southern Stars of Tourism Lark Distillery 2011 International Whisky Competition Chicago Awarded the Nova - New 2017 World Whisky Awards Whisky of the Year - Gold Medal Business Award Category Single Malt - Silver Medal Lark Small Port Cask Aged Cask Strength 2016 Australian Distilled Spirits Limited Release LD670 - Bourbon Cask Heavily 2010 International Whisky Competition Chicago Awards Peated Cask Strength - Silver Medal Single Barrel (or Cask) Whisky 2016 World Whisky Awards 43% Single Cask Release, Single Malt - Silver Medal Category Best Australian Single Cask Single Malt Single Malt No Age - Bronze Medal Redlands Single Malt Whisky - Gold Medal 43% Single Cask Release, Single Malt Port Cask Heavily Peated Islands - Silver Medal 2016 Australian Distilled Spirits Awards 43% Single Cask Release, Single Malt Single Malt Whisky - Bronze Medal Young Whisky - Silver Medal Cask Strength, 58% ABV 43% Single Cask Release, Single Malt Whisky 2015 Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2009 World Whisky Awards London 2009 94 points - Liquid Gold status Best ‘other’ Single Malt Whisky 2009 LD100 Single Malt Cask Strength 11 SINGLE MALT WHISKY The single malt whisky market is booming right now! Strong growth is forecast to continue… What is single malt whisky? Single malt whisky is whisky produced from only water and malted barley at a single distillery by batch distillation in pot stills. What makes our Tasmanian single malt whisky so special? Tasmanian grown brewing barley is a key ingredient that brings a richness of malt and flavour to our whisky… married with the Tasmanian climate, pristine waters and high altitudes these factors create award winning whiskies in the style of Scottish whiskies. 12 TASMANIAN WHISKY TAKING THE WORLD 13 BOOMING GLOBAL SINGLE MALT WHISKY MARKET 2016 Single Malt Scotch Whisky (Exported from Scotland) . Exports surpassed GBP1 billion (AUD 1.68B) for the first time in history . Volume up by 10% . Revenue up by 11.8% indicating continued premiumisation . 26% of the total Scotch whisky export market (compared with blended and bulk) Scotch Whisky Exports 2016 – Analysis 28 Apr 2017 14 INTERNATIONAL MARKET SIZE • Total Australian FY18 estimated production is tiny compared to estimated FY18 • AWH FY18 production is expected to be global market consumption only ~4% of total estimated Australian • Market is projected to grow by 25% between 2014 and 20201 Whisky consumption • Opportunity for Australia to grow with market Total Global Whisky Total Australian consumption in FY18 consumption in is estimated to be 2018 is estimated approximately 90.2 to be only 1.7 million litres million litres Global Whisky Consumption (litres) Australian Whisky Consumption (litres) Australian Whisky Consumption (litres) AWH estimated production Source 1) Deloittes Agribusiness/ Scottish Whisky Association & Deloittes industry report Source; Scotch Whisky Magazine Becky Paskin April 2016 Notes FY14-FY20 global market forecast to grow by 25.5% / Australian market forecast to grow by 55.4% (FY18 estimation has been extrapolated in a linear method using total growth 15 WHISKY MAKING PROCESS Preparing the grain Mashing Fermentation Distilling 16 CAPTURING THE VALUE CHAIN $28,415 - $69,875 (215 bottles @ rrp of $132 - $325 ) AWH’s value proposition is the minimum 11x value uplift ($2,000 to $22,000) over the 5 - 6 year ageing process… $325 The aim is to capture an even greater proportion of the value chain by direct selling of bottled product to export markets $255 $132 Bottle Price Range Ageing (approximately 5 – 6 years for 100L Barrel ) Bottling 17 NANT PRODUCTION AND AGED INVENTORY VALUE PROFILES Current maturation profile and value 3,000 $50.0 KEY POINTS 2,500 $40.0 • Value of barrel inventory increases significantly 416 416 256 401 during maturation cycle 2,000 383 401 416 416 416 $30.0 134 366 Using theoretical straight line increase from $2,000 1,500 401 416 416 416 416 134 $20.0 to $28,415 ($132 per bottle) over approx. 5 years 314 1,000 401 416 416 416 416 416 $ (M) Barrels 134 From FY18 through FY22 – mature inventory 166 401 416 416 416 416 416 416
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