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16 July 2013 Asia Pacific/Australia Equity Research Beer & Alcoholic Beverages (Food & Beverage (AU))

Treasury Wine

(.AX / TWE AU) Rating UNDERPERFORM* COMPANY UPDATE

Price (16 Jul 13, $) 4.73 Target price (A$) 4.10¹ Market cap. (A$mn) 3,061.38 Executive remuneration may contribute to Yr avg. mthly trading (A$mn) 455 Last month's trading (A$mn) 469 share price overhang Projected return: Capital gain (%) -13.3 ■ Increasingly asset consultants are scrutinising fund manager Dividend yield (net %) 3.6 Total return (%) -9.7 portfolios. If a fund manager cannot give testimony that companies 52-week price range 6.4 - 4.3 within its portfolio practice sound corporate governance then the investment

* Stock ratings are relative to the relevant country benchmark. must carry additional justification. If no such alternative justification exists, then ¹Target price is for 12 months. a company may become, in funds management vernacular, “uninvestible.” Research Analysts This characterisation can become a stock overhang for many years. Larry Gandler 61 3 9280 1855 ■ TWE makes short-term incentive payments on global Group EBIT. [email protected] TWE announced that Group FY13 EBITS will about A$216mn unadjusted Benjamin Levin for provisions made to relieve distributors of surplus stock. We argue that 61 3 9280 1766 [email protected] EBITS should be adjusted downward rather than treat costs that were within management’s control ‘below-the-line'. This would result in no FY13 ESG analyst payments of short-term incentives. Equally, the long-term incentive plan needs to include such adjustments. Sandra McCullagh 61 2 8205 4729 ■ TWE has the opportunity as a nascent ASX-listed company to establish [email protected] a reputation for sound governance. If TWE’s Board does not adjust its FY13 EBITS calculation to include provisions for distributor discounts it will be in effect, condoning management practices that has led to poor operating performance. Moreover, TWE’s Board needs to improve its oversight of distributor inventories. In the absence of such actions, investors and asset consultants may lose confidence in the company’s Board thereby inhibiting share price appreciation. ■ Our DCF-based valuation is A$4.10.

Total return forecast in perspective Financial and valuation metrics

120% Year 06/12A 06/13E 06/14E 06/15E 100% Revenue (A$mn) 1,640.8 1,663.7 1,740.9 1,890.3 80% EBITDA (A$mn) 277.2 285.9 328.6 412.9 60% EBIT (A$mn) 209.5 212.9 243.1 321.4 40% Net income (A$mn) 136.5 134.1 156.4 207.1 20% Mean^ EPS (CS adj.) (Ac) 20.97 20.51 23.92 31.66 0% Sh Prc CS tgt^ -20% Change from previous EPS (%) n.a. — — — -40% Consensus EPS (Ac) n.a. 21.10 27.10 30.30 12mth Volatility* 52wk Hi-Lo IBES Consensus EPS growth (%) -35.9 -2.2 16.6 32.4 target return^ P/ (x) 22.6 23.1 19.8 14.9

Dividend (Ac) 13.00 14.00 17.00 22.00 Performance over 1M 3M 12M Dividend yield (%) 2.7 3.0 3.6 4.7 Absolute (%) -20.2 -20.1 5.3 P/B (x) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Relative (%) -24.2 -19.6 -16.0 Net debt/equity (%) 1.3 0.2 2.4 1.9

Relative performance versus S&P ASX 200.See Reference Source: Company data, ASX, Credit Suisse estimates, * Adj. for goodwill, notional interest and unusual items. Relative P/E against Appendix for a description of the chart. Source: Credit Suisse ASX/S&P200 based on pre GW in AUD. Company calculation is based on displayed EPS Currency estimates, * Consensus, mean range from Thomson Reuters

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Figure 1: Financial summary

Treasury Wine (TWE) 2011 2012 2013 Year2014 ending 302015 Jun 2011 2012 In AUDmn,2013 unless otherwise2014 stated2015 Profit & Loss 06/11A 06/12A 06/13E 06/14E 06/15E Share Price: A$4.80 16/07/2013 17:50 Sales revenue 1,737.5 1,640.8 1,663.7 1,740.9 1,890.3 RATINGRating UNDERPERFORM EBITDA(s) Pre-SGARA 266.0 277.2 285.9 328.6 412.9 TARGETTarget Price A$ 4.10 Depr. & Amort. 71.9 67.7 73.0 85.5 91.5 TP_UPSIDE*100vs Share price % -14.58 EBIT(s) Pre-SGARA 194.1 209.5 212.9 243.1 321.4 VALUATIONDCF A$ 4.30 SGARA adjustment pre-tax 24.1 23.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.Its engaged in international wine business with a portfolio of wines. EBIT 170.0 186.1 212.9 243.1 321.4 Its business is structured into four regions: Australia and New Zealand (ANZ); Americas; Net interest 53.3 6.3 11.2 6.2 7.6 Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific. Reported PBT 116.7 179.8 201.8 236.9 313.8 Income tax 20.4 60.7 68.6 80.6 106.7 Earnings 06/11A 06/12A 06/13E 06/14E 06/15E Profit after tax 96.3 119.1 133.2 156.4 207.1 c_EPS_SHARESEquiv. FPO (period avg.) mn 348.2 650.7 653.6 653.9 654.2 Associates 1.1 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.0 c_EPS*100EPS (Normalised) c 32.7 21.0 20.5 23.9 31.7 Minorities 0.3 -0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 EPS_GROWTH*100EPS Growth % -35.9 -2.2 16.6 32.4 Unusual item after tax -33.0 -30.1 6.3 0.0 0.0 IBES_EPS_MEAN*100Consensus EPS c 20.8 21.0 25.8 29.0 Reported NPAT 64.1 90.0 140.4 156.4 207.1 IBES_EBT_MEANConsensus EBITDA mn 277.9 290.6 340.9 380.0 SGARA adjustment after tax 16.9 16.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 c_DPS*100DPS c 6.0 13.0 14.0 17.0 22.0 Unusual item after tax 33.0 30.1 -6.3 0.0 0.0 c_PAYOUT*100Dividend Payout % 18.3 62.0 68.3 71.1 69.5 Normalised NPAT 114.0 136.5 134.1 156.4 207.1 c_FCF_PS*100Free CFPS c 31.0 23.3 14.6 30.2 33.5 Balance Sheet 06/11A 06/12A 06/13E 06/14E 06/15E Valuation Cash & equivalents 64.8 28.6 29.3 18.0 17.0 c_PEP/E x 14.7 22.9 23.4 20.1 15.2 Inventories 768.5 711.5 751.4 786.3 788.8 c_EBIT_MULTIPLE_CURREV/EBIT x 16.4 15.0 14.6 13.1 9.9 Receivables 451.6 445.2 454.4 468.1 489.7 c_EBITDA_MULTIPLE_CUEV/EBITDA x 12.0 11.3 10.9 9.7 7.7 Other current assets 13.1 15.0 14.8 14.7 16.3 c_DIV_YIELD*100Dividend Yield % 1.3 2.7 2.9 3.5 4.6 Current assets 1,298.0 1,200.3 1,249.9 1,287.1 1,311.8 c_FCF_YIELD*100FCF Yield % 6.5 4.9 3.0 6.3 7.0 Property, plant & equip. 1,093.2 1,126.7 1,184.4 1,247.5 1,305.0 c_PBPrice to Book x 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 Intangibles 927.1 932.6 926.6 917.6 908.6 Returns Other non-current assets 385.4 561.2 588.3 544.6 569.5 c_ROE*100Return on Equity % 4.0 4.6 4.3 5.0 6.5 Non-current assets 2,405.7 2,620.5 2,699.3 2,709.7 2,783.1 c_I_NPAT/c_I_SALES*100Profit Margin % 6.6 8.3 8.1 9.0 11.0 Total assets 3,703.7 3,820.8 3,949.1 3,996.8 4,094.8 c_I_SALES/c_B_TOT_ASSAsset Turnover x 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 Payables 369.2 464.0 454.2 435.6 455.9 c_ASSETS/c_EQ_COMMONEquity Multiplier x 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 Interest bearing debt 137.1 65.7 36.1 92.3 77.7 c_ROA*100Return on Assets % 3.1 3.6 3.4 3.9 5.1 Other liabilities 320.6 351.8 350.6 350.7 357.3 c_ROIC*100Return on Invested Cap. % 5.4 4.7 4.5 5.0 6.5 Total liabilities 826.9 881.5 840.9 878.6 890.9 Gearing Net assets 2,876.8 2,939.3 3,108.2 3,118.2 3,204.0 c_GEARING*100Net Debt to Net debt + Equity% 2.5 1.2 0.2 2.3 1.9 Ordinary equity 2,872.5 2,935.5 3,104.3 3,114.3 3,200.1 c_NET_DEBT/c_I_EBITDANet Debt to EBITDA x 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 Minority interests 4.3 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 c_I_EBITDA/Int Cover c_I_NET_INTEREST(EBITDA/Net Int.) x 5.0 44.0 25.6 53.3 54.2 Preferred capital 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 c_I_EBIT/Int Cover c_I_NET_INTEREST (EBIT/Net Int.) x 3.6 33.3 19.1 39.4 42.2 Total shareholder funds 2,876.8 2,939.3 3,108.2 3,118.2 3,204.0 (c_C_CAPEX/c_I_SALES)*-100Capex to Sales % 4.3 4.3 4.5 8.0 7.4 Net debt 72.3 37.1 6.8 74.3 60.7 (c_C_CAPEX/c_I_DEPR)*-100Capex to Depreciation % 103.6 105.6 111.6 182.6 169.6 Cashflow 06/11A 06/12A 06/13E 06/14E 06/15E Segmentals EBIT 194.1 209.5 212.9 243.1 321.4 EBIT (S) Pre SGARA Net interest -24.4 -6.8 -11.2 -6.2 -7.6 c_I_EBIT_AUSAustralia Wine 95.2 108.2 106.8 126.4 131.6 Depr & Amort 71.9 67.7 73.0 85.5 91.5 % chg 13.7% -1.3% 18.3% 4.1% Tax paid -4.7 -59.9 -48.8 -60.6 -86.7 c_I_SALES_AUS % sales 16.5% 18.8% 18.2% 20.3% 20.6% Working capital 9.5 -9.8 -101.1 5.8 -45.0 c_I_EBIT_NORTH_AMERNorth America 92.2 79.1 73.5 37.1 92.0 Other -108.8 -21.1 0.3 -14.2 1.3 % chg -14.3% -7.1% -49.5% 147.9% Operating cashflow 137.6 179.6 125.1 253.5 274.9 c_I_SALES_NORTH_AMER % sales 11.9% 11.2% 10.6% 5.7% 12.4% Capex -74.3 -69.8 -74.7 -139.6 -139.9 c_I_EBIT_EUROPEEurope 6.5 5.7 14.4 42.5 48.8 Capex - expansionary -44.6 -41.9 -44.8 -83.8 -83.9 % chg -11.8% 152.8% 195.1% 14.8% Capex - maintenance -29.7 -27.9 -29.9 -55.9 -56.0 c_I_SALES_EUROPE % sales 2.1% 2.3% 5.9% 14.6% 15.8% Acquisitions & Invest 0.0 -14.7 -48.7 0.0 0.0 c_I_EBIT_ASIAAsia 27.4 41.2 54.9 78.6 90.9 Asset sale proceeds 13.7 6.6 -1.2 0.0 0.0 % chg 50.4% 33.2% 43.2% 15.6% Other 0.8 31.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 c_I_SALES_ASIA % sales 33.5% 38.8% 40.6% 45.2% 45.5% Investing cashflow -59.8 -46.7 -123.5 -139.6 -139.9 c_I_EBIT_OTHERCorporate -27.2 -24.7 -36.7 -41.6 -41.9 Dividends paid 0.0 -77.7 -84.1 -116.5 -116.6 c_I_EBITTotal EBIT(S) 194.1 209.5 212.9 243.1 321.4 Equity raised -2.5 -2.8 0.9 1.7 1.7 Net borrowings -62.5 -90.4 82.4 -10.3 -21.1 c_PUB_DRIVER_AUDUSDAUDUSD 0.9876 1.0317 1.0308 0.8982 0.8764 Other 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 c_PUB_DRIVER_AUDGBPAUDGBP 0.6205 0.6511 0.6519 0.5817 0.5685 Financing cashflow -65.0 -171.2 -0.9 -125.1 -136.0 Total cashflow 12.8 -38.3 0.7 -11.3 -1.0 Adjustments -5.4 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 Source: Company data, Credit Suisse estimates

Treasury Wine (TWE.AX / TWE AU) 2 16 July 2013

Management FY13 EBITS does not represent true underlying performance On Monday, TWE announced it would take a provision against goods sold to wholesalers that have become surplus stock and now need to be destroyed. Simultaneously, TWE announced that it had achieved an FY13 EBITS of approximately A$216mn, in-line with analyst consensus forecast – essentially reflecting mid-single digit EBITS growth. Presumably, given that TWE’s earnings guidance was given emphasis in the ASX announcement -- it was the first sentence -- TWE’s Board would have ratified that profit figure. TWE announced total write downs and prospective lost revenue of A$200mn including A$40mn of additional discounts and rebates paid to US wholesalers to accelerate the sale of surplus inventory. Surely, it is reasonable to qualify FY13’s EBITS achievement given it resulted in surplus stock amongst TWE customers. Yet, if the EBITS referred to in the ASX release is defined in the same way as EBITS in TWE’s remuneration policy (and it was in FY12) then it is probable that the Board regards management as achieving the company’s internal FY13 financial objectives. TWE’s internal FY13 financial objectives have not yet been disclosed but the company has issued guidance to investors of mid-single digit EBIT growth. Often remuneration targets are set below investor guidance. Although, TWE’s FY13 EBITS estimate and material items remain subject to external audit, the indication that wholesaler rebates would be taken as a below-the-line provision is different accounting treatment than prior years. TWE announced that “it expects to provide for” A$40mn of rebates to be paid to distributors to assist them in the movement of surplus stock. In FY09, the rebates were treated differently. Here, is the FY09 language. Foster’s has completed an extensive review of distributor inventories and incentive structures and has implemented initiatives to improve logistics efficiencies and distributor inventory reporting. The review process identified an under accrual of distributor rebates of $17.7 million relating to shipments in prior years. The charge has been recognised in the current period as information relating to the under accrual was not previously available. (Fosters FY09 Results Announcement) In FY09, the accrual was netted off sales and impacted above-the-line EBITS. Investors would likely be concerned that the Board may have made exception for these material items even though these provisions actually related to FY13 operating performance when calculating whether the company’s goals have been met. TWE’s Short Term Incentive Plan (STIP) Now Based 100% on Group EBIT For FY13, TWE changed the STIP such that all direct reports to the CEO and Resource Allocation Group will have 100% of their STIP outcome tied to the achievement of the Global EBITS outcome. In essence, TWE replaced regional EBITS performance component with global Group EBITS performance. In addition to the difficulties of allocating global brand marketing expenses, we suspect TWE did this because many of the company’s most highly profitable products are fungible across geographies. Allocations of high-end wines are often re-assigned from one region to another. Sometimes, luxury wine ordered in London by a wholesaler, generating profit for the EMEA region was later shipped into China. Should EMEA get credit for the sale in that case? The disadvantage of emphasising Group EBITS over regional EBITS is that if a particular regional profit disruption is so material that overall Group EBIT is impacted, then no executive in the Group may be eligible for the STIP.

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This could be the dilemma that confronts TWE’s Board. If it marks down Group EBITS some regional executives may get penalised undeservingly. Hence, the Board may have created an exception to EBITS for these provisions. TWE’s remuneration policy states: The financial measure is Earnings Before Interest, Tax and SGARA (EBITS), excluding material items. The Board chose this measure as it considers the profitability of the Group as a critical driver of shareholder return, and a single metric provides greater clarity between performance and payout. In addition, operating profit (excluding interest and tax) is considered within management’s control and therefore is an appropriate measure to motivate the right management behaviours. We dwell on the last point about operating profit as a measure within management control that motivates the right management behaviours. It seems that management and the board, by implication that the provisions were excluded from EBITS, believe the 1.5mn to 2.0mn case surplus stock issue was due to events outside management control. We do not share that view. Company explanations of ambitions forecasting, changes to distributor logistics systems and old, aged stock are either overstatements or actually inside management control. The underlying cause of distributors carrying excess stock is that TWE’s brands no longer appeal to the consumer at the price on offer. Brand equity and innovation is inside management’s control. If the TWE Board excludes the write downs that relate to the destruction of wine and rebates to relieve distributors of excess inventory from the STIP calculation of EBITS it is condoning the type of short-term management practices that TWE has engaged in the last three years. If the Board adjusts EBITS for the provisions, STIP’s may not be paid across the Group. In FY12, the Group EBITS result was $210.2mn, an increase of $32.9mn in constant currency terms from the prior year result. This allowed the payment of 64.8% of individuals’ stretch STIP opportunity attributable to the Group reported EBITS result. (We should highlight that TWE incurred A$40mn of significant costs “below-the-line” in FY12.) Adjusting FY13 EBITS would result in an outcome below FY12. TWE’s Annual Report states: If prior year EBITS performance is not exceeded, no payments are made (even if individual KPO performance objectives have been achieved) – .e., the business multiplier in the STIP methodology will be zero. EBITS performance is calculated at the end of the financial year. Similar adjustments needed on TWE's long-term incentive plan Equally, we also highlight the long-term incentive plan for the CEO, which has 50% of the FY12 award based on EPS growth of 5-15%, needs to be adjusted for the provisions as we regard these as inside management's control. Currently, the long-term incentive plan allows for Board discretion to adjust the EPS performance conditions to ensure the CEO 'is neither penalised nor provided with a windfall benefit arising from matters outside management's control that affect EPS (for example, by excluding one-off non-recurrent items..)". TWE poorly rated on ESG with further downside concerns TWE is rated poorly at B by MSCI ESG. This is the second-lowest rating (lowest is CCC). However, this rating does not factor in possible investor concerns over governance at TWE. To maintain its ESG rating (recently reviewed), TWE needs to apply its remuneration policy consistently to FY13 operating performance. In the absence of this, MSCI may downgrade its high 8.5 out of 10 for governance, possibly pushing the overall rating to CCC.

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In terms of target price and rating, our UNDERPERFORM rating for TWE is largely based on a valuation that already factors in continuing sub-par performance of its North American operations. Our valuation attempts to incorporate a realistic value for the North American business, which is difficult to restore to its previous value. As such this goes well beyond just ESG concerns. TWE remains a key short in our ESG overlay portfolio As we have a short call on TWE and it rates poorly on ESG, with a weak B rating by MSCI, we have had TWE in our ESG portfolio as a short since we started our key ESG calls back in September 2012.

Figure 2: Credit Suisse ESG view on TWE MSCI IVA (ESG) Rating B Credit Suisse View TP ESG Risk (%): 0 10.0 TP Risk Comment: We do not incorporate any downside risks 9.0 into our TWE valuation related to ESG issues 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 MSCI IVA Risk: Negative 2.0 MSCI IVA Risk Comment: We believe there is downside risk to 1.0 the B rating due to Governance concerns around Board 0.0 oversight issues such as the surplus stock Environment Social Governance

Stock Local Sector Country Global Sector

Source: MSCI ESG Research Source: Company data, Credit Suisse estimates

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Reference Appendix Our new “Total return forecast in perspective” chart helps visualize Credit Suisse and consensus views of a company’s 12-month return within the context of forecasting risks and its historical trading pattern: 12mth Volatility is calculated as the annualised standard deviation of weekly total return series over the past 12 months. It illustrates variability of stock returns; in other words, risk. The way to think about it is that one would rather take 10% forecast return from a stock that has 20% volatility, than from the stock that has 40% volatility. The shaded area shows the one standard deviation range based on past 12 months volatility. In statistical terms, once you make a number of brave assumptions, there is a 68% probability that the share price will end up inside that range in 12 months time. 52wk Hi-Lo is maximum and minimum daily closing price over the past 52 weeks. It is often handy to know the price momentum especially when the stock is trading close to its highs and lows: Is the stock trading close to its peak? Is the momentum against the stock? *Consensus is IBES consensus supplied by Thomson Reuters. IBES is a survey of sell side research analysts, collecting a few dozen data points such as EPS, DPS, Sales, Target Price, ROE and so on. *Mean is the average of target returns, while the shaded area around the mean represents the range of estimates from the lowest to the highest estimate. This aids visualisation of a number of important factors such as: the range of analyst estimates; where Credit Suisse’s estimates on this stock sit relative to consensus; and where the share price is relative to consensus mean and consensus range target. Target return is calculated as capital gain plus forecast dividend yield (net) over the next 12 months. For “CS tgt” we have used Credit Suisse’s target price and Credit Suisse forecast for 12-month forward dividend, grossed up for franking. For the consensus mean and range, we have used consensus target price and consensus dividend forecasts for 12 month forward.

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Companies Mentioned (Price as of 16-Jul-2013) Treasury Wine (TWE.AX, A$4.8, UNDERPERFORM, TP A$4.1)

Disclosure Appendix

Important Global Disclosures I, Larry Gandler, certify that (1) the views expressed in this report accurately reflect my personal views about all of the subject companies and securities and (2) no part of my compensation was, is or will be directly or indirectly related to the specific recommendations or views expressed in this report.

3-Year Price and Rating History for Treasury Wine (TWE.AX)

TWE.AX Closing Price Target Price Date (A$) (A$) Rating 10-May-11 3.36 2.50 * 11-May-11 3.52 * 22-Aug-11 3.17 2.65 U 17-Feb-12 3.70 2.80 17-Aug-12 4.58 3.50 17-Apr-13 5.92 3.60 08-Jul-13 5.80 4.60 15-Jul-13 5.11 4.10 * Asterisk signifies initiation or assumption of coverage. UNDERPERFORM

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Price Target: (12 months) for Treasury Wine (TWE.AX) Method: Our discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation analysis for TWE.AX is based on Credit Suisse's exchange rate assumptions which generally applies the forward curve and incorporates a cost of capital of 9.5%. The competitive advantage period, whereby the company exceeds the cost of capital is 30 years. The company's cash flows, because they are predisposed to exchange rate movements, are expected to have an equity beta of 1.2x. Our target price is $4.10. Risk: The key risks to TWE achieving our A$4.10 target price relates to US wine pricing and Australian wine pricing exceeding our expectations in 2014 and 2015. The AUD could fall against the USD and GBP and that could cause TWE to continue to trade higher than our valuation.

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