□ KT&G’s Q1 consolidated sales this year decreased by 6.8% year
over year, and operating income fell by 6.4% year over year. Consolidated net
profit increased by 6.5% year over year.
[Consolidated figures]
◦ Sales: ₩961.6 billion in Q1, 2012→ 896 billion in Q1, 2013, 6.8% ↓
◦ Operating Income: ₩265.9 billion in Q1, 2012 → 248.8 billion in
Q1, 2013, 6.4% ↓
◦ Net Profit: ₩186.3
billion in Q1, 2012→ ₩198.3 billion in Q1, 2013, 6.5% ↑
□ With respect to KT&G’s separate
figures, sales decreased by 0.5% year over year, while operating income and net
profit increased by 1.2% and 9.4% year over year, respectively.
[KT&G’s separate sales
figures]
◦ Sales: ₩583.4 billion in Q1, 2012→ ₩580.7 billion in Q1, 2013, 0.5% ↓
◦ Operating Income: ₩222.5 billion in Q1, 2012→ ₩225.1 billion in
Q1, 2013, 1.2% ↑
◦ Net Profit : ₩176.2
billion in Q1, 2012→ ₩192.8 billion in Q1, 2013, 9.4% ↑
□ KT&G’s Q1 market share accounted
for 63.6%, representing a significant increase of 4.2%p over Q4 of last year (59.4%),
and increased by 1.5%p year over year. Particularly since 2011, the rise in Q1
market share has continued for two years in a row, which is attributable to the
successful market entry of our major products made with technologies
differentiated from those of the competition and to company-wide quality control
efforts.
[KT&G’s Market Share]
◦ 58.0%('11.Q1) → 62.1%('12.Q1) → 63.6%('13.Q1)
[Market Share by Major Brand]
◦ ESSE : 24.2%('11.Q1) → 25.8%('12.Q1) → 26.3%('13.Q1)
◦ THE ONE : 6.8%('11.Q1) → 7.5%('12.Q1) → 7.6%('13.Q1)
◦ RAISON : 4.8%('11.Q1) → 5.3%('12.Q1) → 5.8%('13.Q1)
◦ BOHEM : 1.3%('11.Q1) → 2.4%('12.Q1) → 3.4%('13.Q1)
□ Our subsidiary Korea Ginseng
Corporation’s first quarter sales, operating income, and net profit fell by
19.3%, 36.5%, 30.7% year over year, respectively.
[KGC’s separate figures]
◦ Sales: ₩250.3 billion in Q1, 2012→ ₩201.9 billion in Q1, 2013, 19.3% ↓
◦ Operating Income: ₩59.8 billion in Q1, 2012→ ₩38 billion in Q1,
2013, 36.5% ↓
◦ Net Profit: ₩45.4
billion in Q1, 2012 → ₩31.5 billion in Q1, 2013, 30.7% ↓
