JTI's results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014

Pricing continues to drive earnings growth

 3 months quarter-to-date 2014 (April-June)

  • Core revenue grew 0.1%, due to strong price/mix, compensating for the volume decline.

  • At constant FX, core revenue increased by 3.3%, resulting in 9.4% growth in adjusted operating profit.

  • Despite improved shipment volume in France, Italy, Spain and Turkey, total and GFB shipment volumes declined 5.8% and 2.8%, respectively, due to industry contraction, primarily in Russia. Fine cut volume grew 15.7%, driven by our GFB growing 43.5%.

  • Year-on-year market share2increased in the key markets of France, Spain, Turkey and the UK. In Russia, share of value3was stable and GFB share of market continued to increase.

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