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Altria Financial Data Disclosure
SABMiller plc
JSEALPHA CODE: SAB
ISSUER CODE: SOSAB
ISIN CODE: GB0004835483
Altria Financial Data Disclosure
Today, Altria Group, Inc. (Altria) has released its results for the fiscal year and the fiscal
quarter ended 31 December 2015. Altria's results include a reference to earnings for the
quarters and twelve-month periods ended 31 December 2015 and 2014 from Altria's
approximate 27% economic and voting investment in SABMiller plc, expressed in US GAAP
at prevailing exchange rates.
The amount disclosed for the year ended 31 December 2015 is US$757 million (year ended
31 December 2014: US$1,006 million). The amount disclosed for the quarter ended 31
December 2015 is US$211 million (quarter ended 31 December 2014: US$253 million).
Investors should note that these financial results are derived from management accounts,
have not been audited and may be subject to change. There are a number of differences
concerning the timing of recognition of results as well as differences relating to the accounting
treatment of share-based payments, exceptional items, the definition of the US GAAP
statutory earnings as reported by Altria compared with SABMiller’s results as reported under
IFRS, as well as the inclusion within Altria’s earnings of the impact of the change in Altria’s
investment in SABMiller following the issue of new SABMiller shares pursuant to share option
exercises, and the purchase of SABMiller shares by the trustee of the SABMiller Employees’
Benefit Trust.
Stephen Shapiro
Group Company Secretary
28 January 2016
Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd
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