SOUTH AFRICAN BREWERIES PLC
London and Johannesburg, 15th January 2002, South African Breweries plc, the
leading brewer in developing markets, today issued the following trading
update.
The company wishes to update the market on South African trading conditions
following the peak December trading period. Beer South Africa's volumes
remain slightly ahead of last year's on a year to date basis, and we believe
that ABI's volume growth for the full year will be similar to that achieved
at the half.
At the time of the Interim Announcement in November 2001, segmental
information for the SABI Europe and Africa & Asia operations was provided.
For completeness the following segmental sales volume figures are now given
for the preceding year:
1st H 2001* 2nd H 2001* 1st H 2002
(hl 000's)( hl 000's) (hl 000's)
SABI Europe
Lager 12 038 9 082 12 847
Other beverages 75 71 94
SABI Africa & Asia
Lager 9 423 7 693 12 347
Other beverages 6 202 6 044 6 611
*Financial year ended 31st March 2001
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Notes to editors:
South African Breweries is the world's leading brewer in developing markets,
with major brewing and distribution operations in Central and Eastern
Europe, Africa, Asia and Central America. It is the world's fifth largest
brewer by overall volume with 108 breweries in 24 countries and over 31,000
employees. In the year to 31st March 2001, SAB generated US$646 million pre-
tax profit from turnover of US$4.184 billion. The company is listed on both
the London and the Johannesburg stock exchanges.
For further information:
Nick Chaloner
Director of Communications, SAB plc +44 (0) 20 7659 0119
Mob: +44 (0) 7880 502 755
Anna Miller Salzman
Head of Investor Relations, SAB plc +44 (0) 20 7659 0106
Mob: +44 (0) 7973 837 070
Ciaran Baker
Head of Corporate Communications, SAB plc +44 (0) 20 7659 0120
Mob: +44 (0) 7979 954 493
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