Allied Domecq PLC

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Business Summary
AMEX: ALDCY
Allied Domecq PLC is an international spirits group and a global food service business. The Company's Spirits & Wine division operates through over 50 businesses worldwide, and owns or controls distribution of 89% of its sales volume, which exceeds 50 million cases annually. The Company's Quick Service Restaurants business comprises the Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin-Robbins and Togo's brands with nearly 10,000 franchising outlets worldwide.

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Financial Summary

Allied Domecq is an international spirits group and a global food service business. The Company owns 12 premium spirit brands including Kahlua and Beefeater and also operates Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins. For the six months ended 2/28/01, revenues rose 12% to L1.46 billion. Net income before extraordinary items fell 6% to L161M. Results reflect increased volume of wine and spirits sales and higher prices. Earnings were partially offset by lower gross margins

Extended Business Summary

Allied Domecq PLC is an international spirits group and a global food service business. The Company's Spirits & Wine division operates through over 50 businesses worldwide, and owns or controls distribution of 89% of its sales volume, which exceeds 50 million cases annually. The Company's Quick Service Restaurants business comprises the Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin-Robbins and Togo's brands with nearly 10,000 franchising outlets worldwide.

Spirits & Wine

The Company owns 12 of the top 100 international premium spirit brands together with a range of fine wines from all over the world. The Company's core spirit brands are: BALLANTINE'S, the third largest scotch in the world and the second largest whisky brand in Europe (1999: 5.2 million cases sold worldwide); BEEFEATER, the world's leading imported premium gin (2.2 million cases); KAHLUA, the second largest single liqueur/cordials brand in the world and the leading imported brand in the United States (3.4 million cases); and SAUZA, the second largest and fastest growing major tequila brand worldwide (2.9 million cases).

Other key brands include: Tia Maria, the United Kingdom's leading coffee liqueur; Maker's Mark, the premium hand-crafted Kentucky bourbon; and Courvoisier, the No. 2 cognac in the United Kingdom and No.3 in the United States. The Company's appellation-specific wines fall into the super and ultra premium segment of the market and include Clos du Bois (California) and Marques de Arienzo (Rioja, Spain).

Quick Service Restaurants

Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin-Robbins and Togo's are leading brands principally in the United States, but also in Canada, Japan, Korea and the Philippines. Dunkin' Donuts is the world's largest coffee and baked goods chain with 5,000 stores in 40 countries selling over 4.4 million donuts daily. Baskin-Robbins is the world's largest ice cream franchise with 4,500 outlets in 40 countries. Togo's is a fast growing chain of sandwich bars serving 60,000 sandwiches daily.

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