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APPENDIX: Material Data Errors and Misrepresentations in P&G's Presentation
Unless otherwise noted, all information is sourced from Bloomberg, Capital IQ, and applicable SEC filings or
company reports
I. Data Errors
Pages 76 - 78 of
P&G's
presentation
(Trian's
Investments' Equity
Return
Performance)
Page 83
(Mondelēz
Operating
Performance vs.
Peers)
Trian's median performance across all of the listed investments beat the S&P
500 by +490bps annually - more than triple the +140bps the Company
erroneously reported on page 78. As noted in our White Paper, Trian's
consumer investments where Nelson Peltz's served on the board have
outperformed the S&P 500 by +880bps annually.
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DuPont equity returns were calculated incorrectly, apparently due to exclusion of
the Chemours spin and incorrect "announcement" date used. Calculated
correctly, page 78 should report that DuPont's annual outperformance vs. the
S&P 500 was 5%, not 1%
Ingersoll Rand equity returns were calculated incorrectly, apparently due to
exclusion of the Allegion spin, and further miscalculations which we are unable to
reconcile. Calculated correctly, page 78 should report that Ingersoll Rand's
annual outperformance vs. the S&P 500 was 7%, not -5%
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Mondelēz (2nd Investment) equity returns were calculated incorrectly due to
exclusion of the special dividend received in the Kraft-Heinz transaction (which
accounted for a material portion of the transaction value). Calculated correctly,
page 78 should report that Mondelēz's annual outperformance vs. the S&P
500 was 3%, not -1%
State Street equity returns were calculated incorrectly due to miscalculations
which we are unable to reconcile. Calculated correctly, page 78 should report that
State Street's annual outperformance vs. the S&P 500 was 7%, not 2% (our
figure verified on Bloomberg and Capital IQ)
Tiffany & Co. equity returns were calculated incorrectly due to miscalculations
which we are unable to reconcile. Calculated correctly, page 78 should report that
Tiffany's annual outperformance vs. the S&P 500 was 7%, not 0% (our figure
verified on Bloomberg and Capital IQ)
Wendy's (Post Merger) equity returns were calculated incorrectly due to
miscalculations which we are unable to reconcile. Calculated correctly, page 78
should report that Wendy's annual outperformance vs. the S&P 500 was 4%,
not 2% (our figure verified on Bloomberg and Capital IQ)
Wendy's (Pre-Merger) equity returns were calculated incorrectly due to exclusion
of the Tim Horton's spin. Calculated correctly, page 78 should report that
Wendy's annual outperformance vs. the S&P 500 was 10%, not -3%
Significant data errors allowed P&G to grossly overstate both the peer median
and the expansion of peer margins. The reality is that Mondelēz had best-in-
class margin expansion from 2013 to 2016.
P&G states that peers on average have achieved greater margin improvement than
Mondelēz. However,
The 2013 figures for Mondelez, Hershey and Nestle are EBIT margins. The 2016
figures for Hershey and Nestle are EBITDA margins, while Mondelez's is EBIT.
Comparing EBIT margins in one period to EBITDA margins in another period,
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