Table T-BR.1

Big Rock Brewery Ltd.

Balance Sheets (in $ millions)
. 1998 1997
Assets . .
Cash 192 226
Receivables 1302 1278
Inventory 2271 1900
Other current assets 1195 872
Total Current Assets 4960 4276
Fixed Assets 26799 28446
Intangibles 0 0
Other 233 144
Total Assets 31992 32866
Liabilities . .
Notes payable 922 376
Current portion of LTD 0 252
Trade Payable 1050 1122
Tax Payable . .
Other Current Liabilites 0 0
Total Current Liabilities 1972 1750
Long Term Debt (LTD) 9000 11430
Postretirement benefits . .
Deferred Taxes 3289 2244
Other 0 0
Equity 17731 17442
Total 31992 32866
Source: Big Rock Ltd.1998 Annual Report

Table T-BR.2

Big Rock Brewery Ltd.

Income Statements (in $ millions)
. 1998 1997
Sales 15653 15125
Cost of Goods Sold 7676 7368
Gross Profit 7977 7757
Operating Expenses 6629 6372
Operating Profit 1348 1385
Interest 842 545
Other 0 0
Profit before tax 506 840
Tax 217 325
Profit after tax 289 515
EPS .06 .12
Dividends . .
Stock price 38 45

Table T-BR.3

Big Rock Brewery Ltd.

Normalized Balance Sheets
. 1998 1997
Assets . .
Cash 1 1
Receivables 4 4
Inventory 7 6
Other current assets 4 3
Total Current Assets 16 13
Fixed Assets 84 87
Intangibles 0 0
Other 1 0
Total Assets 100 100
Liabilities . .
Notes payable 3 1
Current portion of LTD 0 1
Trade Payable 3 3
Tax Payable 0 0
Other Current Liabilites 0 0
Total Current Liabilities 6 5
Long Term Debt (LTD) 28 35
Postretirement benefits 0 0
Deferred Taxes 10 7
Other 0 0
Equity 55 53
Total 100 100
Source: Big Rock Ltd.1998 Annual Report

Table T-BR.4

Big Rock Brewery Ltd.

Normalized Income Statements
. 1998 1997
Sales 100 100
Cost of Goods Sold 49 49
Gross Profit 51 51
Operating Expenses 42 42
Operating Profit 9 9
Interest 5 4
Other 5 4
Profit before tax 3 6
Tax 1 2
Profit after tax 2 3
Source: Big Rock Ltd.1998 Annual Report

Table T-BR.5

Big Rock Brewery Ltd.

Ratios
. 1998 1997
Current ratio 2.52 2.44
Quick ratio 0.76 0.86
Working capital (in $ millions) 2988 2526
Receivables turnover 12.02 11.83
DSO (in days) 30 31
Inventory turnover 3.38 3.88
DSI (in days) 108 94
Payables turnover 7.31 6.57
DPO (in days) 50 56
Working capital turnover 5.24 5.99
TIE 1.6 2.54
Fixed assets/equity 1.51 1.63
Debt/equity 0.62 0.76
Pbt/equity 0.03 0.05
Pbt/total assets 0.02 0.03
Pat/equity 0.02 0.03
Pat/total assets 0.01 0.02
Sales/fixed assets 0.58 0.53
Sales/total assets 0.49 0.46
Payout 0 0
P/E 633 375
Source: Big Rock Ltd.1998 Annual Report
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