ERIK FYRWALD CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 2016 HIGHLIGHTS Reported - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ERIK FYRWALD CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

2016 HIGHLIGHTS Reported sales CER Sales  5%  2% Volume -4%, price +2% Sales up 1% ex Brazil sales terms change and non-recurring corn trait royalty New products success EBITDA margin maintained: 20.8% AOL (Accelerating Operational Leverage) savings target exceeded: $320m Earnings per share* $17.03 Free cash flow ahead of target: $1.4bn * Fully diluted basis, excluding restructuring and impairment 1

NEW PRODUCTS PEAK SALES POTENTIAL >$2.9 BILLION Sales of new products Combined 2016 sales: (launched within last 5 years) $741m Reported sales ACURON™ success in US CER 2016 sales growth +31% $m corn market: sales more than doubled 800 ACURON™ success in US corn market: sales more 700 than doubled 600 Expanding in Argentina 500 400 Carboxamide technology platform expanding: launch of ELATUS™ 300 PLUS in France, MIRAVIS™ 200 (ADEPIDYN™) in Argentina 100 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2

EVOLUTION OF PROFITABILITY 2016 performance 5 year performance: gross profit margin % and EBITDA margin % 170 bps improvement in gross margin as reported GP % EBITDA % 49.2% 50% 30% AOL efficiencies 47.5% 25% Determined action on price in Latin America and CIS 40% 20.8% 20.7% 20% Mix improvement including reduction in solo glyphosate 30% 15% Adjusted EBITDA margin: 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 130 bps improvement GP % EBITDA % GP % EBITDA % ex 2015 corn trait royalty ex 2015 corn trait royalty 3

ACCELERATING OPERATIONAL LEVERAGE (AOL) Global Commercial Planned savings operations operations on track – Seeds production cost – Simplified marketing $m 2015 2016 2017 2018 optimization structure – Procurement and – Field force effectiveness – Integrated demand and manufacturing fixed cost reductions production management ~1,000 EBITDA – Rationalization of – Enhanced pricing contribution logistics and function platforms ~860 costs – Supply chain redesign ~620 300 R&D – Field development Annual cash rationalization charges – Infrastructure and ~140 ~230 ~220 operational savings ~260 – Outsourcing of standard Working activities capital 200 500 600 600 release Commercial Global operations R&D 4

OUR CORPORATE GOALS Profitably grow market Improve the customer experience share More sales force face time New digital approaches Ongoing innovation Drive simplification Decision-making faster, closer to market Meet our financial commitments Realize AOL savings Improve seeds performance Increase cash conversion 5

OUR LONG TERM PERFORMANCE 2001 – 2016 6

SALES EVOLUTION $bn 16 Group sales CAGR: +5% 14 +8% Seeds sales CAGR: 12 CP sales CAGR: +4% 10 8 6 4 2 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Crop Protection (including Professional Products) Seeds (including Flowers) Source: Company results 7

EXPANSION IN EMERGING MARKETS Sales in $bn 9 Emerging market sales % of total group 8 34% 53% 7 2005 2016 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Emerging market sales Source: Company results, Syngenta estimates 8

DIVIDEND PAYOUT & CASH RETURN TO SHAREHOLDERS EPS* Dividend $m $ $ Cash return to shareholders 25 Dividend payout 14 1'400 Dividend CAGR** +25% 12 1'200 20 +15% EPS CAGR 10 1'000 15 8 800 6 600 10 4 400 5 2 200 0 0 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 EPS Dividend Dividend payout Share repurchase * Fully diluted basis, excl. restructuring and impairment. CAGR as reported. ** 2001-2015 period Dividend paid in Swiss Francs. Numbers include dividend and par value reduction Source: Company results 9