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Crop Protection Market Trends Agribusiness Global Trade Summit, Orlando, Florida 2016 Dr Bob Fairclough [email protected]

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Crop Protection Market TrendsAgribusiness Global Trade Summit, Orlando, Florida 2016

Dr Bob [email protected]

1. CURRENT MARKET SIZE & TRENDS

2. FACTORS AFFECTING THE MARKET – longer term

• Industry related

• Market related

• Regulatory related

• Technology related

• External factors

3. FUTURE PROSPECTS

Agenda

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1. CURRENT MARKET SIZE & TRENDS

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Facts & Figures

Market Performance over time

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Pesticides - Market trends over time(ex-manufacturer level using average year exchange)

Footnotes: Data is presented in nominal terms

Year

Crop Protection Sales

(US$m)

Non Crop Pesticides

(US$m)

Total Pesticides

(US$m)

CP p.a

(%)

Non Crop p.a

(%)

2008 44,135 5,076 49,211

2009 41,480 4,812 46,292 -6.02% -5.20%

2010 43,520 5,135 48,655 4.92% 6.73%

2011 49,355 5,676 55,031 13.41% 10.52%

2012 52,220 5,953 58,173 5.80% 4.88%

2013 57,250 6,197 63,447 9.63% 4.09%

2014 60,515 6,441 66,956 5.70% 3.94%

2015 54,575 6,050 60,625 -9.81% -6.06%

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Facts & Figures

Market Performance over time

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CP, Non crop, seed market sales trends over time

(% change per annum)

Footnotes: Biotech areas included (source) James 2016

-15.00%

-10.00%

-5.00%

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

% year on year change by type

Crop protection p.a (%) Non Crop p.a (%) Commercial Seed p.a (%)

GMO area p.a. (%) Linear (Crop protection p.a (%))

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Facts & Figures

Market Performance over time

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CP market trends over time

(% change per annum)

Footnotes:

-15.00%

-10.00%

-5.00%

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Year on Year change - Real vs. Nominal vs. constant currency

US$ Crop protection nominal p.a (%) US$ Crop protection real p.a (%) EURO Crop protection p.a (%)

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Facts & Figures

Market Performance over time

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Regional Crop Protection Market over time(ex-manufacturer level using average year exchange rates)

Footnotes: Data is presented in nominal terms

0

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4,000

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10,000

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14,000

16,000

18,000

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Sales (US$ m)

Middle East & Africa

North AmericaLatin America

Asia

Europe

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Facts & Figures - sales of the top leading markets

Market Performance over time

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Crop Protection –USA regains No 1 market position (2015)(ex-manufacturer level using average year exchange rates)

Footnotes: Data is presented in nominal terms

Brazil since 2010 has ben world‘s No 1. market

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

9,000

USA Brazil China Japan France Argentina India Germany Canada Australia

Global crop protection sales US$ 54,575 m

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Facts & Figures

Market Performance over time

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Crop Protection Market over time(ex-manufacturer level using average year exchange rates)

Global

Average

(4.6 % p.a.)

Footnotes: Data is presented in nominal terms. Data is presented in US$

0 5 10 15 20 25

Vietnam

Ukraine

Argentina

Honduras

Paraguay

Nigeria

Indonesia

Uruguay

Costa Rica

Romania

Leading ten countries in terms of growth 2015/2009 % p.a.

China &

India

Brazil

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Facts & Figures

Market Performance over time

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Crop Protection Market over time(ex-manufacturer level using average year exchange rates)

Footnotes:

Data is presented in nominal terms

Data is presented in US$Global average

4.6% p.a

-14 -12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0

Belgium

Japan

Nicaragua

New Zealand

Croatia

Algeria

Greece

Finland

Ghana

Iran

Worst ten countries in terms of growth 2015/2009 % p.a.

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Facts & Figures

Market Performance over time

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Crop Type Crop Protection Market over time(ex-manufacturer level using average year exchange rates)

Footnotes: Data is presented in nominal terms

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5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Sales (US$ m)

Grain crops

F&V crops

Oil crops

Other crops

Sugar crops

Fiber crops

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Facts & Figures

Market Performance over time

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Grain crops- Crop Protection Market over time(ex-manufacturer level using average year exchange rates)

Footnotes: Data is presented in nominal terms

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Sales (US$ m)

Rice

Cereals

Maize

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Facts & Figures

Market Performance over time

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Sugar crops - Crop Protection Market over time(ex-manufacturer level using average year exchange rates)

Footnotes:

Data is presented in nominal terms

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,800

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Sales (US$ m)

Sugar cane

Sugar beet

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Facts & Figures

Market Performance over time

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Sector Wise Crop Protection Market over time(ex-manufacturer level using average year exchange rates)

Footnotes: Data is presented in nominal terms

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Sales (US$ m)

Herbicides

Plant Growth Regulators & Fumigants

Fungicides

Insecticides

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North America

-4.7% market growth

9.6 billion USD in 2015

Latin America

-12.6% market growth

13.7 billion USD in 2015

Asia

-6.2% market growth

15.9 billion USD in 2015

Global

-9.8% market growth

54.6 billion USD in 2015

Africa & Middle East

-11.9% market growth

2.3 billion USD in 2015

Regional growth of the CP market (nominal terms 2015 over 2014)

Market Performance over time

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Europe

-14.0% market growth

12.9 billion USD in 2015

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North America

-4.7% market growth

9.6 billion USD in 2015

Latin America

-12.6% market growth

13.7 billion USD in 2015

Latin America:

• Brazil: 58% of Latam, decreased by 19% in USD

• Local currency depreciation (significantly weaker

against US dollar) – higher input costs

• Farm credit constraints

• Normal climate conditions

• + Adoption of premium products e.g. Flubendiamide,

aaAzoxystrobin / Benzovindiflupyr

• + Intacta changing pest pressures from the “chewing”

aato the sucking

• Argentina: 16% of Latam, increased by 6% when

treated as a US$ market

• Soybean herbicides selective herbcides did well

North America:

• Low commodity prices

• Lower prices of Glyphosate

• US maize harvested area deceased by 3%

• Soybean harvested area decreased by 1%

• + Good season for fungicides

• + Trend of moving back to the residuals

Regional growth of the CP market (nominal terms 2015 over 2014)

Market Performance over time

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Africa & Middle East

-11.9% market growth

2.3 billion USD in 2015 Asia

-6.2% market growth

15.9 billion USD in 2015

Middle East & Africa

• Turkey as the region’s largest market

increased by 8% to 388 million USD in 2015

• Due to drought conditions, market reduced

in emerging economies like South Africa

• (-15.4%) and Nigeria (-16.4%)

Europe

-14.0% market growth

12.9 billion USD in 2015

Asia

• Market reduced in Japan (-19.2%),

Australia (-10.5%) & South Korea (-3%)

• China market stayed almost flat in US$

terms

• India market slightly decreased in terms of

product use

• + Inceasing pressure from the generic

companies

Europe

• Major markets of France, Germany & Italy &

Spain, decreased by between17 - 24%.

• In € terms the market shrunk by less than 1%

• + Russia contributes 9%, grew by 12%

Regional growth of the CP market (nominal terms 2015 over 2014)

Market Performance over time

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US$ million

TOP 6 - Company pesticide sales 2012 - 2015

Footnotes: Data is presented in nominal terms

SyngentaBayer

CropScienceBASF Dow Agrosciences Monsanto Dupont Dow - DuPont

2012 10,318 8,668 6,017 5,022 3,994 3,051

2013 10,923 9,557 6,944 5,495 4,837 3,518

2014 11,381 10,283 7,238 5,660 5,115 3,870

2015 10,005 9,186 6,464 4,925 4,758 3,367 8,292

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m

-12%

-10%

-11%

-14% -7%

-13%

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2016 TOP - Pesticide- Company Sales 2016 (ongoing) (US$ million)(first half 2016 – the story so far)

1st half sales of leading companies 2016 compared to 2015

-7.69%

-4.34%

-9.42%

-10.74%

-2.11%

7.87%

Syngenta BASF

BCS

DuPont

DAS

FMC

- 1,000.00 2,000.00 3,000.00 4,000.00 5,000.00 6,000.00

Syngenta

BCS

BASF

DAS

Dupont

FMC

1st Half 2015 1st Half 2014

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2. FACTORS AFFECTING THE MARKET – longer term

• Industry related

• Market related

• Regulatory related

• Technology related

• External factors

• TURE PROSPECTS

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Industry related changes

INDUSTRY RELATED CHANGES

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Generic vs. Proprietary in terms of market share

With the off-patent sector increasing by 1 to 2% per annum out to 2020

Off-patent 77.49%

Patented 22.51%

Proprietary / Off-patent Market Share – 2015(relative price per kg of technical equivalent)

AVERAGE 193 $US/ KG

AVERAGE 15 $US/ KG

Total Pesticide Market (US$ 60,625 m)

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Total

Off-Patent

77%

Industry related change - Generic vs. Proprietary in terms of market share

30.39%

35.93%

11.17%

22.51%

Off-patent market split - 2015(relative price per kg of technical equivalent)

Patented

Commodity

Generic

In transition

(last five years)

AVERAGE

39 US$/ KG

AVERAGE

8 US$ / KG

AVERAGE

82 US$/ KG

Total Pesticide Market (US$ 60,625 m)

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77.49%

14.14%

8.37%

Patent market split - 2015(relative price per kg of technical equivalent)

In Transition

(next five years)

Off-patent

post 2020

AVERAGE

261 $US/ KG

AVERAGE

181 $US/KG

Total Pesticide Market (US$ 60,625 m)

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2015 Company sales & structure – total pesticide sales of US$ 60,625 m

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Big six

64% of

pesticide

market

Footnote: no account is made of intercompany selling in % market share calculations

sales from lower ranked companies are preliminarily

Ranking Company

Pesticide Sales 2015

(US$ m) HQ

Share of Global

Pesticide Market

1 Syngenta 10,005 Europe 17%

2 Bayer CropScience 9,186 Europe 15%

3 BASF 6,464 Europe 11%

4 Dow Agrosciences 4,925 USA 8%

5 Monsanto 4,758 USA 8%

6 DuPont 3,367 USA 6%

7 ADAMA 2,885 China 5%

8 FMC 2,615 USA 4%

9 Nufarm 2,500 Australia 4%

10 Sumitomo Chemical 1,900 Japan 3%

11 UPL 1,840 India 3%

12 Arysta Lifescience 1,829 USA 3%

13 Mitsui Chemical Company 675 Japan 1%

14 Ishihara 645 Japan 1%

15 Zhejiang Wynca 613 China 1%

16 Huapont Nutrichem Co Ltd 602 China 1%

17 Nanjing Red Sun 572 China 1%

18 Jiangsu Yangnong 489 China 1%

19 Kumiai Chemical 472 Japan 1%

20 Gowan 470 USA 1%

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2015 Company sales & structure (potential dance partners) total pesticide sales of US$ 60,625 m

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63% of

pesticide

market

Potential effect of further consolidation of the market

Footnote: no account is made of intercompany selling in % market share calculations

Ranking Company

Pesticide

Sales 2015

(US$ m) HQ

% change (2015

over 2014)

1 Bayer / Monsanto 14,930 Europe -12%

2 Syngenta / ADAMA (Chem China) 11,801 China -14%

3 Dow / Dupont 11,222 USA -9%

4 BASF 6,464 Europe -11%

5 Sumitomo Chemical / Nufarm / Fuhua 4,400 Australia -9%

6 FMC 2,615 USA -23%

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Company sales & structure (potential dance partners)

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Potential effect

of further

consolidation of the market

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Market entry pace of new patented products has slown down

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Source Crop life / Company reports

17 year patent protection + SPC

Number of new R&D molecules launched per year

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Peak of New Patented Products

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New active ingredients

Dow AgroSciences prepares to launch six new active ingredients in the EMEA region over the next three to five years.

BASF intends to launch twelve new active ingredients over a range of crops in the next decade

Bayer CS set to launch new active ingredients for novel treatment of infections in farm and companion animals, with a

particular focus on nematodes.

DuPont refocus on R&D Pipeline

is the trend reversing back to conventional chemistry?

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Pesticides – New Active Ingredients 2012 - 2015

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Year Segment Active Ingredient Originator

2012 Fungicide fluxapyroxad BASF

2012 Fungicide fluopyram Bayer CropScience

2012 Fungicide penflufen Bayer CropScience

2012 Insecticide sulfoxaflor Dow AgroSciences

2012 Insecticide cyantraniliprole DuPont

2012 Fungicide pyribencarb Kumiai/Nippon Soda

2013 Fungicide fenpyrazamine Sumitomo/Valent

2013 Herbicide metazosulfuron Nissan

2013 Fungicide isofetamid ISK

2014 Insecticide flometoquin ISK

2014 Herbicide halauxifen-methyl Dow AgroSciences

2014 Insecticide pyflubumide Nihon Noyaku

2015 Insecticide afidopyropen Meiji Seika Pharma

2015 Insecticide flupyradifurone Bayer CropScience

2015 Fungicide benzovindiflupyr Syngenta

2015 Fungicide oxathiapiprolin Syngenta

Footnote: examples of main launches

• Focus is on I & F

• Many products from

Japan

• Focus is on specialties

• Few “blockbusters”

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Pesticide sourcing compared – India vs China 2009-2013

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Value of Pesticides sourced out of China (m$)

Value of Pesticides sourced out of India (m$)

YoY Growth China (%)

YoY Growth India (%)

China

India

(Absolute value)

Is China‘s competitive advantage shrinking?

Year on Year Growth China (%)

Year on Year Growth India (%)

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INDUSTRY RELATED CHANGES

MARKET RELATED CHANGES

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Cereals: international price developments (January 2000 until June 2016, 2000=100, based on USD)

Source: EU Commodity Price Dashboard, June 2016

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Stability Voltality Tracking downwards

August 2016

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Interconnectivity of commodity prices and AgChem sales 2007 -2014 - MAIZE

y = 82.176x + 25265R² = 0.3707

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$ m

USD/tonne

Ceteris paribus, average annual maize prices seem to explain some part of the fluctuations in AgChem sales

(R²=0,37)

Simple correlation of Maize price vs AgChem sales

August 2016

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Interconnectivity of commodity prices and AgChem sales 2007 -2014 - SOYBEAN

Ceteris paribus, average annual soybean prices seem to explain the fluctuations in AgChem sales better

(R²=0,59)

y = 63.701x + 12625R² = 0.5884

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Simple correlation of soybean price vs AgChem sales

August 2016

Source: Kleffmann Amis® AgriGlobe® Market Dashboard, 2016

Factors affecting the market – longer term Commodity Price Current situation

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0

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t

Maize Rice, Thailand, 5% Wheat, US, HRW

Maize

Wheat

Rice

Futures…

Within the context of USDA August 12th estimated the

2016 total U.S. corn production at an all-time record level

of 15.15 billion bushels, (+11% over 14)

U.S. soybean production at a record level of 4.06 billion

bushels

USDA estimates for 2016-17 marketing year

$2.85 to $3.45 per bushel (lowest national average corn

price in over a decade)

$8.35 to $9.85 per bushel for soybean – (on par with

2015-16, but well below 2014-15)

Wheat

Maize

August 2016

Source: Kleffmann Amis® AgriGlobe® Market Dashboard, 2016

Factors affecting the market – longer term Commodity Price Current situation

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Futures (8/16/2016)

The September corn futures settled 1¢

higher at $3.27; December futures closed

¼¢ higher at $3.37¼ per bushel.

September soy oil futures closed 0.17¢

higher at 33.38¢ per pound.

August 2016

Meat: international price developments (January 2000 until June 2016, 2000=100, based on USD)

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On Tuesday, private exporters reported to the U.S.

Department of Agriculture export sales of 119,000

metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during

the 2016/2017 marketing year.

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Source: International Energy Agency, 2014

Factors affecting the market – longer term Global production of Biofuels

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Biofuels production

World biofuels production increased by

0.9% in 2015, the slowest rate of growth

since output declined in 2000

as oil prices remain low …

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Africa

Potential future growth markets

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Algeria Egypt Morocco South Africa Italy(Benchmark)

CPP Market at current spend /ha ($m) Theoretical Potential at ZA spend /ha ($m)

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REGULATORY RELATED CHANGES

REGULATORY RELATED CHANGES

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Different approaches to regulations

USA:

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is responsible for pesticide-related

issues at the federal level - Risk based assessment (but changing)

Europe:

Plant protection products (PPPs) and active ingredients in those products are governed by Regulation (EC) No

1107/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union – Hazard based assessment “the

precautionary principle”

Brazil:

In Brazil three federal agencies (Health Ministry, Agriculture Ministry, and Environment Ministry) are involved in the

pesticide registration process. Pesticide registration is conducted in accordance with Law 7.802/1989 (amended by

Law 9.974/00), Decree 4.074/2002 (amended by Decree 5.981/2006), and respective Ordinances (very complex

and time consuming)

Japan:

Pesticide Registration is regulated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)

Pesticide Regulations

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USA & Japan

Pesticide Regulations

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Europe & Brazil

Pesticide Regulations

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TECHNOLOGY RELATED CHANGES

TECHNOLOGY RELATED CHANGES

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What is the effect of GM crop on agrochemical industry

Source: ISSSA, GMO Compass, USDA

Soybean, maize, cotton and rapeseed together account for almost 100% of the global GMO area.

In those countries were GMOs are authorized, their share amounts to 80% - 100% of the total cropping area

for these crops

Trend towards stacked traits instead of only herbicide tolerance (HT) or insect resistance (IR) e.g. In the US

maize production, stacked traits accounted for 71% of the total maize area in 2013

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#REF! #REF!Biotech area

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Crop area

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• Herbicide – a premix of

dicamba & glyphosate.

• Managing of weeds before

planting and as an over-the-

top option on Roundup

Ready® 2 Xtend crops

during season.

• Extended application/post-

emergence applications and

planting flexibility.

• Developed in collaboration

with BASF.

• For farmers an additional

choice of glyphosate-resistant

and tough-to-control

broadleaf weeds.

Xtend

• Technologically advanced

dicamba formulation.

• Provides an additional site of

action for control of broadleaf

weeds in dicamba

tolerant crops.

• Controls more than 190

broadleaf weeds.

Enginea

• Combines performance of a

new 2,4 D and glyphosate.

• Exceptional control of a broad

spectrum of weeds –

including hard-to-control and

resistant weeds.

• Advanced with Colex-D

Technology enabling close to

zero volatility, minimized

potential for physical drift,

decreased odor.

Enlist

Xtend vs. Enginea vs. Enlist

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Changes in “delivery method”

e.g. China: ban on Paraquat AS solution leading to granular formulations?

the shift from WP to WG

The increasing use of OD (OIL-DISPERSION) formulations CS (CAPSULE

SUSPENSION) and ME (MICRO EMULSION)

New delivery methods e.g. allosperse®, a polymer-based delivery system

Chiral Separations for Next-Generation Agrochemicals (removing

detrimental isomers)

Entostate®, is a proprietary wax micropowder which has unique

electrostatic properties

Starpharma’s Priostar dendrimer technology (ADAMA with 2,4-D)

Unique co-formulations of different active ingredients creating new segments

New “go to market” opportunities (e.g. two different salts of Glyphosate)

Formulation technologyThe new battle ground

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External factors

External factors

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External factors

role of distribution

changing agricultural practices

changing “pest” pressures

investment community

weather etc etc

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3. FUTURE PROSPECTS

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Sales (US$m)

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Forecast at an average of

2% p.a growth rate

2016 will remain a difficult year before any major sign of recovery in 2017. That the industry will return to growth is without

question as all the “fundamentals” for growth are in place.

It is too early to say for sure how 2016 will pan out in the end but 2nd half results of the leading companies are

poor. Commodity prices are key here as is overall confidence by growers as well as clearly the effects of weather.

Currency fluctuations vs. the US$ are expected to be less severe in 2016 (beware of the Trump effect)

Generics continue to grow

Registration bans for older active ingredients, however, will be favorable for the R&D industry

2 to 2.5% growth per annum on average over the next 5 years is realistic

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