Dilmah’s family group

MJF Group of Companies

We are the only vertically integrated family tea company in the world, possessing expertise in every aspect of the tea industry, from picking and tasting to packaging and marketing. Merrill J Fernando

When Dilmah was launched in 1988, the brand had grown out of Merrill J Fernando’s determination to market Ceylon teas that were grown, packed and marketed in Sri Lanka and earned profits for Sri Lanka. The work that had gone before the birth of Dilmah under the name of Merrill J Fernando Company Limited laid the foundations, established the demand, created links with loyal, long-term customers in Australia, New Zealand, Russia and Poland. Merrill’s first independent company was established in 1962, a bulk tea trading company which, by 1977, was the fourth largest exporter of tea in Sri Lanka. It became clear to him that, in order to benefit from the success of his own company and to ensure that any wealth it created stayed in Sri Lanka, it was essential to establish companies that could provide all the services he needed. So, he bought into the plantation industry when the gardens were made available in the 1980s so that he could grow quality tea; as soon as he had invested in tea bagging machinery, but was not yet ready to launch Dilmah, he established a tea bagging company that specialised in manufacturing own label tea bags; when he needed labels and cartons printed, he set up a print company; when he required the services of a packaging company,

he created one; to meet transportation and haulage requirements, he established a travel and trucking company; and he invested in one of Sri Lanka’s largest tea broking companies so that the family business could become a truly integrated one. All the companies that MJF Group now owns function as independent entities, servicing Dilmah but also operating in the open market as profitable businesses. This allows yet more money to go back into the profits of the MJF Group which means that more can be given back to the workers and the community via MJF Foundation. It is a concept that really works.

Today, approximately 10 million kilos of tea are exported by Dilmah to more than 100 countries and the company is rated amongst the top 10 international tea brands.

Companies in the ‘MJF Group’ (MJF Holdings Ltd.)

Tea Export Companies Ceylon Tea Services PLC MJF Teas (Pvt.) Ltd. MJF Exports (Pvt.) Ltd. Dilmah Fine Teas & Herbs (Pvt.) Ltd. MJF Beverages (Pvt.) Ltd.

Tea Sector Companies Forbes & Walker (Pvt.) Ltd. Kahawatte Plantations PLC

Property, Transport, Packaging& Investment companies PCL Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd. MJF Travel & Trucking (Pvt.) Ltd. Dilmah Properties (Pvt.) Ltd. City Properties (Pvt.) Ltd. MJF Properties (Pvt.) Ltd. Merrill J. Fernando & Sons (Pvt.) Ltd. Timber Concepts (Pvt.) Ltd.

Leisure Sector Companies MJF Leisure (Pvt.) Limited Tea Trails (Pvt.) Limited F&W Leisure (Pvt.) Ltd. Weligama Cape (Pvt) Ltd

Strategic Partners with significant MJF investment: Printcare PLC Printcare Universal (Pvt.) Ltd. Packages Lanka Ltd. The Fortress Resorts PLC The Ceylon Spice Co (Pvt.) Ltd

Joint-ownership Companies: Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC Elpitiya Plantations PLC

Community Service (non-profit): MJF Charitable Foundation Dilmah Conservation The Ethical Tea Society MJF Media

Printcare Plc

Although Printcare Plc is not a subsidiary of the MJF group it is an associate company co founded by Merrill and where he still serves as non executive Chairman from inception.sted in the Colombo Stock Exchange Printcare shares has a sizable foat with the public. Initially this award -winning company was established to produce tea bag labels and sachets for the tea trade, today it is much more than just a print company. Selected as a Business Superbrand, Printcare is a leader in the printing and packaging industries. Well known for being the global leader in tea bag tags and envelopes, supplying the worlds most reputed tea brands, Printcare is now a diversified group which is also a leader in printing and packaging for the apparel and FMCG sectors, security printing for the lotteries and telecom industries, printing and binding for the publishing industry, and specialized digital media services.

As described elsewhere the company, was founded in the early 1980s by Merrill and K R Ravindran. The idea behind this strategic partnership between Merrill and Ravi developed from an understanding that the tea chest would gradually disappear (and it has for all but the most delicate teas) and that a more modern form of packaging such as light cartons and attractive packets would be needed. Printcare was the first company in South Asia to produce tea bag tags and the first to supply such tags to world markets. Today, the company produces tea bags and sachets for every type of bagging machine available and is the preferred tea bag tag supplier of most of the large tea brands around the world.

Printcare is now a major player working out of two premises that cover a nine acre site in the outskirts of Colombo and where offices and workshops are equipped with state-of-the-art technology for offset, gravure, flexo and screen printing processes. The company was floated on the Colombo stock market in 1995 and exports its products to nearly 25 countries, including Ukraine, Great Britain, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Germany, Italy, China, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran Korea, Israel, Malaysia, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Hong Kong.

In following Merrill’s mantra, Printcare is socially and environmentally responsible, taking care of the health and safety of its employees and making sure that waste products are either recycled or disposed of safely and well within world guidelines. The company’s headquarter complex is fascinating to walk around – there are stylish committee and board rooms, the staff canteen is friendly and comfortable and looks out over a superbly landscaped garden with bird cages and an orchid house, production areas that are stacked with vast reels of paper, and printing machinery which is state of the art. There are many awards on display in the reception, everyone is helpful and kind and there is a dynamic buzz in the air. Printcare meets a vital packaging need that was previously met by companies abroad and so it helps to keep product costs down and fits neatly into the MJF philosophy of keeping profits inside Sri Lanka.

Printcare comprises the following seven companies:

Printcare Plc (PCL) which prints and finishes tea bag tags and envelopes, and produces tea tags and sachets for every type of bagging machine Printcare Universal Ltd (PUL) which prints and finishes cartons and labels for the food and healthcare industry Printcare Packaging (Pvt) Ltd. (PCP) which produces packaging for the non food industry including cigerettes and the garment industry Printcare Publishing (Pvt) Ltd. (PCP) which publishes books, periodicals, annual reports, brochures, leaflets and magazines Printcare Secure Ltd. (PSL) which prints scratch lottery tickets and prepaid phone cards and other security products Printcare Pre Media Ltd (PPM) Offering digital pre press and pre media services, and offerinf packaging consultancy and audit services.

Printcare India Ltd (PCIL) which is a company located in India and produces tea bag tags and envelopes for the Indian tea industry.

PCL Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd.

PCL Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd is the exclusive local agent for several world-class manufacturers of packaging machinery and material, offering packaging solutions for most industries while specialising in the tea industry. PCL Solutions is committed to upgrading technology and capabilities of local industries to compete effectively overseas. After sales support is first class - as the largest manufacturer of pre-packaged teas in Sri Lanka, the MJF Group has substantial technical and spares backup for its own needs as well as for customers.

PCL Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd represents among others, Glatfelter (UK) teabag paper, Marden Edwards (UK) tea bagging machinery, Lock Inspection (UK) metal and needle detectors, Jung Woo (Korea) cotton thread, Gutman (Germany) teabag aluminium wire, NASA (Japan) tea bag machinery.

Timber Concepts

Timber Concepts (Pvt.) Ltd was established in 2000 to meet the Group’s requirement for quality timber containers for presentation of its Dilmah Tea in hospitality channels. Equipped with state of the art machinery and skilled personnel, the company grew into the major supplier of timber containers to the tea industry. Having expanded into other sectors with its quality boxes for packaging and gift presentations, Timber Concepts underwent a major expansion in 2005 with the opening of an 18580 square metre production and warehousing facility. This facility and associated investments in personnel and technology facilitates its continued growth and development of new opportunities for its products.

Forbes & Walker

In March 2000, MJF Holdings Ltd., purchased Forbes & Walker Ltd., jointly with a consortium of Forbes & Walker Management & Staff. Forbes & Walker (Pvt.) Ltd, which is the holding company of Forbes & Walker Tea Brokers (Pvt.) Ltd, Forbes & Walker Commodity Brokers (Pvt.) Ltd. and Forbes Services (Pvt.) Ltd, was founded in 1881 by James Forbes, a tea taster, and George Chapman Walker, a British Army officer. The Forbes & Walker Group is one of the oldest broking houses in Ceylon, and today is the largest. The Forbes & Walker Group is primarily a tea broker, accounting for around 25% of all tea offered for auction at the weekly Colombo auctions, although the company also handles a sizeable share of Sri Lanka’s rubber, coconut and spices sold through auction. Current Business of the Forbes & Walker Group is around Rs. 10 billion, mostly from tea.

Forbes Leisure

The MJF Group took its first steps into the leisure industry in 2005 and The MJF Group took its first steps into the leisure industry in 2005 and now has two resorts (Tea Trails, in the tea-growing hill country, and The Fortress Hotel on the coast near Galle), and a project at Weligama on the Southern coast of Sri Lanka – Weligama Cape Resort. Tea Trails offers tourists accommodation in four ex-planters’ bungalows in the stunningly beautiful Western Dimbula tea region of the island. The Fortress is a newly-built luxury hotel, designed in the style of the 300 year old Dutch fort that once guarded the south west coast of the island. Weligama Cape Resort will feature 40 luxury villas on the picturesque Weligama Bay with a residential feel and butler service.

MJF Plantations Ltd.

The MJF Group owns a majority share in Kahawatte Plantations PLC., which owns an extent of 12,620 hectares of tea and other crops. In addition to our own Kahawatte Plantations PLC, MJF Holdings Ltd., the apex entity in the MJF Group has become joint owners with two of Sri Lanka’s leading plantation management companies, by jointly acquiring and managing some of Ceylon’s Finest Tea Gardens. The two Plantation groups, Elpitiya Plantations PLC and Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC, account for over 5% of total Ceylon Tea production and include Rubber, Coconut and Oil Palm. The MJF Group’s plantation interests enable Dilmah to drive innovation in tea from the tea nursery and to produce and pack Ceylon’s Finest and Freshest Tea. Tea Gardens owned and managed by these companies are located in the High, Mid and Low elevational areas of Ceylon, producing a spectrum of flavours, grades and characteristics in tea.

The three plantation companies - Kahawatte Plantations PLC, Elpitiya Plantations PLC and Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC - together produced just under 17 million kg of tea in 2009 – 6% of Ceylon’s Tea production of 291 million kg in that year.

Estates in the Elpitiya Plantations PLC: Dunsinane Bentota Deviturai Elpitiya Igalkande Katandola Gulugahakanda Habarakada Lelwela Talgaswela Mapalagama Fernlands Nayapana Meddecomra Sheen New Peacock

The Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC: Moragalla Pitiagoda Walahanduwa Deniyaya Handford Indola Kiruwanaganga Calsay (Chelsea) Clarendon Dessford Somerset Great Western Mattakelle Palmerston Radella Bearwell Holyrood Logie Wattegodde

The Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC owns an extent of 6,491 hectares and Elpitiya Plantations PLC 8,851hectares.

In 2001 MJF Holdings Ltd., acquired a majority stake in Kahawatte Plantations PLC., which owns 16 estates in the Nawalapitiya and Kahawatte regions of Ceylon. The company controls 12,620 hectares, of land and directly employs over 9000 persons in the production of tea, spices and rubber. Plantations in the Kahawatte Plantations PLC (tea, rubber & timber) Ekerrella Endane Houpe Hunuwella Opatha Pelmadulla Poronuwa Rilhena Wellandura Barcaple Craighead Galamuduna Imboolpitiya Kataboola Queensberry Westhall

Ceylon Tea Services Ltd.

Ceylon Tea Services PLC is the largest exporter of branded tea from Sri Lanka. The company is quoted on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE - CTEA). The company pioneered the valueaddition of tea at origin. Tea has long been Sri Lanka’s biggest and most important export, with direct & indirect employment in the sector exceeding one million persons. This public quoted

Company, was incorporated with the express purpose of developing an export market for pre-packaged Pure Ceylon Tea, to ensure that all value-added benefits remain in Sri Lanka. The company has developed world class manufacturing capability in state of the art facilities for the production of Dilmah tea in a variety of presentations.

MJF Exports Ltd.

MJF Exports (Pvt.) Ltd. is a long established tea exporter with an excellent track record of trading in expertly blended and original garden teas to blenders and packers world-wide.

MJF Teas Pvt. Ltd.

MJF Teas Pvt. Ltd. specialises in the development of the Dilmah brand in the former Soviet states where Dilmah is recognized as a premium tea. Almost 95% of the total turnover is attributed to packeted tea exports to the former CIS, this being the major segment in the tea category in this region. Teabags are a growing segment. This company has steered the development of Dilmah in Russia, Ukraine and other CIS nations.

MJF Beverages (Pvt.) Ltd.

MJF Beverages (Pvt.) Ltd. was established in 2007 to produce and market a uniquely authentic Ready to Drink (RTD) Tea. Made from a patented process developed by Dilmah over more than 5 years, the MJF Beverages facility in the company’s Rilhena Tea Garden, produces RTD Tea from freshly harvested tea leaves. The method is substantially superior to that which is used by all other RTD Tea brands.

MJF Travel & Trucking (PVT) Ltd

MJF Travel & Trucking (Pvt.) Ltd owns and operates a fleet of commercial vehicles. The Company was initially set up to service the internal requirements of the Group and has in recent years grown and expanded its fleet of Prime Movers and Trailers. The company’s fleet includes Nissan and Renault Prime Movers and container trailers, TATA Benz trucks and other vehicles for transport of goods.

Merrill J Fernando & Sons Pvt Ltd.

Merrill J. Fernando & Sons Pvt. Ltd is the investment company of the Group. The Company has undertaken large scale investment in public quoted companies in Sri Lanka and actively trades on the Colombo Stock Exchange.

Dilmah Properties (Pvt) Ltd.

Dilmah Properties (Pvt.) Ltd owns property in the city and suburban Colombo. The company owns an office and warehousing complex of 260,000 square feet with modern facilities.

Stanes MJF Teas Ltd

Stanes MJF Teas Ltd. is a company incorporated in India as a joint venture between the MJF Group and the Amalgamation Group based in Tamil Nadu, India. The Amalgamation Group is one of South India’s largest business groups with a history of global linkages with world class companies such as Perkins UK, Massey Ferguson UK, Yuasa Japan, Repco Australia.

MJF Media

Launched in December 2011, Everlasting FM is the first of three channels planned by MJF Media, across English, Sinhala and Tamil languages. The format for these channels will be entertainment combined with messages of inspiration, hope, and education in the areas of the environment, nutrition, science and technology, cuisine.

Dilmah Abroad

MJF – Moscow (Russia) [MJF Teas Ltd., Representative office] MJF – Kiev (Ukraine) [MJF Teas Ltd., Representative office] MJF – New Delhi (India) [MJF Teas Ltd., Representative office] Dilmah (SEA) Pte. Ltd. [Dilmah Representative office for Singapore & Malaysia] Dilmah New Zealand Ltd. [Dilmah Representative office] Dilmah Foodservices (Aus.) Ltd. [Marketing office] Dilmah Australia Ltd. [Dilmah Representative & Marketing office for Australia] Dilmah Central Asia Ltd. [MJF Teas Ltd., representative office] Stanes MJF Teas Ltd. [in partnership with the Amalgamations Group, India, tea packing & export)