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Global Top 100 Companies by market capitalisation

31 March 2015 update

Contents

Section 1

3

Highlights and trends

Section 2

10

Year-on-year comparison: 2015 vs. 2014

Section 3

20

Value distributed to shareholders in calendar year 2014

Section 4

24

Post-financial crisis comparison: 2015 vs. 2009

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Section 1 Highlights and trends

Global Top 100 PwC

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Introduction

? In this brief report we have ranked the global top 100 companies by market capitalisation.

? The results are a definite eye opener and we have been able to identify some interesting trends and developments on an individual company level, a country level and by sector.

Key highlights

- Apple is #1. Having increased its market cap almost 8 times since 2009, its has jumped from rank 33 to pole position.

- Technology (+177%), Consumer Services (+163%) and Healthcare (+159%) are the leading sectors to have grown market cap in the Top 100, driven by innovation, extending global reach and recovery from the financial crisis.

- The US is king - there are 53 companies from the US in the top 100, up from 47 last year and 42 in 2009. Europe and China have remained stable overall. France, Japan and Brazil have not kept pace and have slipped down the rankings.

- A total of $689bn has been distributed to shareholders in 2014 by the current Top 100.

Global Top 100 PwC

Source: Bloomberg and PwC analysis

No. of companies

Market Cap ($)

Market Cap ($)

Total market cap of top 100 companies as at 31 March

$18,000bn

$16,245

$15,000bn

$12,000bn $8,402

$9,000bn

$6,000bn

$3,000bn

$0bn 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

40

Spread of companies by market cap (2015 vs. 2009)

30

Number of Top 100

companies in 2015

20

Number of Top 100 companies in 2009

10

0

$300bn $75bn $100bn $150bn $200bn $250bn $300bn

$800bn $600bn $400bn

Market Caps of top and bottom companies $725

Apple

$337

Exxon Mobil

$200bn $bn

$40bn 2009

2010 2011 Number 1

$85bn

2012

2013 2014 Number 100

2015

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The ranking methodology

Methodology ? The Global Top 100 list ranks companies by their market capitalisation in US$ as at 31 March 2015 and

compares this with the Top 100 list as at 31 March 2014 and 2009 ? Data source is Bloomberg, with PwC analysis ? Industry classification based on ICB ? ETFs and closed end funds are excluded from the analysis ? In order to meet market perception we allocated dual listed companies as follows: BHP Billiton (AUS), Rio Tinto

(UK), Royal Dutch Shell (UK) and Unilever (NL) ? The ranking does not compensate for changes in currency exchange rates

? The distribution of value is based on dividend payments and share repurchases in 2014

Global Top 100 PwC

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Total top 100 companies by market capitalisation as at 31 March

Market Cap ($)

$16,000bn $14,000bn $12,000bn $10,000bn $8,000bn $6,000bn $4,000bn $2,000bn

$0bn

$8,402bn

$12,047bn

2009

2010

$12,974bn 2011

$12,917bn

$13,597bn

$15,020bn

2012

2013

2014

$16,245bn 2015

Market Cap ($)

$800bn $700bn $600bn $500bn $400bn $300bn $200bn $100bn

$bn

Global Top 100 PwC

Market Caps of top and bottom in the top 100 companies

$337

Exxon Mobil

$40 2009

$329

PetroChina.

$61

2010

Source: Bloomberg and PwC analysis

$417

Exxon Mobil

$69

2011 Number 1

$559

Apple

$416

Apple

$64

$70

2012 Number 100

2013

$469

Apple

$81 2014

$725

Apple

$85 2015

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Top 100 companies per country of domicile ? trends 2009-2015 (1/3)

United States 42

China/HK

11 8

11

8

United Kingdom

8

9

6

Germany

6

5

France

4 5 7

Australia

3 4

1

-

10

Global Top 100 PwC

Source: Bloomberg and PwC analysis

20

30

40

Number of companies in the Top 100

53 47

2015 2014 2009

50

60

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Top 100 companies per country of domicile trends 2009-2015 (2/3)

3

Switzerland

3

3

2

Japan

2

6

2

Spain

2

2

1

Netherland

1

1

1

Taiwan

1

0

1

Korea

1

1

2015 2014 2009

-

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Number of companies in the Top 100

Global Top 100 PwC

Source: Bloomberg and PwC analysis

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