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Tupperware Brands

tup · NYSE Consumer Cyclical
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Ticker tup
Exchange NYSE
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Industry Packaging & Containers
Employees 10,000+
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FY2021 Annual Report · Tupperware Brands
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A brand people love and trust
A N N U A L   R E P O R T   2 0 2 1

Miguel Fernandez 
President and Chief Executive Officer, 
Tupperware Brands 

To Our Shareholders, 

This company was founded on the belief that we can make the future better – and that’s what we 
continue to do every day through our environmentally friendly and reusable products that are intended 
to reduce waste and make lives easier and more efficient. Additionally, since the early 1950s, the famous 
“Tupperware Party” and the Tupperware business opportunity has enabled tens of thousands of people to 
build their own business and earn an income.

In April 2020, our new management team established a growth strategy rooted in the belief that 
consumers love and trust our iconic brand, and that our company could be as big as our brand. To 
accelerate growth, our core focus has been to increase consumer access to our brand, which we are 
accomplishing by fixing the core business with proven methods, and expanding into new sales channels 
and product categories. We still believe that the more our brand can be touched, seen and felt, the more 
we can continue our long-standing heritage of making a difference and nurturing a better future for all of 
our stakeholders.

While 2020 was a year to stabilize the company and right-size the business, 2021 was a year to return to 
growth and start investing, to open up new channels of distribution and enter new product categories in 
the years ahead. Listed below are some of Tupperware’s most memorable highlights from 2021:

We delivered top and bottom line growth for 
the second consecutive year.

We made significant investments and changes 
to the business in order to establish a strong 
foundation for future growth and expansion.

We made investments in, and began 
implementing a new tax strategy that reflects 
our global geographical footprint.

We began building a new foundation to 
accelerate product innovation efforts by 
announcing our first global supply chain and 
sourcing center of excellence in Singapore to 
help deliver on our plans to expand into new 
product categories. 

We improved liquidity and strengthened 
our capital structure through the sale of 
non-core assets, including our Avroy Shlain 
beauty business, excess land surrounding our 
Orlando headquarters, and real estate in  
New Zealand.

We re-classified our non-core beauty 
businesses as discontinued operations in our 
financial statements.

We generated $111 million in operating cash 
flow and ended the year with a cash balance 
of $267 million.

We successfully refinanced our credit facility 
with a new banking syndicate, significantly 
reducing our interest expense, extending 
maturity, and increasing operational flexibility. 

We authorized a $250 million share repurchase 
program and repurchased $25 million of 
common stock.

We activated a premier sponsorship with the 
National Park Foundation to support efforts to 
enhance environmental stewardship with a focus 
on reusable products and waste reduction across 
the National Park System in the United States. 

We were recognized for our impact by being 
named one of Fast Company’s Brands That 
Matter, and for the second year in a row, making 
Newsweek’s America’s Most Responsible 
Companies list. 

We continued our efforts to be part of the 
solution to single-use waste by teaming up with 
Tim Horton’s in Canada through Teracycle’s 
Loop efforts to provide consumers with reusable, 
durable sandwich keepers to replace plastic or 
paper packaging when dining and taking out. 

We published our 2020 Sustainability Report, 
which outlines our Environmental, Social and 
Governance (ESG) initiatives, including first-
time Social and Governance goals, and newly 
established 2025 and 2030 targets, including a 
target of 90% absolute reduction of greenhouse 
gas (“GHG”) emissions by 2030. 

We strengthened our Board of Directors by 
adding four new Directors in 2021 with relevant 
experience and diverse perspective. Today, more 
than half of our independent Board members 
are women.

We were able to achieve sales and profit growth in 2021, and make meaningful progress in our Turnaround 
Plan despite the social and macroeconomic environment to which we were constantly adapting and 
responding. This included unwavering commitment to protect and support our Associates and sales force 
in the wake of the ever-changing global impact of COVID, and its corresponding effect on operations and 
logistics. We also felt the impacts of inflationary pressures, especially in resin, as well as in transportation 
and shipping costs. We enter 2022 cautiously optimistic that the pandemic is behind us and that we will 
take meaningful price increases to minimize the impact from higher resin costs.

In the fourth quarter of 2021 we passed the halfway point of our 3-year Turnaround Plan and we now 
look ahead to the second half of our Turnaround Plan, with a focus on expansion and then acceleration. 
We remain excited to take this iconic brand into new distribution channels in 2021 to begin reaching 
consumers wherever they choose to purchase products like ours.

I want to say a big thank you to our committed Associates and dedicated and passionate sales force 
members around the world. Despite being unable to physically gather, our teams across the globe have 
demonstrated unwavering passion for this iconic brand, and shown an inspiring determination to create 
sustainable long-term value for all our stakeholders. 

I want to sincerely thank you for being part of this journey with us. Together, we’re securing a bright future 
for this beloved, trusted, and iconic Tupperware brand.

Newsweek

America’s Most 

Responsible Companies

2021 & 2022

Fast Company

Brands That Matter

2021

Fast Company

Innovation by Design Honor

2021

Latino Leaders

Latinos on Board Honoree List

2021

Orlando Business Journal

Game Changers

2021

OUR 
TURNAROUND 
PLAN

Modernizing 
and optimizing our digital functions 
and processes across diverse sales 
channels and our core business for 
improved reach, speed to market 
and distribution efficiency.

Developing 
and providing new systems and 
tools for our independent Sales 
Force to meet their needs while 
supporting our collective business 
success, facilitating faster 
onboarding and retention of new 
Sales Force members. 

Revitalizing 
our corporate approach with a 
newly articulated Purpose, Mission, 
Vision and Values to inspire and 
energize our Associates, Sales 
Force, partners and consumers.

Simplifying 
our organizational structure 
by creating a dual focus on 
commercial activities that drive 
sales and top-line growth, and 
operational activities that are 
essential enablers. 

Rightsizing 
the business to improve profitability, accelerate the 
divestiture of non-core assets, enhance liquidity and 
create a more sustainable business model so that 
we continue to deliver our lifetime-use Tupperware® 
products that people love and trust for the long term. 

Newsweek

America’s Most 
Responsible Companies

2021 & 2022

Fast Company

Brands That Matter

2021

Fast Company

Innovation by Design Honor

2021

Latino Leaders

Latinos on Board Honoree List

2021

Orlando Business Journal

Game Changers

2021

CORPORATE 
INFORMATION

Tupperware Brands Corporation 
P.O. Box 2353 
Orlando, FL 32802-2353 
(407) 826-5050

14901 S. Orange Blossom Trail
Orlando, FL 32837

Transfer Agent and Registrar Equiniti Trust 
Company.

Shareholder inquiries should be directed to the 
agent at:

EQ Shareowner Services 
1110 Centre Pointe Curve, Suite 101 
Mendota Heights, MN 55120-4100

or:

P.O. Box 64874 
St. Paul, MN 55164-0874 
Telephone: (800) 401-1957 (US) 
or (800) 468-9716 
(Canada or U.S. Virgin Islands)

Website: www.shareowneronline.com

Notices regarding changes of address and 
inquiries regarding lost dividend checks, lost or 
stolen certificates and transfers of stock should 
be directed to the transfer agent.

Common stock listed in the United States on 
the New York Stock Exchange and traded under 
the symbol TUP.

Independent Accountants 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 
Orlando, Florida

SEC Filings and Other Information: 
Copies of the Annual Report, filings with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 
and press releases may be obtained  
by writing to:

Tupperware Brands Corporation 
Investor Relations Department, P.O. Box 2353 
Orlando, FL 32802-2353 
via e-mail: finrel@tupperware.com 
or via the Company’s website: 
www.tupperwarebrands.com

The Company makes its filings with the SEC 
available as soon as reasonably practicable 
after such material is filed with or furnished 
to the SEC.

Interested parties may contact independent 
members of the board of directors in writing 
or by e-mail. Instructions are located at  
www.tupperwarebrands.com.

The chief executive officer of the Company 
has certified to the New York Stock Exchange 
(“NYSE”) that there is no knowledge of any 
violation by the Company of NYSE corporate 
governance listing standards.

The Company has filed as exhibits to its 
Annual Report on Form 10-K the certifications 
of the chief executive and chief financial 
officers of the Company required by Section 
302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Investor Relations 
Alexis Callahan 
Vice President of  
Investor Relations 
(321) 588-5129 
Website: www.tupperwarebrands.com

The 2022 Annual Meeting of 
Shareholders will be held virtually 
at 2:00 p.m. E.T on May 6, 2022. 
Details on attending the virtual 
meeting are included in the 
Company’s proxy statement for its 
2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Note: Trademarks owned by the Company are 
indicated by the use of ® or ™ throughout this 
report.

For U.S. Customer Service Questions 
Contact: 
Tupperware Customer Care 
1-800-TUPPERWARE or 1-800-887-7379