ITC plans for 100 stores expansion FY11

India’s leading multi-business conglomerate, ITC ( formely Imperial Tobacco Company of India Ltd) is all geared to
open around 100 retail stores this fiscal.

“ITC plans to add 100 retail outlets this fiscal, between its two retail outlets store formats— Wills Lifestyle and
John Players,” said Mukul Rastogi, vice president, human resources, Lifestyle retailing business division.

Currently the company has around 300 stores under Wills Lifestyle and John Players. The company is looking
forward to open around 10 more stores for Wills Lifestyle this fiscal totalling the stores to 75. Further, ITC has
around 250 John Players stores in the country.

ITC operates Wills Lifestyle and John Players stores under both company-owned as well as franchisee-owned
models.