Combined General Meeting of Pernod Ricard's Shareholders.Appointment of new members of the Board of Directors PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- Regulatory News: Press release - Paris, 2 September The Board of Directors of Pernod Ricard (Paris:RI), meeting today in Paris under the chairmanship of Patrick RICARD made the following decisions: The Combined General Meeting of Pernod Ricard's shareholders will be held on Monday 2 November at 2pm (Paris time), Salle Pleyel, Paris 8. The terms of office of seven Directors will expire shortly. Consequently, the Board of Directors, after consulting the Appointments Committee, will submit for the shareholders' vote the renewal of the terms of office of Daniele RICARD, Jean-Dominique COMOLLI, Lord DOURO, as well as that of SA Paul Ricard, which will be represented by Alexandre RICARD, in lieu of Beatrice BAUDINET. In addition, the Board will submit the appointment of three new Directors to the General Meeting: * Gerald FRERE and Michel CHAMBAUD, Managing Directors of the Bruxelles Lambert Group. * Anders NARVINGER, Vin&Sprit AB's current chairman, a position he elected to resign prior to the General Meeting. Patrick Ricard and the members of the Board of Directors wish to thank Beatrice BAUDINET, Didier PINEAU-VALLENCIENNE, Gerard THERY and William H. WEBB for their contribution to the work of the Board of Directors of Pernod Ricard. GERALD FRERE 58 years old, a Belgian national, Gerald FRERE has been a Managing Director of the Bruxelles Lambert Group since 1993. He joined the family business, the Frere-Bourgeois Group in 1972. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Bruxelles Lambert Group since 1982 and the Chairman of its Permanent Committee since 1993. In addition, he also acts as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Compagnie Nationale a Portefeuille SA (CNP (Certified Network Professional) A professional designation and accreditation given to individual IT networking professionals by the Network Professional Association (www.npa.org). ) and TVI TVI Televisão Independente (Portuguese TV Channel) TVI Technical Vocational Institute (Albuquerque) TVI Teacher of the Visually Impaired TVI Television Interference TVI Tutored Video Instruction SA (RTL (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; Belgium). He is also a Director of Banque Nationale de Belgique, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pargesa Holding SA (Switzerland) and Director of Corporation Financiere Power (Canada), Suez-Tractebel SA (Belgium) and Lafarge SA. Over the past five years, Gerald FRERE also held the following positions: Director of GBL GBL Gamma-Butyrolactone GBL government bill of lading (US DoD) GBL Ground-Based Laser GBL Game Boy Light GBL General Bearing Line GBL Generation Breakdown List GBL Ground-Based Laboratory GBL Green Bus Lines, Inc. Finance S.A. (Luxembourg), Chairman of Diane S.A. (Switzerland), Director of RTL Group S.A (Luxembourg), Commissioner of N.F. Associated B.V. (Netherlands), member of the Remuneration Committee, member of the Strategic Committee and member of the Supervisory Board of Taittinger S.A Group (France), Director of Cobepa S.A. (Belgium) and Member of the Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. of Guberna. MICHEL CHAMBAUD 57 years old, a French national, Michel CHAMBAUD graduated from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in 1973 and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Paris in 1975. He was also awarded a doctorate in fiscal law in 1977. Michel CHAMBAUD was a Strategy Consultant for Arthur D. Little Arthur D. Little, Inc. is the world's first management consulting firm. Founded in 1886 by Arthur Dehon Little, an MIT chemist who discovered acetate, and co-worker Roger Griffin, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Arthur D. Little pioneered the concept of contracted technology research. and held various Finance lecturing positions until 1978. From that date and until 1982, he was a consultant for African development banks, under contract from the World Bank, and concurrently founded Surf System (a press group comprising the Surf Session, Body Board Air Force and Surfer's Journal magazines). In 1982, he joined the Schlumberger Group, where he successively acted as Chief Financial Officer for France, the US and then Japan. Since 1987, he has been participating in the development of Pargesa-GBL Group, in the following capacities: until 1996, as Deputy CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. in charge of Parfinance's equity investments (holding company listed in France and a subsidiary of Pargesa). From 1996 to 2003, he was a member of the Management Board of Imerys, in charge of Finance and Strategy. He was responsible to date for monitoring the equity investments of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL) (Euronext: GBL) is a Belgian industrial holding company. It is one of the ten biggest Belgian companies, and part of the BEL20. It has been listed in Brussels since 1956. (GBL). Over the past five years, Michel CHAMBAUD also acted as Manager of Nyala nyala: see bushbuck. nyala Slender antelope (Tragelaphus angasi) of South Africa having a crest of hair along the back from head to tail and standing 3.5 ft (110 cm). Finance Paris. ANDERS NARVINGER 61 years old, a Swedish national, Anders NARVINGER, a former Chairman and CEO of ABB n. 1. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, Noun 1. ABB - an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s Sweden, is the CEO of the Association of Swedish Engineering Industries and the Chairman of Vin&Sprit AB. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Trelleborg AB (polymer technology), Alfa Laval AB (a Swedish engineering company) and Coor Service Management Group AB (facility management services). Anders NARVINGER, an Engineering and Economics graduate, is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Volvo Car Corporation, JM AB (construction and building industry) and a Member of the Swedish branch of the International Chamber of Commerce. Over the past five years, Anders NARVINGER also acted as Chairman of the Swedish Economic Council of the Invest in Sweden Agency, of the Institute of Technology of Lund and of Ireco Holding. _________ As for Alexandre RICARD, he has been the Chairman and CEO of Irish Distillers since July 2008. 37 years old, a French national, Alexandre RICARD is a graduate of ESCP ESCP Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris ESCP European Society of Clinical Pharmacy ESCP European Society of Coloproctology (Edinburgh, UK) ESCP Erosion and Sediment Control Plan ESCP European Small Claims Procedure and Wharton University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. (MA in International Studies and MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration in Finance Entrepreneurship). He joined the Group in 2003 to work for the holding company, as part of the Audit and Development department and was appointed Finance and Administration Director of Irish Distillers at end 2004, and subsequently Managing Director of Pernod Ricard Asia Duty Free in September 2006. About Pernod Ricard Created by the merger of Pernod and Ricard (1975), the Group has undergone sustained development, based on both organic growth and acquisitions. The purchase of part of Seagram (2001), the acquisitions of Allied Domecq (2005) and recently of Vin & Sprit (2008) have made Pernod Ricard the world's co-leader in wines and spirits with sales of [euro] 6,589 million in 2007/08. Pernod Ricard holds one of the most prestigious brand portfolios in the sector: ABSOLUT Premium Vodka, Ricard pastis pas·tis n. A French licorice-flavored liqueur, usually drunk as an apéritif. [French, muddle, pastis, from Old Provençal pastitz, paste, pasty, from Vulgar Latin , Ballantine's, Chivas Regal and The Glenlivet Scotches whiskies, Jameson's Irish Whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater gin, KahlAa and Malibu liqueurs, Mumm and Perrier-Jou[R]t champagnes, as well Jacob's Creek and Montana wines. The Group favours a decentralised organisation, with 6 Brand Owners and 70 Distribution Companies established in each key market, and employs a workforce of more than 19,300 people. Pernod Ricard is strongly committed to a sustainable development policy and encourages responsible consumption of its products. Pernod Ricard is listed on the NYSE Euronext exchange (Ticker: RI; ISIN Isin (ĭs`ĭn), capital of an ancient Semitic kingdom of N Babylonia. The city became important after the third dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and the Amorites (c.2025 B.C.). The phase from c.2025–c.1763 B.C. code: FR0000120693) and is a member of the CAC 40 index CAC 40 index A broad-based index of common stocks composed of 40 of the 100 largest companies listed on the forward segment of the official list of the Paris Bourse. . The General Meeting will be broadcast live on the internet and will also be available for download, in English and French, from the www.pernod-ricard.com website. |
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