Quilmes Industrial -Quinsa- S.A. Announces 2003 Second Quarter Financial Results Conference Call.Business Editors LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2003 Quilmes Industrial (Quinsa) S.A. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LQU) ("Quinsa" or the "Company") has scheduled a conference call, to discuss 2003 second quarter financial results, for Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The call will follow the release of the Company's 2003 second quarter financial results after the close of the market on Monday, August 11, 2003. The call can be accessed by dialing (719) 457-2699 and asking for the Quilmes Industrial (Quinsa) S.A. conference call or confirmation code 156844. The conference call will also be simultaneously webcast and be available for replay on the Company's website at www.quinsa.com. ABOUT QUINSA Quinsa is a Luxembourg-based holding company which controls 85 percent of Quilmes International (Bermuda) ("QIB QIB Qualified Institutional Buyer "). The remaining 15 percent share had been owned, by Heineken International Heineken International is a Dutch brewing company, founded in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. As of 2006, Heineken owns over 130 breweries in more than 65 countries and employs approximately 57,557[1] people. Beheer B.V. ("Heineken") until it sold its participation in QIB in January 2003. Their former stake is now held by Beverage Associates (BAC BAC abbr. blood alcohol concentration ) Corp. ("BAC") and by Companhia de Bebidas das Americas - AmBev ("AmBev"). BAC and AmBev hold 6.4% and 8.6% of QIB's shares, respectively. Quinsa, through QIB, controls beverage and malting businesses in five Latin American countries. Its beer brands are market leaders in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay and have a presence in Chile. Further, pursuant to the Company's strategic alliance with AmBev, it has entered into license and distribution agreements to produce and sell in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay the AmBev brands. Similarly, under the agreements AmBev may import and sell the Quinsa brands in Brazil. The Company also has bottling and franchise agreements with PepsiCo, and thus accounts for 100% of PepsiCo product sales in Uruguay and more than 80% of PepsiCo product sales in Argentina. Quinsa's Class A and Class B shares are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (French: Bourse de Luxembourg) is a stock exchange based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. (Reuters codes: QUIN QUIN - Pyle 1965. Interactive language. Sammet 1969, p.691. .LU and QUINp.LU). Quinsa's American Depository Shares, representing the Company's Class B shares, are listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (NYSE:LQU). Quinsa's web address: www.Quinsa.com |
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