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Altadis, SA
Type	Wholly-owned subsidiary
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain
Key people	Jean-Dominique Comolli (Chairman of the Board), Robert Dyrbus (CEO)
Industry	Tobacco, logistics
Products	Tobacco, distribution of tobacco and non-tobacco products
Revenue	€ 4.112 billion (2005)
Owner(s)	Imperial Tobacco
Employees	28,817
Website	www.altadis.com

Altadis is a multinational purveyor and manufacturer of cigarettes, tobacco and cigars. Altadis is the result of a 1999 merger between Tabacalera, the former Spanish tobacco monopoly and SEITA, the former French tobacco monopoly. The company was acquired by Imperial Tobacco in February 2008.^[1]

[edit] Company overview

Western Europe’s third largest cigarette manufacturer, Altadis produces and sells blond, regular and dark cigarettes. Its major markets include the United States, Spain and France. It also sells a range of prestige Cuban cigar brands, thanks to its acquisition of a 50% interest in Habanos SA in 2000. Altadis also purchased Consolidated Cigar Corporation in the United States. Consolidated Cigar was a large purveyor of cigars such as the Dominican made Romeo y Julieta and Montecristo. In 2003, Altadis acquired 800-JR Cigar, Inc., one of the largest cigar retailers in the United States.

[edit] Cigarettes

[edit] Blond tobacco

Anfa
BZ (Balkanskaia Zvezde)
Brooklyn
Colt
Ducados Rubio
Fine
Fortuna
Fox
Gauloises Blondes
Iris
Marquise
News
Nobel
Popularne
Prima
Royale
Smart
Spike
ZK (Golden Ring)

[edit] Black Tobacco

Gitanes
Habanos
Casa Sports
BN
Ducados

[edit] Rolling Tobacco

Amsterdamer
Kennings
Gauloises
Picadura Ideales
Picadura Selecta
Picadura Fina

[edit] Cigars

[edit] Premium

[edit] Popular

[edit] Logistic

Logista - Logista
- Nacex - Nacex
- Integra2 - Integra2
- Logesta - Logesta
- Logi Rest - Logi Rest
- Logista Libros
- Logista Publicaciones
- Logistadis - Logistadis
- Logista Pharma
Logista France - Logista France
- Altadis Distribution France
Logista Portugal - Logista Portugal
Logista Italia and Etinera - Logista Italia
Régie des Tabacs - Altadis Maroc (before Régie des Tabacs)
Rouge Papier - Rouge Papier
Nordipa - Nordipa
LPM Promodern - LPM Promodern

In 2004, Altadis Group economic sales rose 3.9% to euro 3.518 million with a staff of 27 500 people.

[edit] Takeover by Imperial

On 18 July 2007, the board of Altadis backed a €16.2 billion offer for the company by Imperial Tobacco.^[2] The acquisition was cleared by the Spanish stock market regulator on 7 November 2007, paving the way for the creation of the world's fourth largest tobacco company.^[3] The offer period for Altadis' shares expired on 18 January 2008,^[4] after which the company was removed from the IBEX 35 index.^[5] The acquisition was completed on 25 February 2008 with the delisting of Altadis from the Bolsa de Madrid.^[1]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b "Altadis to be delisted Feb 25 - bourse". AFX News (Forbes). 22 February 2008. http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/02/22/afx4685031.html. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
^ Bland, Ben; Harrington, Ben (18 July 2007). "Imperial secures Altadis with £11bn bid". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/07/18/bcnaltadis118a.xml. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
^ "Spain's stock market commission okays Imperial bid for Altadis". Agence France Presse. 7 November 2007. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iklT7D-P1vGjAAoBTX5aeWaSYxYQ. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
^ "Imperial extends Altadis offer period". Reuters. 8 January 2008. http://www.reuters.com/article/innovationNews/idUSL0867355720080108. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
^ "Notice from the Technical Advisory Committee of the IBEX Indices concerning Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. and Altadis, S.A." (PDF). Sociedad de Bolsas. 10 January 2008. http://www.sbolsas.com/ing/ficheros/documentos/comiteasesor/AC01-08en.pdf. Retrieved 2008-01-19.

[edit] External links

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[delist-0] "Altadis to be delisted Feb 25 - bourse". AFX News (Forbes). 22 February 2008. http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/02/22/afx4685031.html. Retrieved 2008-02-26.

[1] Bland, Ben; Harrington, Ben (18 July 2007). "Imperial secures Altadis with £11bn bid". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/07/18/bcnaltadis118a.xml. Retrieved 2007-07-18.

[2] "Spain's stock market commission okays Imperial bid for Altadis". Agence France Presse. 7 November 2007. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iklT7D-P1vGjAAoBTX5aeWaSYxYQ. Retrieved 2007-11-08.

[3] "Imperial extends Altadis offer period". Reuters. 8 January 2008. http://www.reuters.com/article/innovationNews/idUSL0867355720080108. Retrieved 2008-01-19.

[4] "Notice from the Technical Advisory Committee of the IBEX Indices concerning Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. and Altadis, S.A." (PDF). Sociedad de Bolsas. 10 January 2008. http://www.sbolsas.com/ing/ficheros/documentos/comiteasesor/AC01-08en.pdf. Retrieved 2008-01-19.

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