Groupe Danone SA 

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Key stats and ratios

Q2 (Jun '09) 2008
Net profit margin 13.01% 7.62%
Operating margin 18.76% 14.37%
EBITD margin - 17.83%
Return on average assets 7.18% 4.26%
Return on average equity 17.49% 11.82%
Employees 80,143 -

Address

17 Boulevard Haussmann
Paris, 75009
France
+33-1-44352020 (Phone)

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Description

Danone SA, formerly Groupe Danone SA, is a France-based company engaged in the food processing sector. The Company produces fresh dairy products, beverages, baby food and clinical nutrition products. Its portfolio of brands and products includes Activia, a probiotic dairy product line; Danette, a brand of cream desserts; Nutricia, an infant product line; Danonino, a brand of yoghurts, and Evian, a brand of bottled water, among others. Danone SA operates worldwide through a number of subsidiaries, comprising the wholly owned Danone GmbH, Danone Dnipro, Danone Hayat and Zywiec Zdroj, as well as Nutricia Baby OY Ltd, Milupa SA and others. In April 2009, the Company sold its 50% interest in ABI Holdings Limited (held through the Britannia Brands Limited) to Wadia Group. ABI Holdings Limited holds an effective 50.96% interest in the Company.

Officers and directors

Franck Riboud
Chairman of the Board, Managing Director, Chairman of the Executive Committee
Portrait. Age: 53
Jacques Vincent
Vice Chairman of the Board, Appointed Managing Director
Age: 63
Emmanuel Faber
Appointed Managing Director, Member of the Executive Committee, Director
Portrait. Age: 45
Bernard Hours
Appointed Managing Director, Member of the Executive Committee, Director
Age: 53
Michel David-Weill
Vice Chairman of the Board
Age: 76
Pierre-Andre Terisse
Financial Director, Member of the Executive Committee
Age: 42
Sven Thormahlen
Executive Vice President - Research and Development, Member of the Executive Committee
Age: 52
Muriel Penicaud
Executive Vice President - Human Resources, Member of the Executive Committee
Age: 53
Thomas Kunz
Executive Vice President - Water and Beverages, Member of the Executive Committee
Age: 51
Jordi Constans
Co-Executive Vice President - Fresh Dairy Products for Western Europe, Member of the Executive Committee
Age: 44