George Weston Limited 

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Nov 24, 2009
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Key stats and ratios

Q2 (Jun '09) 2008
Net profit margin 1.07% 2.69%
Operating margin 3.30% 3.71%
EBITD margin - 5.72%
Return on average assets 1.78% 4.54%
Return on average equity -0.38% 13.33%
Employees 145,000 -

Address

22 St. Clair Avenue East Suite 1901
Toronto, ON M4T 2S7
Canada
+1-416-9222500 (Phone)
+1-416-9224395 (Fax)

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Description

George Weston Limited is engaged in food processing and distribution. The Company has two reportable operating segments: Loblaw and Weston Foods. The Loblaw operating segment, which is operated by Loblaw Companies Limited and its subsidiaries, is Canada’s largest food distributor and a provider of general merchandise, drugstore, and financial products and services. The Weston Foods operating segment is a fresh and frozen baking company in Canada and is engaged in frozen baking and biscuit manufacturing in the United States. In December 20008, Saputo Inc. acquired the activities of Weston’s Neilson Dairy, the dairy division of Weston Foods (Canada) Inc. The Company announced that its subsidiary, Dunedin Holdings S.a r.l., completed the sale, on January 21, 2009, of its fresh bread and baked goods business in the United States to Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V.

Officers and directors

W. Galen Weston
Non-Independent Chairman of the Board, President
Age: 68
Allan L. Leighton
Non-Independent Deputy Chairman of the Board
Age: 55
Robert G. Vaux
Chief Financial Officer
Gordon A. M. Currie
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
Age: 50
Louise M. Lacchin
Executive Senior Vice President - Finance and Corporate Development
Robert A. Balcom
Senior Vice President, General Counsel - Canada and Secretary
Roy R. Conliffe
Senior Vice President - Labour Relations
J. Bradley Holland
Senior Vice President - Tax
Lucy J. Paglione
Senior Vice President - Pension and Benefits
Geoffrey H. Wilson
Senior Vice President - Shared Services