page_title: Pernod Ricard
section_title: Pernod Ricard
hierarchical_section_title: Pernod Ricard / History / Pernod Ricard
caption_attribution_description: English: 12 place des Etats-Unis, Paris 8th arr. Headquarters of the French company of spirits Pernod-Ricard Français&#160;: 12 place des Etats-Unis, Paris 8e arr. Siège de Pernod-Ricard
context_page_description: Pernod Ricard is a French company that produces alcoholic beverages. The company's eponymous products, Pernod Anise and Ricard Pastis, are both anise-flavoured pastis apéritifs and are often referred to simply as Pernod or Ricard. The company also produces several other types of pastis. It is the world’s second-largest wine and spirits seller.
  After the banning of absinthe, Pernod Ricard was created from the Pernod Fils company, which had produced absinthe. Pernod Ricard owned the distilled beverage division of the former corporation Seagram until 2006, along with many other holdings. In 2005, the company acquired a British-based competitor, Allied Domecq PLC.
  In 2008, Pernod Ricard announced its acquisition of Swedish-based V&S Group, which produces Absolut Vodka. In 2013, Pernod Ricard joined leading alcohol producers as part of a producers' commitments to reducing harmful drinking. As of 2015, India is the company's third largest market by value.
  In December 2018, Elliott Management Corporation purchased a 2.5% stake in Pernod Ricard.
context_section_description: 1975 – Old rivals Pernod and Ricard merge to form Pernod Ricard S.A..
  1988 – Pernod Ricard acquires Irish Distillers (which includes Jameson Irish whiskeys).
  1989 – Pernod Ricard acquires Orlando Wyndham (makers of Jacob's Creek).
  1993 – Pernod Ricard works with Cuban companies to create Havana Club International.
  1998 – Pernod Ricard acquires the Yerevan Brandy Company.
  2001 – Pernod Ricard purchases 38% of Seagram's Wines and Spirits business.
  2005 – Pernod Ricard purchases Allied Domecq.
  2008 – Pernod Ricard purchases V&S Group, including the Absolut Vodka brand, from the Swedish government.
caption: Head office of Pernod Ricard, 12 place des États-Unis, Paris, 16th arr.
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