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	Seagram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Seagram Company Ltd. was a large corporation headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that was the largest distiller of alcoholic beverages in the world.
		Joseph E. Seagram became a partner in 1869 and sole owner in 1883, and the company became known as Joseph E. Seagram and Sons.
		The original Seagram distillery in Waterloo existed for several years as the Seagram Museum before being forced to close in 1997 for lack of funds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seagram (739 words)

	Seagram Company Limited
		Seagram Company Limited is a producer of distilled spirits and wines with head offices in Montréal.
		The company was incorporated in 1928 as Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Ltd, as a holding company to acquire the capital stocks of Distillers Corp Ltd and Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd, and adopted its present name in 1975.
		The company has continued to expand in the liquor business and in other areas, although in 1980 it sold its oil, gas and related properties in the US to Sun Co, Inc. In 1995 it sold its 24% interest in E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co, the largest chemical company in North America.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007248 (234 words)

	Seagram History - Seagram & Bronfman
		Seagram saw potential in the mill and purchased Hespeler's share of the company in 1869.
		Seagram was also an avid horse breeder and horse racing enthusiast, establishing the Seagram stables in 1888.
		Bronfman's keen market sense led to the worldwide success of what became The Seagram Company Ltd. For example, in 1933 when prohibition ended in the United States, his company was prepared with huge amounts of aged and carefully blended whiskies, as well as its own U.S. distribution network.
	www.city.waterloo.on.ca /SeagramCollection/history/seagram.html (547 words)

	Edgar Bronfman, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although the headquarters of the family's Seagram Company was located in Montreal, Quebec, Bronfman's father moved the family to New York City shortly after Edgar Jr.'s birth to run the American arm of the business.
		is the second of five children, and was indicated by his grandfather in 1971 as being suitable as the heir to the Seagram Company.
		In 1982, Bronfman returned to the Seagram Company, spending three months learning the ropes before moving to London to become managing director of Seagram Europe.In 1984, Bronfman returned to New York as President of the House of Seagram, the company's U.S. marketing division.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edgar_Bronfman,_Jr. (826 words)

	Archives \| Seagram Museum Library Collections \| Library \| University of Waterloo
		The archival materials donated by The Seagram Museum were acquired from a number of sources, through purchase and donations from individuals and from other offices of The Seagram Company, particularly from offices within Seagram's Waterloo plant.
		The archives collections of The Seagram Museum were initially established in 1970 at LaSalle, Quebec and until 1982 functioned as the Seagram Information Centre, whose mandate was to acquire, arrange and make available to company employees all historical and contemporary records pertaining to the beverage alcohol industry and The Seagram Company in particular.
		The first of these is records of The Seagram Company's Waterloo plant, from its beginnings in 1857 as Granite Mills to its purchase in 1928 by Distiller's Corp. Ltd., owned by Samuel and Harry Bronfman.
	www.lib.uwaterloo.ca /seagrams/overview.html (353 words)

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		Seagram had acquired the stock in 1981 in exchange for its holdings in Conoco.
		The company employs 97,000 people, operates in 70 countries and derives about 70% of its revenue from sales outside the U.S. \par DuPont is perhaps best known as the company that gave the world Nylon and Mylar, and a myriad of other chemical produ cts.
		Seagram was a small Canadian distiller and distributor of distilled spirits and it derived enormous benefits from prohibition (1919 to 1933) when it became a major suppl i er of liquor to the United States.
	www.csun.edu /~hfact004/DuPont.doc (2591 words)

	Seagram History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Throughout its history, the Seagram Company prided itself on its attention to quality and to the unhurried care and specialized skill that went into the production of fine Canadian whiskies.
		For many, the Seagram plant was "the place" to secure a good paying job, and a place of work where you were treated "just like family".
		This online exhibition focuses on the daily work of former employees of the Joseph E. Seagram and Sons distillery in Waterloo, primarily from the 1950s onwards, and highlights the four key working areas of the plant: production, maturation and warehousing, bottling, and administration.
	www.city.waterloo.on.ca /SeagramCollection/history/index.html (214 words)

	BBC News \| The Company File \| Seagram jobs shake-up?
		Seagram is buying PolyGram in a $10.2bn deal, which will create the biggest music company in the world.
		Seagram chief executive Edgar Bronfman Jr had hoped to sell all of PolyGram for about $1bn but only succeeded in selling the movie library to MGM for $250m, including titles like "The Graduate" and "When Harry Met Sally".
		Seagram Chairman Edgar Bronfman Sr meanwhile has said he is confident the Universal Studios arm of his company will start churning out hits in 1999.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/business/the_company_file/231649.stm (417 words)

	OSC - Orders & Rulings 2001 - In the Matter of The Seagram Company Ltd. - MRRS Decision - CVMO: Ordonnances et ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Seagram is a reporting issuer or has equivalent status in each of the provinces of Canada and its common shares are listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange Limited.
		Seagram is not on the list of defaulting issuers maintained by the various securities regulatory authorities in Canada.
		The Participants will be required to indemnify Seagram, Vivendi and certain of its affiliates for any adverse tax consequences which any of them may incur in connection with the Reorganization and to provide a release of Vivendi, Seagram and certain of their affiliates and advisors in connection with the Reorganization.
	www.osc.gov.on.ca /Regulation/Orders/2001/ord_20010126_216_seagram.jsp (1991 words)

	Chapter17 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Seagram Company Ltd. is one of the world's leading producers and marketers of distilled spirits and wines.
		Seagram's position as a major multi-national corporation with annual sales of more than $3 billion and assets of more than $6 billion is a reflection of the vision and dedication of Samuel Bronfman.
		In 1975, the name was changed to The Seagram Company Ltd. to reflect expansion and diversification far beyond its traditional base.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /heirloom_series/volume1/chapter17/Seagram.htm (433 words)

	ABC News: Earnings Reports for Nov. 1
		The company, which is in a $24 billion merger with French utilities and media group Vivendi, said its net income was $21 million, or 5 cents a share before accounting charges, compared with a loss of $95 million, or 22 cents a share, in the same period last year.
		Including charges, the company reported a fiscal first-quarter loss of $369 million, or 84 cents a share, compared with a loss of $124 million, or 29 cents a share, in its fiscal first quarter of 1999.
		The company, which shifted to a free model from a subscription-based model earlier this year, said news distribution deals were slower to implement than it had expected.
	abcnews.go.com /Business/story?id=89115&page=1 (2624 words)

	Seagram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Seagram's distilled spirits, wines, fruit juices, coolers and mixers are sold in more than 150 countries and territories.
		Seagram manages its worldwide beverage operation through two major business units - The Seagram Sprits and Wine Group and The Seagram Beverage Group - and two U.S.-based specialized premium wine operations, The Seagram Classics Wine Company and Seagram Chateau & Estate Wines Company.
		Seagram's entertainment/ communications company, MCA INC. makes motion pictures, television and home video products, publishes books, produces recorded music, and operates theme parks.
	particle.physics.ucdavis.edu /Misc/Seagram.html (117 words)

	Excite -
		Seagram runs one of the largest distilleries in the world, and its executives are working to build an entertainment monster to rival Disney.
		In the biggest move in the company's history, in June 2000, Seagram agreed to be acquired by Vivendi S.A., a French water utility that is transforming itself into a telecommunications and entertainment giant, for $34 billion in stock.
		Seagram is a corporation that's steadily changing so "you need to appear that you want to learn new things" and be a "team player" who can fit into specific group cultures.
	www1.excite.com /home/careers/company_profile/0,15623,1335,00.html (1572 words)

	Seagram in Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Seagram Spirits and Wine Group is a division of Montreal-based Seagram Company Limited, and one of the leading producers and marketers of premium spirits and wines in the world.
		Seagram believed that Taiwan's scotch consumers were very image conscious, with a core group of drinkers (comprising 20 percent of the company's customer base) accounting for 80 percent of the sales volume.
		These factors led Seagram to develop a compensation program for Formosa Trading that was designed to encourage higher sales volumes and provide timely- and useful market information, while refraining from engaging in unauthorized commercial activity.
	www.cba.ua.edu /~gds/446/Seagram.htm (2594 words)

	dupont
		The company employs 97,000 people, operates in 70 countries and derives about 70% of its revenue from sales outside the U.S. DuPont is perhaps best known as the company that gave the world Nylon, Mylar, and Teflon.
		Seagram was a small Canadian distiller and distributor of distilled spirits and it derived enormous benefits from prohibition (1919 to 1933) when it became a major supplier of liquor to the United States.
		Finally, Seagram investors were unhappy, signalling their displeasure through a 16% drop in the price of Seagram stock.
	www.csun.edu /~hfact004/dupont.html (1387 words)

	Universal & PolyGram Integration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Seagram said that Universal would acquire Philips' 75 percent ownership position in PolyGram through a tender offer for all issued shares, including publicly-held shares, for NLG 117, or approximately U.S. $59 per share in cash or, at the shareholders' election, for cash and Seagram common shares.
		The agreement in principle calls for Seagram to issue a maximum of approximately 47.9 million common shares (12 percent of the outstanding shares after the transaction), or approximately $2 billion in value.
		The Company said it was selling Tropicana as part of its continuing effort to realign the Company's assets as well as to realize the subsidiary's full value for Seagram shareholders.
	www.umusic.com /static/press/052198.htm (1206 words)

	AskMen.com - Edgar Bronfman Jr. pics
		Although Bronfman is known for his acute business sense as present CEO of Seagram Company Ltd., he has always had an appreciation and love of the arts, as is seen in Seagram's further acquisitions.
		He then moved on to become Managing Director of Seagram Europe (in London), where he was in charge of overseeing management of the company's subsidiaries in Europe until 1984.
		In recent news, Seagram, which has gone from liquor to media conglomerate, may be sold to Vivendi, as Seagram's stock has not been performing well in the past few years.
	www.askmen.com /men/business_politics/32c_edgar_bronfman.html (706 words)

	WKRC 12 Cincinnati - Seagram's Distillery To Shut Down (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		What's not mentioned, Wednesday that parent company told its employees it can save money by producing gin elsewhere and that they and the plant are no longer needed.
		The company says it's softening the blow by phasing out the historic plant over the next two years, and there's the chance it could remain open if another company buys it.
		Seagram's parent company says it will start layoffs in the middle of next year, phasing out the jobs and operations by 2008.
	www.wkrc.com /news/local/story.aspx?content_id=5ED974EB-6D23-44FF-85AE-3E5EA9655F8F (388 words)

	Company History \| Seagram Museum Library Collections \| Library \| University of Waterloo
		In 1863 Hespeler and Randall took in William Roos, and in 1864 William Hespeler hired young Joseph Emm Seagram.
		In 1883 Seagram bought out Roos and became the sole proprietor, using the names "Joseph Seagram Flour Mill and Distillery Company" and "Joseph E. Seagram, Miller, Distiller".
		Seagram incorporated the company in 1911, changing the name to "Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Limited." By 1919 when Seagram died, he had built his Waterloo distillery into a major exporting company and his brand names were widely known.
	www.lib.uwaterloo.ca /seagrams/company/company1.html (268 words)

	COMPANY NEWS; SEAGRAM SELLS ITS AUSTRALIAN WINE COMPANY - New York Times
		The Seagram Company said yesterday that it had sold its Australian wine company, Saltram Wine Estates, to Rothbury Wines Ltd. of Australia.
		A Seagram representative will join the board of Rothbury, and the Saltram sales force will be transferred to Rothbury, Seagram said.
		Seagram's stock rose 37.5 cents, to $29.125, on the New York Stock Exchange.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E5D7133EF931A25757C0A962958260 (127 words)

	CBC News - Vivendi takeover ends Seagram empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Montreal's Bronfman family, which controls Seagram with 24 per cent of the company's equity, will be the biggest shareholder in the merged company.
		Seagram CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr., who transformed the Seagram company from a liquor business into an enterntainment giant, called it "a bittersweet day," but said he had no regrets about his decision to change the company's corporate stripes.
		Seagram will contribute five seats on the 20-member board of directors, and end up owning about a third of the company.
	cbc.ca /cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/06/20/seagram_vivendi000620 (601 words)

	Vivendi in $47.5B deal for Seagram, Canal Plus - Jun. 18, 2000
		Vivendi and Canadian drinks and entertainment company Seagram issued a joint statement and a Vivendi spokesperson confirmed Sunday that both companies were conducting board meetings.
		Analysts had expected Seagram, the Montreal-based owner of brands from Chivas Regal whiskey to Motown records, to fetch $70 to $75 per share.
		The combined company would regroup their interests in movie-making and electronic media, Vivendi's mobile telecommunications, publishing and water business and Seagram's theme park and music holdings.
	money.cnn.com /2000/06/18/deals/vivendi (1159 words)

	The Clorox Company \| Company Information
		In compliance with NYSE rules and the company's corporate governance guidelines, during this interim period, board member Gary G. Michael will serve as the interim presiding director of the company's board of directors, and board member Daniel Boggan, Jr., will serve as interim chairman of the nominating and governance committee of the board.
		Matschullat was the vice chairman and chief financial officer of The Seagram Company Ltd. until he retired from his position as vice chairman in June 2000.
		The company's forward-looking statements in this document are and will be based on then current views and assumptions regarding future events and speak only as of their dates.
	www.shareholder.com /clx/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=189548 (651 words)

	Vivendi-Seagram deal highlights investor vs. family capitalism \| CNET News.com
		While investors reacted nervously--the stocks of both companies fell after the Tuesday announcement--the merger is expected to create the world's second-largest media company after AOL Time Warner: a behemoth called Vivendi Universal with $55 billion in combined revenues and stocks listed in Paris, New York and Toronto.
		Whatever the strategic value of the integration of two giants--more than 300,000 people are on their payrolls, and a market cap of $100 billion is expected--the merger is also one more nail in the demise of family capitalism and the rise of investor capitalism.
		Seagram is synonymous with the Bronfman family, just as Ford is with the Ford family.
	news.com.com /2100-1023-242255.html (1458 words)

	Seagram, Vivendi talks renewed
		Seagram's stock jumped 13.4 percent on the news, gaining $7.125 to $60.125 a share on the New York Stock Exchange.
		Seagram, which has a distillery in Lawrenceburg, Ind., confirmed the reports that negotiations with Vivendi and Canal Plus were proceeding, but it cautioned that the “discussions are not completed and there is no certainty that an agreement will be reached or a transaction consummated.”
		Seagram has been selling off several beverage operations, including Tropicana and the champagne makers Mumm and Perrier-Jouet, in order to expand its media holdings, which now include the Universal Music Group, Universal Studios and a major stake in Barry Diller's media company USA Networks.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2000/06/15/fin_seagram_vivendi.html (412 words)

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