PPR S.A.

Type	Société Anonyme
Traded as	Euronext: PP
Industry	Retailing
Founded	1963
Founder(s)	François Pinault
Headquarters	Paris, France
Key people	François-Henri Pinault (Chairman and CEO)
Products	Luxury and sporting goods, mail order, store retail
Revenue	€14.61 billion (2010)[1]
Operating income	€1.337 billion (2010)[1]
Profit	€964.5 million (2010)[1]
Total assets	€24.69 billion (end 2010)[1]
Total equity	€11.65 billion (end 2010)[1]
Employees	50,245 (FTE average, 2010)[1]
Subsidiaries	fnac, Gucci Group, Puma (majority stake), Redcats
Website	www.ppr.com

PPR (previously known as Pinault-Printemps-Redoute until 18 May 2005) is a French multinational holding company which develop a worldwide brand portfolio (luxury, sport & lifestyle divisions and retail brands) distributed in 120 countries. The company was founded in 1963 by the businessman François Pinault and is now run by his son François-Henri Pinault. It is quoted on Euronext Paris and is a constituent of the CAC 40 index.

History[link]

Wood trade negotiation, the group’s origins[link]

On the 2nd June 1962, François Pinault officially opened the Etablissements Pinault, specialized in wood trade negotiation, and then in construction material. First a company from Bretagne, it grew organically and thanks to successive acquisitions, it reached national recognition. In 1987, the Pinault group took control of the paper-maker La Chapelle d’Arblay, which faced economic difficulties. It was then sold out to Finnish group Kymmene. Pinault SA was listed in the Second Marché of Bourse de Paris in 1988, and allowed institutions such as the Crédit Lyonnais or the AGF to invest in its company.

A diversification towards retail[link]

In March 1990, François Pinault was elected president of CFAO, which specialized in electrical material distribution and negotiation in Africa.

In April 1991, Pinault SA entered the retail distribution market, with the takeover of Conforama.

In 1992, the Group sold the Compagnie Industrielle d’Ameublement (kitchen furniture), of Ordo (office furniture) and Isoroy (wood panel makers). During the same year, The Pinault-Printemps Group was born out of the Au printemps SA takeover, which owned 54 % of La Redoute and Finaref. In 1993, the Armand Thierry company, bought by Le Printemps, was sold. Disco (Food-industry retailer) was also sold.

In 1994, La Redoute was absorbed by Pinault-Printemps, and renamed Pinault-Printemps-La Redoute. In July, the group took control of French retailer Fnac.

In 1995, the Group launched its first Website: www.laredoute.fr.

In 1996, CFAO bought SCOA, the main pharmaceutical distributor in West Africa. The same year, PPR created Orcanta, a lingerie distributor.

Over the following years, PPR continued to develop its activities in retail and home shopping sectors. In 1997, [[Redcats (PPR’s home shopping retailer, built around La Redoute) took control of Ellos, Scandinavia’s home shopping leader. The same year, Fnac created Fnac Junior, a concept-store which targets young people under 12.

In 1998, PPR continued its acquisitions in the home shopping sector: Redcats acquired 49, 9 % of Brylane (home shopping company in the United States). PPR also took control of Guilbert (specialized in office furniture retailing).

In 1999, Fnac launched its Website: www.fnac.com

Luxury sector strategy[link]

The year 1999 is the year when PPR first invested in the luxury sector, with a 42 % acquisition of Gucci Group NV. More acquisitions followed to build a stronger luxury identity for the Group: Yves Saint Laurent, YSL Beauty, Sergio Rossi. Then in 2000 the jeweller Boucheron, and the watchmaker Bedat & Cie. At the same time, PPR launched Citadium, a new sports boutique, and bought Surcouf.

In 2001, more luxury brand acquisitions followed: Gucci Group bought Bottega Veneta and Balenciaga, and signed partnership deals with Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen. Between 2001 and 2004, PPR reinforced its capital participation in Gucci Group.

In 2002, PPR sold Facet, the subsidiary company of Conforama’s private card, to BNP Paribas, and Finaref, its financial services subsidiary, to Crédit Agricole. The same year, Guilbert’s home shopping activities were sold to Staples, while the following year its office-furniture negotiation activities were sold to Office Depot.

In 2003, PPR sold its Pinault Bois et Matériaux company to the British group Wolseley. After symbolizing the very first step of the Group in the wood trade sector, and becoming a famous French retailer in wood material construction, import and transformation, Pinault Bois was sold for 565 million euros.

In 2004, PPR sold the electrical material manufacturer Rexel. After a public bid, Pinault-Printemps-Redoute increased its shares to 99. 4 % of Gucci Group’s capital.

The 18 May 2005, Pinault-Printemps-Redoute changed its name to become simply PPR.

Progressive repositioning on Luxury and ‘Sport & Lifestyle’[link]

In 2006, PPR made a certain number of disposals, for example the sale of 51% of France Printemps (with brands such as Made in Sport and Citadium) to RREEF and the Borletti Group, as well as the lingerie company Orcanta, bought by Chantelle. Meanwhile, Redcats (which comprises La Redoute and many other home shopping companies) bought The Sportman’s Guide Inc.

With the acquisition of a control participation in Puma in 2007 (of 27, 1 %) and after acquiring a 62, 1 % share of Puma, the Group consolidated its position in the Sport & Lifestyle sector.In March 2007, PPR sold Kadéos to the Accor group.

In 2008 PPR sold YSL beauty to L’Oréal for 1,15 billion euros.

In 2009, Gucci Group sold Bedat & Cie, a Swiss watchmaker to Luxury Concepts. Then, PPR floated its subsidiary CFAO and gave up control (58 %). On December the 9th 2010, PPR announced that it was in exclusive negotiation with South-African company Steinhoff, in order to divest Conforama. On the 18 March 2011, the Group completed its disposal of Conforama to Steinhoff International, marking a new stage towards the Group’s evolution towards the Luxury and ‘Sport & Lifestyle’ sectors.

Bédat & Co - on February 25, 2009 Gucci announced a definitive agreement for the sale of Bédat & Co to Luxury Concepts Watches & Jewellery Sdn Bhd, the Malaysia-based brand management company, in partnership with Viviane Fankhauser, then acting CEO of the firm.^[2]

Conforama - sale to Steinhoff International Holdings agreed on 31 January 2011.^[3]

PPR, through its Puma subsidiary, bought into Wilderness Safaris, a South African company specialized in green luxury tourism (a fair-trade clothes line was launched building on the company’s image), and leading golf equipment manufacturer Cobra in 2010^[4]

On the 3rd May 2011, the Group launched a friendly bid for Volcom, a company specialized in action sports. This acquisition reinforces PPR’s new positioning. As François-Henri Pinault said : “PPR’s Sport & Lifestyle Group is well-positioned to develop in the promising segment of action sport, thanks to Volcom’s outstanding brand with strong identity and unique heritage,”.

In July 2011, PPR took control of the Sowind Group, the Swiss watchmaker, whose brands include Girard-Perregaux and JeanRichard.

In January 2012, PPR acquired Brioni.^[5]

Organization (January 2012)[link]

Organization and the Group’s brands[link]

PPR is made up of four operational branches: Luxury, Sport & Lifestyle, Fnac and Redcats. In 2012, the main brands of the Group are:

• The Luxury division comprising brands which design, make and sell luxury products, especially in the leather-good, shoe, ready-to-wear, watches and jewellery sectors. The brands are Gucci (100% share), Yves Saint Laurent (100% share), Sergio Rossi (100 %), Boucheron (100% share), Bottega Veneta (100 % share), Stella McCartney ( 50 % share), Alexander McQueen (51 % share), Brioni (100 % share), and Sowind Group (51 % share) with Girard-Perregaux and JeanRichard
• The ‘Sport & Lifestyle’ division comprises Puma (75 % share),apparel brand Tretorn and golf equipment specialist Cobra, action sport brand Volcom (100 % share) and Electric
• Redcats (100% share) is an American and European group of brands specialized in home shopping on the Internet. The brands are : La Redoute, Ellos, Brylane, Cyrillus, Vertbaudet, Somewhere, Daxon, Chadwick's and Castaluna, OneStopPlus.com, BrylaneHome, Woman Within, Jessica London, Roaman's, King Size, The Sportsman's Guide and The Golfwarehouse.
• Fnac (100 % share) is a leader in retailing, specialized in cultural goods (music, literature, cinema and video games), and electronics (Hi-Fi, computers, television) in France and in six countries including Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Switzerland

Board of Directors[link]

• François Pinault - Honorary Chairman
• François-Henri Pinault - Chairman and CEO
• Jean-François Palus- Deputy CEO, CFO
• Patricia Barbizet -Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors
• Baudouin Prot- Director
• Philippe Lagayette - Director
• Caroline Puel – Director

amongst whom the Independent Directors are :

• Aditya Mittal
• Luca Cordero di Montezemolo
• Jean-Philippe Thierry
• Jean-Pierre Denis
• Laurence Boone
• Yseulys Costes

Executive Committee[link]

• François-Henri Pinault – Chairman and CEO
• Jean-François Palus – Deputy CEO, CFO
• Laurent Claquin – Head of PPR Americas
• Alexandre Bompard – Chairman and CEO, Fnac
• Philippe Decressac – Senior vice-president-Human Resources, PPR
• Jean-Michel Noir – Chairman and CEO, Redcats
• Jochen Zeitz – CEO of PPR’s Sport & Lifestyle division - Executive chairman of Puma SE- PPR’s Chief Sustainability Officer
• Fabien Sfez – E-business Senior Vice President
• Louise Beveridge – Head of Corporate Communication

Source : www.ppr.com

Competitors[link]

PPR's chief competitors in luxury goods conglomerates are LVMH and Richemont.

Financial and market data[link]

Financial data[link]

Sales which had an impact on the Group with the associated key dates :

• 2006 Sale of Le Printemps
• 2007 Acquisition of Puma
• 2008 Selling of YSL Beauté
• 2009 Sale of CFAO
• 2010 Sale of Conforama

PPR complies with the MSI 20000 financial standards.

Market data[link]

• Date of IPO : 25 October 1988, Second Marché
• Shares listed on the Bourse de Paris
• Member of the CAC 40 index since 9 February 1995
• Nominal value = euro
• Main shareholders :
  • Artémis 40,8 %

Commitments[link]

Home[link]

In 2009, François-Henri Pinault and PPR supported Home, a movie by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and co-produced by Luc Besson. To celebrate the movie’s official launch (on 5 June 2009), free screenings were made available across 100 countries: on television (France 2 on the night of its launch at 8:35pm in France), for the Internet ( via YouTube and a dedicated Website), and finally for movies and DVD and finally in several cities around the globe, including the Champ de Mars in Paris during open air projections. Home was seen by over 400 million people around the world ^[10]

PPR HOME[link]

In March 2011, PPR launched PPR Home For The Long Run, or PPR Home, under Jochen Zeitz’s responsibility.^[11] By moving beyond the traditional Corporate Social Responsibility model, this initiative sets a new standard in sustainability and business practice in the Luxury, Sport & Lifestyle and Retail sectors. “The deep conviction that Sustainability creates value is part of my strategic vision for PPR. Sustainability can – and must – give rise to new, highly ambitious business models and become a lever of competitiveness for our brands. PPR HOME will provide us with novel, more sustainable approaches to contribute to a better world for the long run“, said Francois- Henri Pinault, CEO of PPR.

PPR Foundation[link]

PPR launched PPR Corporate Foundation For Women’s Dignity And Rights in 2008, as part of PPR Home. Under the management of Céline Bonnaire, the PPR Foundation for Women’s Dignity and Rights develops and supports solidarity projects in partnership with Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) for women around the world. It is organized around five key pillars:

• Supporting projects that address violence against women
• Supporting projects that empower women
• Micro-finance
• Social entrepreneurs sponsorship
• Awareness raising and prevention programmes

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Annual Report 2010". PPR. http://www.ppr.com/sites/default/files/fckfile/Document_financier_2010_VA.pdf. Retrieved 20 February 2011. 
2. ^ http://www.ppr.com/DataUploadFiles/publications/8671/Bedat%20&%20Co%20press%20release%2025%2002%2009.pdf
3. ^ Roberts, Andrew (31 January 2011). "Steinhoff Agrees to Buy PPR’s Conforama for 1.2 Billion Euros". Bloomberg Businessweek. Bloomberg. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-01-31/steinhoff-agrees-to-buy-ppr-s-conforama-for-1-2-billion-euros.html. Retrieved 20 February 2011. 
4. ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/03/10/us-fortune-idUSTRE6293GS20100310
5. ^ http://votreargent.lexpress.fr/bourse/fiches-valeurs/ppr-finalise-l-acquisition-de-brioni-depeche_173771.html
6. ^ ^{a b c} Sources 2007 and 2008 and 2009
7. ^ http://www.ppr.com/en/finance/key-figures
8. ^ ^{a b} Source 2008 et 2009 : Document Financier PPR 2009
9. ^ http://www.ppr.com/fr
10. ^ http://www.homethemovie.org/en/informations-about-the-movie/fact-sheet
11. ^ http://uk.fashionmag.com/news-161311-PPR-launches-sustainability-initiative-with-PPR-Home-

External links[link]

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PPR may refer to:

• Pipe Penetrating Radar, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) performed from inside buried pipe and conduit infrastructure
• PPR (company), a French luxury goods and retail distribution company
• The Spanish abbreviation for the Puerto Rico Police Department
• Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein, a family of proteins that occurs commonly in the plant kingdom
• Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, a bimonthly philosophy journal
• Polish People's Republic, a translation of Poland's official name between 1952 and 1989
• Portland Pattern Repository, a web repository for computer programming design patterns
• Private Product Remaining, a macroeconomics indicator
• ppr. an abbreviation for Proper in heraldry
• PPR, abbreviation for "polypropylene random copolymer" - see Polypropylene
• PPR, a commonly used abbreviation in aviation for "prior permission required"
• Peste des petits ruminants, or ovine rinderpest (the French initialism is commonly used in English in Africa)
• PPR, an abbreviation of Point Per Reception, a variant of Fantasy Football.

In politics[link]

• Partido Popular Republicano, a political party in El Salvador
• Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party (Partido Puertorriqueños por Puerto Rico), a political party in Puerto Rico
• Pirate Party of Russia, a Russian political party
• Politieke Partij Radicalen, a minor Dutch political party
• Polska Partia Robotnicza, the Polish Workers' Party, a defunct People's Poland communist political party

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A company is a business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be made to exist in law and then a company is itself considered a "legal person". The name company arose because, at least originally, it represented or was owned by more than one real or legal person.

In the United States, a company may be a "corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, fund, or organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not, and (in an official capacity) any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or similar official, or liquidating agent, for any of the foregoing."^[1] In the US, a company is not necessarily a corporation.^[2]

In English law and in the Commonwealth realms a company is a body corporate or corporation company registered under the Companies Acts or similar legislation.^[3] It does not include a partnership or any other unincorporated group of persons, although such an entity may be loosely described as a company.

Meaning and definition[link]

A company can be defined as an "artificial person", invisible, intangible, created by or under Law, with a discrete legal entity, perpetual succession and a common seal. It is not affected by the death, insanity or insolvency of an individual member.

The English word has its origins in the Old French military term compaignie (first recorded in 1150), meaning a "body of soldiers",^[4] originally taken from the Late Latin word companio "companion, one who eats bread with you", first attested in the Lex Salica as a calque of the Germanic expression *gahlaibo (literally, "with bread"), related to Old High German galeipo "companion" and Gothic gahlaiba "messmate". By 1303, the word referred to trade guilds. Usage of company to mean "business association" was first recorded in 1553 and the abbreviation "co." dates from 1769.

History[link]

According to one source, "it may be formed by Act of Parliament, by Royal Charter, or by registration under company law (referred to as a limited liability or joint-stock company)."^[5] In the United Kingdom, the main regulating laws are the Companies Act 1985 and the Companies Act 2006.^[5] Reportedly, "a company registered under this Act has limited liability: its owners (the shareholders) have no financial liability in the event of winding up the affairs of the company, but they might lose the money already invested in it".^[5] In the USA, companies are registered in a particular state—Delaware being especially favoured—and become Incorporated (Inc).^[5]

In North America, two of the earliest companies were The London Company (also called the Charter of the Virginia Company of London)—an English joint stock company established by royal charter by James I of England on April 10, 1606 with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America—and Plymouth Company that was granted an identical charter as part of the Virginia Company. The London Company was responsible for establishing the Jamestown Settlement, the first permanent English settlement in the present United States in 1607, and in the process of sending additional supplies, inadvertently settled the Somers Isles, alias Bermuda, the oldest-remaining English colony, in 1609.

Types[link]

For a country-by-country listing, see Types of business entity.

There are various types of company that can be formed in different jurisdictions, but the most common forms of company (generally formed by registration under applicable companies legislation) are:

• A company limited by guarantee. Commonly used where companies are formed for non-commercial purposes, such as clubs or charities. The members guarantee the payment of certain (usually nominal) amounts if the company goes into insolvent liquidation, but otherwise they have no economic rights in relation to the company. This type of company is common in England. A company limited by guarantee may be with or without having share capital.
• A company limited by shares. The most common form of company used for business ventures. Specifically, a limited company is a "company in which the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount individually invested" with corporations being "the most common example of a limited company. This can be a public company or private company."^[1] This type of company is common in England.
• A company limited by guarantee with a share capital. A hybrid entity, usually used where the company is formed for non-commercial purposes, but the activities of the company are partly funded by investors who expect a return. This type of company may no longer be formed in the UK, although provisions still exist in law for them to exist.^[6]
• A limited-liability company. "A company—statutorily authorized in certain states—that is characterized by limited liability, management by members or managers, and limitations on ownership transfer", i.e., L.L.C.^[1]
• An unlimited company with or without a share capital. A hybrid entity, a company where the liability of members or shareholders for the debts (if any) of the company are not limited. In this case doctrine of veil of incorporation does not apply.

Less commonly seen types of companies are:

• Companies formed by letters patent. Most corporations by letters patent are corporations sole and not companies as the term is commonly understood today.
• Charter corporations. Before the passing of modern companies legislation, these were the only types of companies. Now they are relatively rare, except for very old companies that still survive (of which there are still many, particularly many British banks), or modern societies that fulfil a quasi regulatory function (for example, the Bank of England is a corporation formed by a modern charter).
• Statutory Companies. Relatively rare today, certain companies have been formed by a private statute passed in the relevant jurisdiction.

Note that "Ltd after the company's name signifies limited company, and PLC (public limited company) indicates that its shares are widely held."^[5]

In legal parlance, the owners of a company are normally referred to as the "members". In a company limited or unlimited by shares (formed or incorporated with a share capital), this will be the shareholders. In a company limited by guarantee, this will be the guarantors. Some offshore jurisdictions have created special forms of offshore company in a bid to attract business for their jurisdictions. Examples include "segregated portfolio companies" and restricted purpose companies.

There are however, many, many sub-categories of types of company that can be formed in various jurisdictions in the world.

Companies are also sometimes distinguished for legal and regulatory purposes between public companies and private companies. Public companies are companies whose shares can be publicly traded, often (although not always) on a regulated stock exchange. Private companies do not have publicly traded shares, and often contain restrictions on transfers of shares. In some jurisdictions, private companies have maximum numbers of shareholders.

See also[link]

	Business and economics portal
	Companies portal

• Corporate personhood

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b c} Black's Law and lee Dictionary. Second Pocket Edition. Bryan A. Garner, editor. West. 2001.
2. ^ http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/company
3. ^ Companies Act 2006, Section 1
4. ^ Harper, Douglas. "company". Online Etymology Dictionary. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=company. 
5. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Company." Crystal Reference Encyclopedia. Crystal Reference Systems Limited. 27 Nov. 2007. Reference.com
6. ^ Companies Act 2006

Further reading[link]

Look up company in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Dignam, A and Lowry, J (2006) Company Law, Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0-19-928936-3.
• John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, The Company: a Short History of a Revolutionary Idea (New York: Modern Library, 2003)

Richard Marlin Perkins
Perkins bottle-feeding a young kangaroo.
Born	(1905-03-28)28 March 1905 Carthage, Missouri, United States
Died	14 June 1986(1986-06-14) (aged 81) Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Occupation	Zoologist Television Personality

Richard Marlin Perkins (March 28, 1905 – June 14, 1986) was a zoologist best known as a host of the television program Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom from 1963 to 1985.

Biography[link]

Marlin Perkins was born on March 28, 1905 in Carthage, Missouri, the youngest of three sons of Joseph Dudley Perkins and Mynta Mae (née Miller) Perkins. He attended public school there through eighth grade. In the fall of 1919, he entered Wentworth Military Academy. There Perkins demonstrated his fascination with snakes by keeping blue racer snakes in his room. One afternoon, while exercising them on a lawn back of the barracks, he was spotted by a faculty officer and got in trouble for handling them.^{[citation needed]}

Perkins briefly attended the University of Missouri, but quit school to become a laborer at the Saint Louis Zoological Park. It was the start of a brilliant zoological career. He rose through the ranks, becoming the reptile curator in 1928. After being hired as a curator of the Buffalo Zoological Park in Buffalo, New York, Perkins was eventually promoted to director in 1938. He then served as director at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Illinois, from 1944 until 1962, when he returned to the St. Louis Zoo, this time as director. During his time at the Lincoln Park Zoo, Perkins joined Sir Edmund Hillary as the zoologist for Hillary's 1960 Himalayan expedition to search for the legendary Yeti.^[1]

Perkins was the host of Zoo Parade, a television program that originated from the Lincoln Park Zoo on NBC station WNBQ-TV (now WMAQ-TV) when he was the director there. During a rehearsal of Zoo Parade, he was bitten by a timber rattlesnake, one of several bites from venomous snakes Perkins suffered throughout his career (over the years he was also bitten by a cottonmouth and a Gaboon viper). Although the incident occurred during a pre-show rehearsal and was not filmed, it has become something of an urban legend, with many people "remembering" seeing Perkins receive the bite on television.^[2]

As a result of his work on Zoo Parade Perkins was offered the job in 1963 for which most Americans remember him: host of the famed nature show Wild Kingdom. The enormous fame he gained in his television career allowed Perkins to become an advocate for the protection of endangered species, and through Wild Kingdom he gave many Americans their first exposure to the conservation movement. Perkins also helped establish The Wild Canid Survival and Research Center (WCSRC) near St. Louis in 1971. This wolf sanctuary has been instrumental in breeding wolves for eventual re-placement in to their natural habitats.^[3]

Perkins retired from active zookeeping in 1970 and from Wild Kingdom in 1985 for health reasons. Perkins remained with the Saint Louis Zoo as Director Emeritus^[3] until his death on June 14, 1986, when he died of cancer.

Because Walt Disney had fabricated footage of a mass suicide of lemmings in its film White Wilderness,^[4] then CBC journalist Bob McKeown asked Marlin Perkins if he had done the same. Perkins, then in his seventies, "firmly asked for the camera to be turned off, then punched a shocked McKeown in the face." ^[5]

In 1990, Marlin Perkins was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame. A statue of Perkins also stands in Central Park in his hometown of Carthage, Missouri.

References[link]

My Wild Kingdom: An Autobiography, by Marlin Perkins. Dutton, New York, 1982.

External links[link]

• Perkins at the St. Louis Zoo
• Marlin Perkins at the Internet Movie Database
• St. Louis Walk of Fame
• Perkins Papers at Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri–St. Louis
• Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom at Museum of Broadcast Communications