date:Jul 14, 2014
Pernod Ricard SA, the French company that owns the Absolute Vodka label, plans to hold on to the Czech maker of the Becherovka liqueur for now.
Pernod was seeking to sell Jan Becher - Karlovarska Becherovka AS, based in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, for as much as $200 million, Reuters reported in April, citing unnamed people familiar with the market. The news service at the time named the Stock Spirits Group Plc as among interested investors.
Despite speculation and rumors regarding a potenti