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CEDC » Topics » Domestic products (including purchases from third party importers of international alcoholic beverages)These excerpts taken from the CEDC 10-K filed Feb 29, 2008. Domestic products (including purchases from third party importers of international alcoholic beverages) Our distribution agreements with domestic spirit and wine producers are generally for one year terms with automatic one-year renewal provisions. These agreements may be terminated for convenience by either party upon one months prior written notice. Our spirits suppliers based in Poland generally extend us credit for a period of 50 to 70 days; however, we purchase a significant portion of our inventory on a cash on delivery (COD) basis because of the significant discount offered to us by them if we pay COD. Our main suppliers of domestically purchased spirits include Polmos Lublin S.A., Polmos Bielsko Biala, Brown-Forman sp. z o.o, Diageo and V&S Luksusowa Zielona Góra S.A. Our distribution agreements with domestic beer suppliers generally have a minimum purchase requirement and are for terms of one to five years with automatic renewal provisions. These agreements also provide that the agreement may be terminated at the end of the applicable term upon prior written notice. Our domestic beer suppliers extend us credit for a period of 14 to 35 days. Our main suppliers of beer include: Grupa Zywiec S.A., Kompania Piwowarska S.A. and Carlsberg Polska S.A. Based on these arrangements we buy alcoholic beverages produced or imported by third parties, with a view towards distribution to on-trade and off-trade customers. For this service we charge our customers a margin, which constitutes our gross profit. We typically bear the entire economic risk associated with selling third party products to our clients, but in certain situations, such as quality problems, lack of agreed-to marketing support, product recall or discontinuation, we reserve the right to return unsold products to their producers and importers. We do not believe that we are dependant on any supplier in our distribution activities. Domestic products (including purchases from third party Our distribution agreements with domestic spirit and wine producers are generally for Our distribution customers. For this service we charge our customers a margin, which constitutes our gross profit. We typically bear the entire economic risk associated with selling third party products to our clients, but in certain situations, such as quality problems, lack of agreed-to marketing support, product recall or discontinuation, we reserve the right to return unsold products to their producers and importers. FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We do not believe that we are dependant on any supplier in our distribution activities. This excerpt taken from the CEDC 10-K filed Mar 15, 2007. Domestic products (including purchases from third party importers of international alcoholic beverages) Our distribution agreements for domestic vodkas are generally for one year terms with automatic one-year renewal provisions. These agreements may be terminated for convenience by either party upon one months prior written notice. Our spirits suppliers based in Poland generally extend us credit for a period of 50 to 70 days; however, we purchase a significant portion of our inventory on a cash on delivery (COD) basis because of the
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Table of Contentssignificant discount offered to us by them if we pay COD. Our main suppliers of domestically purchased spirits include Polmos Lublin S.A., Polmos Bielsko Biala, Brown-Forman sp. z o.o, Diageo and V&S Luksusowa Zielona Góra S.A. Our distribution agreements with domestic beer suppliers generally have a minimum purchase requirement and are for terms of one to five years with automatic renewal provisions. These agreements also provide that the agreement may be terminated at the end of the applicable term upon prior written notice. Our domestic beer suppliers extend us credit for a period of 14 to 35 days. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2006 we purchased beer representing approximately 8.4% of our net sales. Our main suppliers of beer include: Grupa Zywiec S.A., Kompania Piwowarska S.A. and Carlsberg Polska S.A. Our distribution agreements with wine suppliers are generally for terms of one to five years with termination provisions permitting either party to terminate the agreements upon three to six months prior written notice. Our wine suppliers extend us credit for a period of 50 to 70 days. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2006 we purchased wine representing approximately 4.2% of our net sales. Based on these arrangements we buy alcoholic beverages produced or imported by third parties, with a view towards distribution to on-trade and off-trade customers. For this service we charge our customers a margin, which constitutes our gross profit. We typically bear the entire economic risk associated with selling third party products to our clients, but in certain situations, such as quality problems, lack of agreed-to marketing support, product recall or discontinuation, we reserve the right to return unsold products to their producers and importers. We do not believe that we are dependant on any supplier in our distribution activities. This excerpt taken from the CEDC 8-K filed Dec 4, 2006. Domestic products (including purchases from third party importers of international alcoholic beverages) Our distribution agreements for domestic vodkas are generally for one year terms with automatic one-year renewal provisions. These agreements may be terminated for convenience by either party upon one months prior written notice. Our spirits suppliers based in Poland generally extend us credit for a period of 50 to 60 days; however, we purchase a significant portion of our inventory on a cash on delivery (COD) basis because of the discount offered to us by them if we pay COD. During twelve months ended December 31, 2005, we purchased spirits representing approximately 32.5% of our net sales from Polmos Lublin S.A., Sobieski sp. z o.o., Brown - Forman sp. z o.o. and V&S Luksusowa Zielona Góra S.A.
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Our distribution agreements with domestic beer suppliers generally have a minimum purchase requirement and are for terms of one to five years with automatic renewal provisions. These agreements also provide that the agreement may be terminated at the end of the applicable term upon prior written notice. Our domestic beer suppliers extend us credit for a period of 14 to 28 days. During twelve months ended December 31, 2005 we purchased beer representing approximately 6% of our net sales from Grupa Zywiec S.A., Kompania Piwowarska S.A. and Carlsberg Polska S.A. Our distribution agreements with wine suppliers are generally for terms of one to five years with termination provisions permitting either party to terminate the agreements upon three to six months prior written notice. Our wine suppliers extend us credit for a period of 50 to 70 days. Based on these arrangements we buy, with a view to distribute onwards to on-trade and off-trade customers, alcoholic beverages produced or imported by third parties. Our suppliers are based in Poland and abroad and in the case of the latter we also are responsible for importation of their products into Poland. For this service we charge our customers a margin, which constitutes our gross profit. We typically bear the entire economic risk associated with selling third party products to our clients, but in certain situations (such as quality problems, lack of agreed marketing support, product re-call or discontinuation) reserve a right to return unsold products to their producers and importers. We do not believe that we are dependant on any supplier in our distribution activities. | EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:
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