FALSE REPORT LEAVES PERNOD SCRATCHING ITS HEAD

A local Indiana newspaper incorrectly reported that Pernod Ricard USA will lay off 405 employees at the former Seagram Distillery in Lawrenceberg, a Pernod spokesperson told WSD.Pending the asset sale of Pernod‘s Lawrenceburg facility (originally scheduled for complete shutdown) to the CL Financial Group at the end of June, CL plans to continue to operate the facility and recruit a yet-to-be-determined number of existing employees. Pernod’s filing of a WARN notice with the State of Indiana last week was done