Alert: Alain Barbet Named CEO of Pernod Americas

Dear Client:Pernod Ricard USA announces that Alain Barbet, currently President and CEO USA, has been named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pernod Ricard Americas, effective July 1, 2008.Barbet replaces Michel Bord, who has been named Deputy Managing Director, Pernod Ricard, in charge of the company’s global distribution network. Barbet's successor at Pernod Ricard USA will be Paul Duffy, formerly Chairman and Chief Executive, Irish Distillers. Duffy will be based at Pernod Ricard USA headquarters in Purchase, N.Y., and will report