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High spirit

31 March 2008 By Pierre Briancon

The French spirits group is paying top dollar for the Swedish premium vodka. That plugs a hole in its portfolio with a wellestablished and stillfastgrowing brand. But taking on debt topping 6 times its ebitda is a bet that any economic downturn will be shortlived.

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