2011 - 2009

PRESS RELEASE / Monday, December 19th 2011

From July 1st 2010 to June 30th 2011, Limagrain achieved a significant increase in sales and net income on line with its expectations. The year passed in a favorable environment, with a rise in cultivated acreage, in spite of the persistent volatility in the prices of agricultural raw materials. All the Divisions showed positive financial results.

At the Co-operative's Annual General Meeting of Thursday, December 15th, the members of the Board voted in their new Chairman. Pierre Pagesse, Chairman of Limagrain since 1992 handed over the baton to Jean-Yves Foucault, until then 1st Vice-Chairman of the Co-operative since 2009.

NEWS / MONDAY, OCTOBER 03, 2011

Limagrain Group opened its website in Spanish

www.Limagrain.com (ES)

PRESS RELEASE / TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 2011

After Jacquet acquired Brossard last June, Limagrain decided to review the strategy of its Cereal Products Division, the 3rd pillar of the Group's organization.

NEWS / MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2011

The 'International Seed Federation' has released another video, called ‘Agriculture is under Pressure'. The video underlines the message that the plant breeding and seed industry are an important stakeholder in meeting the challenges that we're faced with on this planet such as overpopulation, changing diet, climate change, water and fuel shortage.

PRESS RELEASE / FRIDAY, MAY 20 2011

In compliance with the contract for the sale of shares and the guarantee, signed on April 14^th 2011 by Groupe Limagrain Holding (GLH) and M. Guy Schumacher along with certain members of his family, the assignors finalized the deal today with JACQUET SA substituting for GLH, of which it is a subsidiary.

PRESS RELEASE / FRIDAY, APRIL 15 2011

GROUPE LIMAGRAIN HOLDING SA (hereafter referred to as “GLH”), a company subject to majority control by LIMAGRAIN, and Monsieur Guy SCHUMACHER, the majority shareholder of BROSSARD SA, have announced today that they have signed a contract with a view to GLH, or any other substitute company it controls, acquiring 77.16 % of the capital stock and voting rights of BROSSARD SA, for a price of €8.29 per share.

PRESS RELEASE / TUESDAY, APRIL 05 2011

Groupe Limagrain Holding has initiated exclusive negotiations with Mr Guy Schumacher with a view to acquiring a stake of 77,16 % in the capital stock of the company Brossard...

PRESS RELEASE / THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2011

Limagrain has just signed a strategic alliance in corn, through its subsidiary Vilmorin & Cie, with the Brazilian seeds company Sementes Guerra in Curitiba in Brazil. This entry on the Brazilian corn seed market is part of the Group's international development strategy. This agreement will extend the genetic heritage of the two parties to create more efficient varieties for the benefit of farmers.

NEWS / WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 09, 2011

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NEWS / SATURDAY, JANUARY 01, 2011

Groupe Limagrain wishes you the very best for 2011

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PRESS RELEASE / TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2010

In the period from July 1st 2009 until June 30th 2010, Limagrain achieved sales up more than 9% and a net income on line with expectations. The environment of the fiscal year was again characterized by the economic and financial crisis, and difficulties with the prices of agricultural raw materials. All the divisions achieved positive economic results.

NEWS / THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2010

There are more tomatoes consumed throughout the world than any other vegetable.
They come in an exceptionally wide range of shapes, colors and flavors, and are grown
in widely varying areas and climates.

PRESS RELEASE / MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2010

Limagrain recently launched its new corporate website on 1st October. The international cooperative Group's website offers different entry points to cater for its varied target users, and make it more pleasant to browse through.

http://www.limagrain.com

PRESS RELEASE / FRIDAY, OCTOBER 08, 2010

The Limagrain Cooperative welcomes new members and moves into new sectors following its merger with Domagri. All operational activities are held within the Limagrain Ag-Productions Division. The “Sommet de l'Elevage” livestock tradeshow, held in Clermont-Ferrand, is the opportunity for the Division's new CEO, Damien Bourgarel, to present the organisation and its new animal nutrition offer.

PRESS RELEASE / WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Acquired in January 2010 to reinforce Limagrain's milling capacities, Le Moulin de Verdonnet now occupies its rightful place at the heart of the Group's wheat chain

NEWS / TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010

Biodiversity represents all animals, plants, micro-organisms and eco-systems on our planet. The breadth and range of all those forms of life should be protected, right from the SEED. The seed sector, represented by the International Seed Federation (ISF) supports efforts to protect Biodiversity and works on a daily basis to ensure variety is life.

http://www.worldseed.org/isf/home.html

NEWS / TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2010

At the same time as its Annual General Meeting, held on April 2nd 2010, Céréales Vallée presented a report on its research program BléNNat, launched on July 1st 2007 and due to be completed in July 2010.

PRESS RELEASE / MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010

The Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) and Limagrain have announced the signing of a long-term partnership. It will involve the SIF investing 150 million Euros in Groupe Limagrain Holding (GLH), a company held by the Limagrain Cooperative and that controls Vilmorin & Cie.

NEWS/ FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2010

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PRESS RELEASE / FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2009

Limagrain presented its results covering the period from July 1st 2008 to June 30th 2009, at a press conference held in Auvergne, on December 18th. Over this past fiscal year the cooperative group achieved stable sales and an increase in net income.

PRESS RELEASE / THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009

Jacquet has just reached an agreement with Soufflet Group to purchase Crêperie Lebreton, a company specialized in manufacturing and seeling natural and filled pancakes, based in Langonnet (Morbihan, 50km to north of Lorient, in Brittany - France).

NEWS / THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2009

A new factfile "A propos" : LIMAGRAIN AND WHEAT

PRESS RELEASE / THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009

From its historical first research station founded in Auvergne, in Aubiat at the Domaine de Mons, Daniel Chéron, CEO of Limagrain, stated “we are set to become a world expert in wheat..."

PRESS RELEASE / TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2009

While some States envisage a “new approach” to resume the Doha Round, the theses and figures put forward by Pascal Lamy were contested at the end of the international workshop organized at the Sorbonne on June 4th and 5th by momagri's head economist.

NEWS/ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2009

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