Prix Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG (CHLSY)

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG is a holding company, which engages in the manufacture and sales of chocolate products. The company is headquartered in Kilchberg, Zuerich and currently employs 24,206 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2000-05-08. The Company’s products are sold under the brand names Lindt, Ghirardelli, Caffarel, Hofbauer and Kufferle. The firm has six production sites in Europe and two in the United States. The firm sells its products mainly in countries within Europe and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries. In September 2014, it announced the placement of 1 billion Swiss francs worth of bonds issues to finance Russell Stover Candies takeover. The Company’s subsidiaries include Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprngli (Schweiz) AG, Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprngli GmbH, Lindt & Sprngli SAS, Lindt & Sprngli (UK) Ltd, Lindt & Sprngli (Poland) Sp. z o.o., L&S (Brazil) Holding Ltd and Lindt & Sprngli (Asia-Pacific) Ltd., among others.