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Punch Taverns plc is a pub and bar operator in the United Kingdom, with around 3,500 leased and tenanted pubs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Start a Pub Business with the UKs Largest Pub Company )〕 It is headquartered in the traditional brewing centre of Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index. The company has been in negotiation with its bondholders in order to secure its future as a going concern. In September 2014 bondholders and shareholders agreed a restructuring plan with bondholders taking an 85% stake in the company.〔(Company announcement of approval of restructuring )〕 ==History== The company was established by former PizzaExpress head Hugh Osmond and Café Rouge founder Roger Myers in 1997 when they bought the Bass portfolio of public houses.〔 〕 In 1999 Punch purchased Allied Domecq's pubs for £3 billion, beating a rival bid from Whitbread.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Punch Taverns plc -- Company History )〕〔(Mr Punch aims at Allied Domecq ) Independent, 22 June 1999〕 After the deal, Punch spun off its managed pubs into a separate division, Punch Retail, which was later renamed ''Spirit Group''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Business Big Shot: Hugh Osmond )〕 In 2002 Punch demerged the ''Spirit Group''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Punch weighs up £4bn demerger )〕 and then floated itself on the London Stock Exchange. Later on, Punch acquired the Alehouse and Beer Engine names from Whitbread and later acquired Inn Business. Punch then bought Pubmaster in November 2003: the acquisition of larger rival Pubmaster, catapulted the operator to number one in the league. The acquisition took the group to more than 7,000 pubs and cemented Punch's position as a major pub operator. After completing this deal Punch later bought InnSpired Inns plc,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BBC NEWS - Business - Punch buys Innspired pub group )〕 and then Avebury Taverns.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Punch swallows Avebury for £219m - Business News - Business - The Independent )〕 Meanwhile, ''Spirit Group'' (at that time independent from Punch Taverns) expanded when it acquired Scottish & Newcastle's 1,450-strong pub estate in 2003, beating off rival Mitchells & Butlers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spirit poised to buy £2.5bn S&N pubs )〕 In September 2005, Spirit Group sold its "City Nights" portfolio of in excess of 180 pubs and clubs, en-bloc, to Alchemy - the financial backers behind the newly formed Tattershall Castle Group (TCG).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pub News & Pub Property Search for the UK pub trade )〕 In December 2005, Punch agreed to re-acquire the ''Spirit Group'' for £2.68bn which since 2002 had been owned by the private equity firms Blackstone, Texas Pacific and CVC Capital Partners.〔(Punch Taverns buys rival pub operator Spirit for £2.68bn )〕 In 2006 the Company sold its Old Orleans pub chain, which it had acquired when it bought ''Spirit Group'', to Regent Inns.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Golden Time For The Sharks )〕 Punch also sold 290 Spirit sites to the private equity firm GI Partners. In March 2008 Punch withdrew from a bid to merge with Mitchells & Butlers.〔 〕 On 22 March 2011 Punch announced that as part of a strategic review it would demerge its managed pub division.〔(Company announcement of proposed demerger )〕 Spirit Pub Company was established as a separate company and took over 803 managed pubs and 549 leased pubs. This included the branded pubs Chef & Brewer, Taylor Walker Pubs, Fayre & Square, Original Pub Company, Flaming Grill Pub Company, John Barras Pub Company, Wacky Warehouse and Good Night Inns. Each shareholder in Punch received one share in Spirit Pub Company. The demerger was effective on 1 August 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Punch Taverns」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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