Pernod Ricard absorbs Ruavieja and integrates it into Vermutería de Galicia

Pernod Ricard España, S.A.U. has decided on the merger by absorption of Ruavieja, S.A.U. by Vermutería de Galicia, S.L.U., an operation that entails the extinction of the absorbed company. The decision was adopted on October 1, 2026, and is published in the Official Gazette of the Mercantile Registry (BORME) number 193, dated October 6, 2026, Second Section, page 6620, with the official reference BORME-C-2026-5335.

The announcement is made in compliance with Article 10.1 of Book One of Royal Decree-Law 5/2023, of June 28 (the “LME”). Pernod Ricard España, S.A.U., the sole partner of the absorbing company and sole shareholder of the absorbed company, acted in the exercise of the powers of the general meeting of partners and shareholders pursuant to Article 15 of the Capital Companies Act, without the need to convene a meeting.

The companies involved

• Vermutería de Galicia, S.L.U., the absorbing company, with registered office in Santiago de Compostela (registry sheet H SC 46902).
• Ruavieja, S.A.U., the absorbed company, registered in the Mercantile Registry of Santiago de Compostela (registry sheet H SC 14393).
• Pernod Ricard España, S.A.U., the sole partner of both companies, with registry sheet H MA 31003.
• Sébastien Mouquet, sole administrator of the absorbing company and the absorbed company, who signs the announcement in A Coruña on October 1, 2026.

The corporate link is not new: Sébastien Mouquet was appointed sole administrator of Ruavieja, S.A.U. in December 2023, as recorded in BORME number 242, dated December 22, 2023 (BORME-A-2023-242-15). The group had already executed similar operations, such as the absorption of Pernod Ricard Canarias, S.L. by Pernod Ricard España, S.A., published in BORME number 34, dated February 17, 2017 (BORME-A-2017-34-29).

Legal effects of the operation

The merger entails the bulk transfer, by universal succession, of the assets of Ruavieja, S.A.U. to Vermutería de Galicia, S.L.U., as well as the dissolution without liquidation of the absorbed company, with its extinction as a legal entity.

The published announcement does not include capital figures, consideration, or an execution schedule: it is limited to communicating the decision, its corporate effects, and the rights available to interested parties. The absorbing company fully assumes the assets, rights, and obligations of the absorbed company.

Rights of partners, creditors, and employees

The text expressly recognizes the right of the following groups to:

• Obtain the full text of the decisions adopted.
• Obtain the merger balance sheets.
• Exercise the rights recognized in the LME.

The beneficiaries of these rights are the sole partner and sole shareholder, the creditors, and the employees of Ruavieja, S.A.U. and Vermutería de Galicia, S.L.U., that is, of both companies participating in the operation.

Relevance

The operation concentrates in a single Galician company the business that Pernod Ricard España, S.A.U. developed through Ruavieja, S.A.U., with registered office in Santiago de Compostela. For the affected readers—creditors, staff, and partners—the announcement opens the period to consult the documentation and exercise the rights of opposition and information provided for in the LME. The publication in the BORME is the official channel that provides publicity and guarantee to the merger.

Source: Official Gazette of the Mercantile Registry, no. 193, October 6, 2026, Second Section (Announcements and legal notices), page 6620 (official reference: BORME-C-2026-5335).