D.E. Master Blenders 1753 N.V. (XAMS:DE) Dividends per Share : €0.00 (TTM As of Jun. 2012)

D E Master Blenders 1753 NV was incorporated on February 27, 2012 as a private company with limited liability. On April 4, 2012, it changed its name to D.E MASTER BLENDERS 1753 B.V. and moved its corporate seat to Joure (Skasterlân), the Netherlands. The Company is a pure-play coffee and tea company that offers high-quality, coffee and tea products that are known in retail and out of home markets across Europe, Brazil, Australia and Thailand. It has a portfolio of coffee and tea brands that address the needs of both its retail and out of home customers in its markets. The Company's segments are Retail-Western Europe, Retail-Rest of World and Out of Home. In Retail-Western Europe and Retail-Rest of World segments, its principal products are multi-serve coffee, single-serve coffee pads and capsules, instant coffee and tea. It sells these products predominantly to supermarkets, hypermarkets and through international buying groups. In its Out of Home segment, it offers hot beverage products but focus on its liquid roast products and related coffee machines. Its products and the related machines in the Out of Home segment are sold either directly to businesses, hotels, hospitals and restaurants or to foodservice distributors for distribution to the customer. Douwe Egberts is the Company's established brand in the multi-serve category and coffee brand in the Netherlands and Belgium and also has solid market positions in the United Kingdom and Hungary. In addition to Douwe Egberts, its multi-serve coffee is sold under the following brands: L'OR and Maison du Café in France, Marcilla in Spain,Merrild in Denmark, Harris in Australia, Kanis & Gunnink in the Netherlands, Jacqmotte in Belgium, Prima in Poland, and Pilão, Caboclo, Damasco and Moka in Brazil. Its single-serve coffee is sold under the brand name Senseo which is generally co-branded, such as Douwe Egberts Senseo and L'OR Senseo, in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, and Spain and selected other countries. In April 2010, it launched the L'OR EspressO capsules brand in France, and L'OR EspressO has subsequently been successfully launched in the Netherlands and Belgium. In May 2011, it successfully launched its capsules brand in Spain as L'aRôme EspressO. The Company's instant coffee is sold under the Moccona brand in Australia and Thailand, under the Douwe Egberts brand in the United Kingdom and under local brands in certain of its markets. Its tea is sold under the brand names Pickwick in the Netherlands, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Denmark and Hornimans in Spain. The Out of Home segment operates under the Cafitesse umbrella brand, which is principally co-branded Douwe Egberts Cafitesse, for its liquid roast coffee products and machines and under its Piazza D'Oro brand for premium espresso products and machines. The Company competes with other large international and national coffee and tea companies as well as smaller regional and specialty coffee and te