Introduction
The conglomerate, Demerara Distillers Limited, which has as its flagship the world famous El Dorado rum, will be holding its annual general meeting next Friday April 26 when the directors will report on the performance and state of affairs of the parent company and its ten subsidiaries and one joint venture. One of those subsidiaries, Breitenstein Holdings BV, a Netherlands company has two distribution companies in the Netherlands and four in the United Kingdom. The joint venture is listed as a Manufacturing and Distribution company in Hyderabad, India. At least two of the subsidiaries – Distillers Gas Company (sic) and Demerara Contractors and Engineers Limited – seem to have disappeared from the radar, the first mentioned as dormant in a note to the financial statements and the second receiving no mention in any of the documents making up the Annual Report. Included in the financial statements of the group
