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Company:
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GRIFOLS SA (GRFS)
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Form Type:
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6-K
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Filing Date:
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12/2/2011
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CIK:
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0001438569
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Address:
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1585 BROADWAY
SUITE 2376
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City, State, Zip:
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NEW YORK, New York 10036
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Telephone:
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212-969-3335
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Last Trade
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Last Trade:
$22.90
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Change:
0.30 (1.33%)
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Trade Time:
04:00 PM EST
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Market Cap:
$5.99B
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Description of Business
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We were founded in 1940 in Barcelona, Spain by Dr. José Antonio Grifols i Roig,
a specialist and pioneer in blood transfusions and clinical analysis and the
grandfather of our current Chairman of the Board. We have been making and
selling plasma derivative products for more than 70 years. Over the last 25
years, we have grown from a predominantly domestic Spanish company
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into a global company by expanding both organically and through acquisitions
throughout Europe, the United States, Latin America and Asia.
We were incorporated in Spain as a limited liability company on June 22, 1987
under the name Grupo Grifols, S.A., and we changed our name to Grifols, S.A. in
2005. We conduct business under the commercial name "Grifols.
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